CLGS Archives Project Assistant

PSR Student Employment Opportunity
CLGS Archives Project Assistant
2012-2013 Academic Year

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Posting date: 15 October 2012 
Department/Organization: Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry
Supervisor: Bernard Schlager
Job title: Archives Project Assistant

Job description: Process the archival collections that CLGS receives; duties include:

  • Going through the acquired materials and papers and preserving them by removing things such as staples and paperclips, refolding them in acid-free folders protecting news print from other types of paper, making high resolution copies, and other measures as necessary.
  • Assessing what is valuable to CLGS and the collection and what needs to be removed.
  • Restricting 3rd party private information that was not released to CLGS or the GTU and/or information about a 3rd party that is not aware that this information has been given (i.e. personal letter written to a pastor that is confidential in nature).
  • Creating file folder names, series and finding aids to help researchers access the material that they are seeking.
Qualifications:
Library Work/ Archivist experience
Trial Period:
This position requires a three week introductory trial period.  This is a period in which the candidate will establish her/himself in the position by demonstrating her/his ability to perform the job responsibilities well.  There will be a performance review at the end of this period.
Hours per week: 10
Date job is to begin: 1 November 2012 
Hourly rate: $11.00
Period of employment: 1 November 2012 to 31 May 2013
Preferred workdays: Negotiable

 

 

Apply to:
Bernard Schlager

The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry
Pacific School of Religion
1798 Scenic Avenue   Berkeley, CA 94709
Email: bschlager@clgs.org

 

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