The Interlibrary Loan department is looking for highly committed students who work independently, cooperatively, thoughtfully, and with scrupulous attention to detail. Interlibrary Loan student assistants routinely use up to five software systems in the course of their daily work, including OCLC Resource Sharing, ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan Database), Odyssey (for sending and receiving journal articles), the Library Catalog: Sierra,) and ECopy (for editing electronic files). Students must be willing to learn a variety of programs and tasks.

This position is placed at a level B wage on the student wage scale.

Core Responsibilities:

• ILL Borrowing: Process incoming mail and electronic articles, updating ILLiad records and preparing items for mailing.
• ILL Lending: Search location of incoming lending requests, retrieve journals for scanning, process and update ILLiad and OCLC computer records, and electronically send articles via Odyssey.
• Commitment to schedule required.
• Applicant must agree to maintain work schedule through the academic semester, including the exam period.

Student Employment Eligibility:

Unless restricted by certain visa status, all students with an active status for the semester are eligible for jobs on campus.

Students on leave or withdrawn are not eligible to work in student employment positions until the semester in which they return. If you are currently withdrawn or on leave you are eligible to be employed in staff positions.

Some may be restricted due to financial aid status. International students (non-resident aliens) may not work off campus unless they have applied for and received work authorization from the United States government. (An F-1 visa does not give work authorization.) Off campus work study positions are available only to U.S. citizens on financial aid with a federal work study component.

Student are not eligible to work remotely from International locations.

Hour Limitations:

All student employees are limited to working no more than 20 hours per week in on campus jobs during the academic year (this includes exam periods). The only exception is when there is a full week when school is not in session. Specifically: February recess, Spring recess, and full weeks of December or summer recess. During these time periods only, students can work up to 40 hours per week. International Students: Visa restrictions prohibit international students from exceeding 20 hours of work per academic calendar week.