Student Employment Opportunities

Throughout the year student workers assist the Duggan Library staff in serving the Hanover community. For information on current openings, please check HanoverConnect from the Levett Career Center for the most recent updates. Typically, library positions will offer a minimum of 5 hours a week with no position offering more than 20 hours a week.

Please note that priority in hiring may be given to students eligible for federal work study.

The following is a list of library student worker positions and their typical duties.

Circulation Student Worker tasks include:

front desk person providing circulation services using the library's automated system
opening/closing of the library
assisting patrons using copiers, microfilm reader/printers, and other equipment
shelving of materials
searching incoming requests from other libraries; retrieve materials; create circulation records
receiving interlibrary loan materials coming in for the Library's patrons; prepare materials for circulation; delivers materials to the Circulation Desk
serving as a Peer Reference Consultant

Acquisitions/Periodicals Assistant Student Worker tasks include:

assisting with the ordering, payment, and processing of library materials
receive and invoice books for payment in library's automated system and in an Excel spreadsheet
reconcile the accounts in Excel with the monthly budget reports
processing, shelving, and shelf reading current periodicals and newspapers
transferring and barcoding non-current periodicals
prepare duplicate exchange list: data entry, physical maintenance of the issues to be offered

Archives and Special Collections Student Assistant tasks include:

providing a records management function by filing and organizing incoming documents created by the College
assisting in the organization of collections and creates finding aids for patron access to collections
assisting with patron research and requests
assisting with care and organization of rare books

For additional information, please contact Michael Ellis at ellism@hanover.edu.