Ashbery Library Processing Assistant

**** This is a Less Than Half Time position with up 8 hours per week****

Supervised by Melanie Wisner, the Ashbery Library processing assistant is responsible for creating descriptive metadata for the volumes included in John Ashbery’s personal library, held by the Woodberry Poetry Room, Houghton Library. The Processing Assistant maintains an Excel spreadsheet with standardized description of each volume, working within the parameters of professional standards and with the guidance of supervisor Melanie Wisner.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1.     Working with their supervisor, receives boxes of volumes from the Ashbery Library stored permanently at Harvard Depository. 

2.     Assesses each volume and adds archival descriptive content to metadata spreadsheet, making note of any annotations, inserts, or other pertinent information. 

3.     Provides updates to supervisor. 

EEO Statement:

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

·         Undergraduate education or equivalent, experience working in special collections and archival description. 

**Additional Requirements: **

·         Graduate education preferred, as well as study pertaining to the study of poetry and/or John Ashbery’s work.

Full/Part Time

Part Time

Education

NA

Salary$19.00  / hour

Closing Date

How to Apply

To apply, send cover letter and resume to Melanie Wisner: [email protected]