Part Time Job: Patron Services Library Assistant

The Hudson Area Joint Library is seeking a qualified, service oriented candidate for a part-time Patron Services Library Assistant. The Patron Services Library Assistant provides customer service at the Help and Information Desk, directs the work of library aides and clerks, plans, implements, and/or assists with adult programming, and performs other duties as assigned. The position is 23 hours per week, including evenings and weekends. Flexibility in scheduling is a must. 

The ideal candidate will possess: 

• excellent communication skills
• be well versed in technology
• highly organized
• and strive for the highest quality customer interactions. 

A Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required. Library and Information Science coursework preferred. Experience working in a library is a plus. 

Please review the job description on the library's website: http://www.hudsonpubliclibrary.org

Upon selection a background check will be performed.

The Hudson Area Joint Library, a member of the Indianhead Federated Library System, is committed to providing excellent customer service and access to a variety of services. The library services the City of Hudson, Village of North Hudson, Town of Hudson, and town of St. Joseph. The library is located at 700 1st Street, Hudson, WI 54106, just off I-94 and situated on the beautiful St. Croix River, just 10 minutes from the Twin Cities Metro area.

Salary starts at $15.66/hour. 

To apply, please submit a completed application, along with a cover letter and resume to: tnorris@ci.hudson.wi.us.

Applications packets are available on the library website, www.hudsonpubliclibrary.org . A review of applications will begin Friday, March 4, 2016 with an anticipated start date of Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Hudson Area Joint Library is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Phone inquiries will not be accepted.

Unpaid Internships: ALEPH Data Cleanup

The first member of the MNPALS consortium to request internships has contacted MCTC and they are looking for LIT program students (current or graduated).  Some things to consider: it’s unpaid and in Cambridge MN, but it’s really flexible, has a variety of opportunities and you could just commit to one week in order to fulfill the requirement.  Here’s the blurb:

The library on the Cambridge campus of Anoka-Ramsey Community College is seeking an intern to help with a large clean-up of the library’s catalog.  The internship will be unpaid and for the duration of 20 hours. The schedule is fairly flexible; hours can be completed anytime within the hours following:

Mondays 8:00AM-7:30PM
Tuesdays 9:30AM-8:00PM
Wednesdays 8:00AM-3:00PM
Thursdays 9:30AM-8:00PM.

Duties may include:
·       Scanning of items for inventory
·      Fixing errors in catalog records using ALEPH
·       Checking materials in and out to students
·       Answering reference questions
·       Assisting students with locating appropriate library resources
·      Other library related duties as assigned

Qualifications:
·      Enrollment in a Library Science or Library Tech program

Deadline: March 21st, 2016

To apply please email a resume to Candice.Young@anokaramsey.edu

Candice Young
Librarian
Anoka-Ramsey Community College
300 Spirit River Drive South
Cambridge, MN 55008
Office: 763-433-1975

Let me know if you have any questions, I’m willing to contact Candice to get clarification for you!

Elissah Becknell

elissah.becknell@minneapolis.edu 

ARLD Happy Hour During LibTech Conference, 3/16/16

Socializing/Networking opportunity!

LIT program students, faculty and graduates may be interested in attending this upcoming ARLD (the Minnesota Library Association's Academic and Research Libraries Division) happy hour in Minneapolis during the upcoming Library Technology Conference. You do not need to be attending the conference to attend this happy hour. This may be especially of interest if you are currently working in or would like to work in an academic library. Via the MLA website:

Date: Wednesday, 3/16/2016

Time: 5:30 pm

Location:

A La Salsa: Restaurante Mexicano & Bar,

In the Midtown Global Market

920 East Lake Street

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407

Contact:

Amanda Mills - amanda.mills@minneapolis.edu

Description:

Academic library folks and other library friends- please join ARLD (MLA's Academic and Research Libraries Division) for a happy hour/social gathering of library folk during the Library Technology (LibTech) Conference (http://libtechconf.org/). Your current ARLD Chair and several other ARLD Board members will be in attendance! The happy hour will take place at A La Salsa (http://www.salsaalasalsa.com/alasalsa/index.html), in the Midtown Global Market. If you like margaritas, monographs, matriculation, and/or metadata, this is the happy hour for you! This location is conveniently located right next to the Sheraton Midtown, one of the conference hotels (so, conference attendees staying at the hotel can easily catch their shuttle back to the hotel at the end of the day and then join us.) There is also a parking ramp and a metered parking lot on either side (ramp on one side, lot on the other) of the Midtown Global Market. It is a relatively central location for an affordable cab/Uber/Lyft ride from various Twin Cities Locations, as well as a central transit hub (http://www.metrotransit.org/).

Join our new LIT Program LinkedIn Group!

Hi all. If you are on LinkedIn, please join our new LIT Program LinkedIn group! This is a group for current MCTC Library and Information Technology Program students, faculty, and graduates. We will be posting program-related announcements and job postings to this group.

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8486164

Paid Internship: Metropolitan Council 2016 Internships

This is from Career Services at Minneapolis Community & Technical College:

The Metropolitan Council is hiring interns and this is a great opportunity for students to gain some valuable experience in their field. I have attached the flyer with the general information about the internship which highlights a general overview of the posting deadlines, wages, and information relevant to the 2016 Internship Program and the second attachment contains a list of more than 75 internship positions, and the Majors or Fields of Study relevant to each position.
 
I would be happy to help students with their resume, cover letter, and interviewing skills. Students can stop by Career Services in T2500 to make an appointment or drop in during walk-in hours from noon-3 Monday-Thursday.
 
Amanda Lilgreen

These are paid internships and they start May 2016.  Applications are due February 29th 2016.  There are two Internship Positions that may be of interest to Library Information Technology students:

Library Studies Intern
Records Management Intern

More information about these internships posted here: Metropolitan Council Internships

If you are interested in pursuing one of these internship opportunities, contact Career Services and take advantage of their expertise:

Career.Services@minneapolis.edu
612-659-6723

LIT Meet & Greet!

LIT Meet & Greet! 
Student Success Day 

February 25, 2016 
9:00-9:50am 
L.1200 (Library Classroom)


Be there or be square!


A casual meetup for current and prospective Library Information Technology Program 
students.  LIT Program Faculty and the LIT Program Advisor will be on hand to answer your questions about our program and careers in libraries.  We’ll also be talking about the benefits of being a student worker at the MCTC Library and the brand-new LIT articulation agreement with Metro State’s History BA.  We’ll also share coffee and donuts together!!!