The AUS Library provides employment opportunities for currently registered undergraduate students depending on library needs.
The basic requirements you must fulfill for student employment are:
- You have completed at least one semester at AUS and are not an Achievement Academy/Bridge Program or visiting/exchange student
- Your cumulative GPA is not less than 2.2
- You are available to work 8 to 15 hours/week (including weekends) in shifts lasting no less than 2 hours each
Successful applicants are assigned a work schedule according to their class schedules and are expected to continue working through study periods and finals.
Library Student Assistant Responsibilities
Newly Hired Students
As a new hire, your job consists mainly of the following activities:
- Shelving
- Gathering unused books and periodicals
- Assisting patrons
- Carrying out routine equipment checks and rounds
- Shelf Arranging
- Shelf Reading
You may also be assigned by your supervisor to shifts at the Library Service Desk or in Technical Services based on your computer skills. Service Desk responsibilities will include carrying out routine equipment checks and rounds, assisting library patrons with check-outs, and trouble-shooting computers/printers/copiers etc.
Returning Students
In addition to performing the aforementioned tasks, returning students will respond to tier-one level patron queries at the Service Desk and refer reference questions as necessary. You will also begin to work more closely with individual departments such as Public Services, Technical Services and Information Commons, or on special projects.
How to Apply
Hiring takes place only at the beginning of the Fall semester* (subject to operational needs) and occasionally at the beginning of the Spring semester. Applications are accepted from 2 weeks before classes start to the end of the first week of classes.
- During the application process you will be required to upload your C.V. Uploads are only accepted as PDF documents. Please do not send your C.V. via email.
- Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted within 5-10 working days from application deadline.