The Library Summer Resident Program is designed to introduce undergraduate students to the field of library and information science through hands-on practical training in the libraries. Over the course of 8-10 weeks, students will rotate between departments to learn new skills and work with a range of library staff. Work will include front-facing, customer service-focused tasks (e.g. checking out books, finding books, answering questions), back-end technical services (e.g. shelving, labeling, inventory, weeding, and shifting the collection), outreach (e.g. social media) and usability testing. Every day will be a little different so flexibility and the ability to switch tasks easily are essential.
Students will be expected to work Monday through Friday 9am-5pm. No previous experience necessary. Training will be provided. This is a great introduction to libraries for anyone, particularly those who might be interested in pursuing a career in library or information science.
Requirements:
Applicants must be BMC students. Student employees serve as library liaisons and provide direct service and assistance to patrons and staff in a friendly and open manner. Student employees must have a high level of responsibility, reliability, and a willingness to learn. We have a team-oriented atmosphere.
No experience necessary but must be interested in learning new things. Job training will be provided. This is full-time employment (35 hours/week) and is on-site, in-person (no remote option).
Application Deadline April 9, 2025
This position will include responsibilities in the following areas of the Library:
Acquisitions: Helps with the various aspects of receiving new materials into the library. Duties include unpacking books; checking in titles; identifying and flagging materials for special processing; organizing and shelving books for cataloging.
Cataloging and mending: Performs cataloging-related duties, including Alma searching, spine label creation and laminating of paperback titles. Beginning book mending with student supervision. Open, label, and shelve periodicals and newspapers in Canaday and create journal displays once or twice a month.
Circulation Desks in Canaday, Carpenter and Collier Libraries: Provides customer service to library patrons and processes circulating materials. Student employees carry out routine procedures including checking in library materials, processing returned items, finding books in the stacks, shelving books, addressing patron questions and concerns both in person and over the phone, and providing support to circulation supervisors as needed.
ILL and EZBorrow: Assist Inter-library loan (ILL) and EZB coordinators with resource sharing related tasks. The two most common are paging books from the stacks and scanning physical materials to be sent as PDFs. Work with the ILL computer systems related to lending materials.
Research and Instructional Services: Helps librarians create book displays, weed books, shelve books and DVDs, usability testing, assists with outreach, and helps to manage and create promotional materials and social media context (@bmclibraries)
Library, Research, Instruction, and Patron Services
Joyce Bryant Angelucci, Research and Instruction Librarian and Coordinator of Collier Science Library
Kate Blinn, Social Sciences and Data Librarian
Jennifer Coval, Student Success Librarian
Camilla MacKay, Director of Library Research and Instructional Services and Scholarly Communications Librarian
Laura Surtees, Manager of Library Experience and Engagement and Research and Instruction Librarian
Arleen Zimmerle​, Humanities and Media Librarian
Collection Management and Discovery
Kimberly DiGiovanni, Library Assistant, Cataloging and End Processing
Amy Graham, Monographs Acquisition Librarian
Jacob Long, Interlibrary Loan Coordinator
Karen Willcox, EZBorrow Coordinator