Federal Work Study - Student Assistant

East Carolina University Portal•Greenville, NC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The History Collections Undergraduate Student Assistant will engage in a variety of activities in support of the History Collections at Laupus Health Sciences Library. The Assistant will work most closely with the Archivist but will also interact professionally with employees throughout the library. This employee will work with published materials and with unique manuscript materials. The Archivist will supervise and set priorities for the Assistant.

Requirements

Undergraduate student status

Responsibilities

Process and rehouse collections
Enter materials into Archives-space
Contribute to our Born Digital preservation initiatives
Prepare obsolete media types for digital preservation
Assist with transcribing oral history interviews and adding metadata to the records
Assist the Archivist with Exhibitions
Assistance with the curation of exhibits
Assist in exhibit/display design and label production
Help with needs related to the Medical History Interest Group lecture series and other events
Work with pop-up exhibits
Room set-up
Promotion
Manage virtual Q&A during hybrid events
Maintain 4th floor gallery space
Assist the Archivist with room set-up for 25Live events
Ensure chairs are in order in the gallery space on a daily basis
Perform inventories of the library’s rare book collection
Carry out Health Science Library’s gift processing procedures
Collaborate with Archivist and other library employees to describe and process Library materials
Assist clients who seek access to the History Collections
Represent Health Science Library’s History Collections through person-to-person and telephone encounters
Assist the Archivist as needed
Other projects as requested