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Part-time Temporary Employment for Graduate Students in IU Libraries

Archives and Special Collections

Processing Assistant, University Archives,10-15 hours/week

Positions filled for Summer, hiring for Fall 2025

  • Experience:  Ability to read cursive handwriting
  • Applicable library settings: academic, archives and special collections
  • Duties: 
    • Scan collections, e.g., documents, photographs, etc. 

    • Perform basic receptionist duties at a reference desk 

    • Update records retention schedules 

    • Inventory materials  

  • Send resume to: Holly Fitzpatrick, hmfitzpa@iu.edu 
  • For more information about this department: https://libraries.indiana.edu/university-archives 

Archivist Assistant, University Archives,10-15 hours/week

Positions filled for Summer, hiring for Fall 2025

  • Experience:  Ability to read cursive handwriting; at least six months of archives experience or a currently enrolled Indiana University graduate student 
  • Applicable library settings: academic, archives and special collections
  • Duties: 
    • Respond to archives reference requests 

    • Assist with outreach and instruction related to archive collections 

    • Arrange, describe, inventory, and box special collections, e.g., historical materials, administrative records, faculty papers, photographs, political papers, etc.  

    • Respond to moderately complex reference requests

    • Assist archivist with outreach and instruction 

  • Send resume to: Holly Fitzpatrick, hmfitzpa@iu.edu 
  • For more information about this department: https://libraries.indiana.edu/university-archives