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Liverpool University Library has two vacancies for one year fixed-term graduate library assistant pots, from September 2013. Please see the job advertisement below, and details of how to get further particulars and to make an application, via the HR department at: [log in to unmask]. Applications are capped at 100, so please encourage early applications if you have student colleagues likely to be interested.

Job advertisement:

Liverpool University Library

Graduate Library Assistant: Two posts

Special Collections and Archives

Closing date for applications is 15 May 2013

The two posts are attached to Special Collections and Archives where the main duties will be to act as the first point of contact for researchers visiting the reading room, to direct researchers to catalogues and finding aids, retrieve materials, give basic instruction in the handling of fragile books and manuscripts, answer enquiries by telephone, email or letter, upgrade archival finding aids and process orders for photocopying and photography.

All candidates should have, or expect to have, an upper second class Honours degree and serious intentions of pursuing a career in professional librarianship or archives work. Additional training is provided by a general induction programme as well as specific training for the post.

The posts are available from 9 September 2013 until 12 September 2014

In order to obtain full further particulars, including job description, employee specification and an application form, please contact the University of Liverpool’s Human Resources Department, by email:  [log in to unmask]  or by phone: Tel: 0151 794 2210 (24 hr answerphone), quoting job reference no. S-561015

Katy Hooper

Special Collections Librarian

Sydney Jones Library, The University of Liverpool

SC&A website: http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/

email: [log in to unmask]