[LIBRARYDIR] Front Desk Position

[Jennifer Dysart]

Just a comment: Seattle does indeed successfully hire grad students, and Green River's collective bargaining agreement does not allow for its defined faculty work to be done by grad students. So we cannot hire students at a different rate than the faculty rate;  we can only hire them as adjuncts and pay them the same. Hopefully it works fine with your CBA!
Jennifer
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Somewhat related, our librarians team is looking into hiring grad students to work some of our reference hours, particularly for evenings and weekends. We don’t have any experience with setting this up, but have been in communication with Lynn Kanne at Seattle Central where they are running a similar program.



Heath



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Greetings all,



Our library is finally looking to evolve staffing by hiring a part time front desk position. This would be a position aimed ideally for current grad students who are looking for some library experience before they get their degree, though in theory retirees or other folks could probably do just fine in the position as well. I’m wondering if any of you have something like this??



Key aspects of this role:

  *   Support evening and weekend hours when other library staff are unavailable
  *   Manage the front desk, including basic circulation, reference, directional, and other visitor-facing needs
  *   Occasionally (if interested) support instruction needs in a classroom aid-like capacity
  *   Work on special projects as-needed
  *   Hours = 5-10 per week



We also thought it might be a good paid internship position, since grad students tend to move through their programs so quickly.



Thanks for your thoughts!



Greg



Greg Bem, MLIS

Faculty Library Coordinator

Library Learning Commons

Lake Washington Inst. Of Technology

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