Welcome to the McQuade Library Student Worker Training Guide.
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Student workers are important to the library and the Merrimack community. You will be helping the library assist other students, staff, faculty, administrators, and guests of Merrimack College.
Library work can help you:
"McQuade Library fosters the intellectual growth of the Merrimack community of lifelong learners and serves as a valuable center of information resources and customized instruction.
McQuade Library is an evolving center for learning, study and research. Rich in traditional print materials, media, and digital resources, it provides work spaces for groups as well as quiet corners for solitary study. Skilled and dedicated staff members are ready to assist students with anything from a simple article request to a full-scale research project, facilitating use of the broad-ranging collections both physical and virtual."
Most of your time will be divided between desk duty, shelving, setting displays, link checking, as well as many other tasks that could arise. You are responsible for the circulation of library materials, including reserve items. You will be required to check these items out and back in properly, re-shelve them correctly, and keep the stacks in the best possible order.
General Expectations:
Students who work at McQuade Library will be able to…