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. Contact Assistant Director for Library Services Paula Cammarata (Paula.Cammarata@tufts.edu) to ask about current openings.