Oregon Historical Society is currently recruiting for a Reference Assistant to join our Library. The Reference Assistant assists the Research Librarian in providing efficient, accurate, and knowledgeable assistance to research library users through public contact, telephone, written and electronic means; research in all library collections; provides direct research assistance at public reference desk for all library collections including but not limited to maps, government documents, rare books, photographs, video and audio materials, and manuscripts. Maintains reference collections including but not limited to books, serials, microfilm, government documents, video & audio materials, and biography and subject files. Assists in scheduling maintenance and overseeing the care of specialized library equipment. In addition Reference Assistant carries out special projects at the request of the Library Manager.
Required Skills and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in history or a related discipline is required. Successful candidates will have excellent oral and written communication skills, knowledge of online reference resources, skills at searching those resources, and xperience working in a research library. Candidate should be a strong Microsoft Office Suite user. Experience with MARC cataloging and Encoded Archival Description (EAD) preferred.
Qualified candidates can submit cover letter, resume and salary history to:jobs@OHS.org. For complete job description click here
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