POOL: Student Assistant - Map Library Job Lawrence area,Kansas USA,Administrative/Clerical

Student Assistant - Map Library | University of Kansas

Successful candidates for the Student Circulation Assistant positions at Anschutz Library will perform a variety of library duties, including the following:

Provide helpful and friendly assistance to library users in-person.
Answer library user questions and provide general information, directional guidance, and referrals to University sources using appropriate library resources and the internet.
Shelve library materials.
Assist library users with library equipment and technology.
Perform a variety of collection maintenance duties, such as processing and organizing.
Other related duties as assigned.

These are year-round positions. Availability over the breaks and summers is strongly preferred.

Position is 30% processing, sorting, and shelving items. 25% sorting and filing maps. 20% providing assistance to library users. 15% finding and scanning government documents and microforms. 10% other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment, as evidenced by application materials.

Previous work experience which required excellent customer service skills, as evidenced by application materials.

Preferred Qualifications

Recent public service work and/or volunteer experience, as evidenced by application materials.

Library work experience and/or familiarity with KU Libraries as a user, as evidenced by application materials.

Well-developed computer and research skills, including: database, web searching, and word processing, as evidenced by application materials.

Availability to work over breaks and summers, as evidenced by application materials.

Work study eligibility.

During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must: (1) have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or (2) be pre-enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or (3) be enrolled in summer session or (4) be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester.

Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students. (Exceptions granted for GRA/GTA/GA appointments DO NOT apply to Student Hourly appointments).

Student employees are not eligible for remote work arrangements unless an exception is approved by the unit leadership and HR. This is an hourly/non-exempt position. A student employee cannot hold an hourly/non-exempt position and a salaried/exempt graduate or undergraduate position (GRA/GTA/GA/RUA/RGA) concurrently.

In addition to the online application, the following documents are required to be considered for this position:

Resume
Cover letter addressing how the required and preferred qualifications are met

Final date to receive applications is Sunday, 8/2/2026, by 11:59PM Central Standard Time.

Contact Victoria Williams at vwilliam for any questions.

Application review begins 03-Aug-2026. Anticipated start date is 24-Aug-2026. Advertised salary range is $11.00 per hour.

Primary campus is University of Kansas Lawrence Campus. This is a temporary position with a work schedule of 10 - 20 hours per week.

The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, and genetic information in the university's programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and is the Title IX coordinator for all KU and KUMC campuses:
Associate Vice Chancellor for Civil Rights and Title IX, civil rights, Room 1082, Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045, , 711 TTY.