Graduate Hourly - UIC - Library Scholarly Communications

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Application deadline: January 16, 2023 11:59 PM

Role Description

Position available for Spring 2023

The UIC Library is seeking a qualified graduate student to aid with an IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Services, LG-252338-OLS-22). The aim of the grant is to develop assessment tools that utilize information and data beyond learning analytics, such as academic engagement, psychological factors, and students’ definitions of academic success and to demonstrate the impact of the library on students’ academic success from the learners’ perspective.

Department(s):

Assessment and Scholarly Communications

Work hours:

10-15 Hours / Week

Graduate Research Assistant - UIC Library - Special Collections and University Archives

Who: UIC Library, Special Collections and University Archives Department

What: Fall 2018, 50% Graduate assistantship. The Graduate Research Assistant assists in researching, processing, describing, preserving and ensuring access for personal papers, organizational records, and photographic collections in the Special Collections Department. Responsibilities include:

• Assist in the arrangement and description of archival collections for the Special Collections Department. Describing collections requires research, organizational, and writing skills. 
• Maintain collection data in the department’s content management system. 
• Create metadata for digitization projects. 
• Assist in implementing educational and promotional events and programs, and other activities related to the organization and preservation of the department’s manuscript collections. 
• May have the opportunity to contribute to the exhibition program through research, writing and design of interpretive digital and physical exhibits. 
• May contribute to writing grant proposals. 
• Folder labeling, archival rehousing as necessary, and other clerical tasks as assigned.