Ginn Library relies on student workers to staff the circulation desk whenever the library is open, and to assist in maintaining the library collection. Student worker duties include:
- Answering routine questions (in person and by phone) about Ginn policies, hours, locations and availability of materials, referring non-routine questions to library staff
- Checking library materials in and out
- Sorting returned materials so that they go to their proper location
- Shelving library materials
- Searching for requested items and placing them on hold
- Routing incoming items from other libraries
- Packaging outgoing items to ship to other libraries
- Other tasks as assigned
Ginn hires student workers prior to the start of the Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters. Full training is provided. Hiring for Fall 2023 is now complete; contact Assistant Director for Library Services Paula Cammarata (Paula.Cammarata@tufts.edu) to ask about future openings.