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Starting pay rate: $15.25 / hour
Federal Work Study preferred.
Special Collections and Archives (SCA) at Cline Library organizes, cares for, and provides public access to unique archival and primary source materials, including historic documents, photographs, sound recordings, moving images, and born-digital materials. SCA is responsible for two different groups of material: the Colorado Plateau Archives, which encompasses archival collections pertaining to the human and natural history of the Colorado Plateau region, and the Northern Arizona University Archives, which include the permanent historical records of Northern Arizona University (NAU).
Student Assistants are invaluable members of the SCA team. If you are interested in the information professions, cultural heritage, and/or working in galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs) and looking for rewarding on-campus work as part of a supportive team, we encourage you to apply.
SCA Student Assistants communicate with their supervisor(s) and peers to successfully manage long-term projects as well as complete shorter-term tasks. Through collaborative work with SCA staff, they gain knowledge of potential career paths in the cultural heritage and information professions through hands-on skill development. Student Assistants learn specialized archival processing and preservation techniques to safely organize, handle, store, and retrieve archival materials. They utilize appropriate technologies to inventory and track collections material through detailed data entry work. They may also use appropriate dedicated hardware such as scanners and software such as digital asset management systems to digitize archival materials for online access. Finally, Student Assistants support SCA staff in respectfully and equitably meeting the needs of diverse users, including NAU and CCC faculty, students, community members, and SCA’s cultural heritage partners.
Please note that Special Collections & Archives’ current operating hours are 8 AM – 5 PM, Monday through Thursday, and 8 AM – 4 PM on Friday. All applicants for the Student Assistant position must be able to work 10-15 hours a week during SCA’s normal operating hours.
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Special Collections and Archives (SCA) values the diversity of the people it hires and serves. Diversity in (SCA) means fostering a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, respected and responded to in ways that fully develop and utilize each person’s talents and strengths.
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