Institution: George Washington University
Location: Washington, DC
Posted: 08/28/2013
Type: Part-Time/Adjunct
Education: Associate’s required, BA preferred
Open under filled

Job Description Summary:
Provides in-depth research assistance, and assists librarians in evaluating, acquiring and maintaining GRC resources in both English-language and vernacular-languages. Participates in outreach activities. Trains and reviews the work of wage hour and other employees.

Minimum Qualifications:
Associate’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization plus 2 years of relevant experience. Degree requirements may be substituted with an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Desired Qualifications:
* Bachelor’s degree in an area relating to the study of International Affairs, including area studies, political science, policy studies, economics, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
* Fluency in Arabic, Korean or Japanese.

* Ability to successfully analyze and resolve problems.

* Ability to work in a team-based environment.

* Proficiency in the use of computers.

* Familiarity with online exhibit & web editing software.

JOB DUTIES

• Provides in-depth research assistance to all patron groups, but primarily faculty, graduate students and visiting researchers.
• Assists in evaluating potential acquisitions to determine relevance and applicability to existing and potential research projects, and for addition to the Global Resources Center collections. Potential acquisitions include primary research material, published and unpublished data and related content, grey literature, open access materials, and related resources that support the university’s research and teaching agenda. Content may appear in a multiplicity of formats including digital, audio0visual and print publications (monographic and serial), and in a variety of languages including English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Russian, Persian, and Turkish. Assists in tracking and evaluating both foreign and domestic trends.
• Trains other GRC employees, and oversees and ensures completion of collections processing, and maintenance and acquisitions of associated supplies.
• Participates in outreach activities including making presentations to classes and graduate student orientations, composes and designs marketing materials, and researching, writing and designing physical and online exhibits and displays.
• Assists in surveying and organizing primary research collections and provides both intellectual and physical control, including finding aids in EAD format, and performs all processing activities.
• Performs other work related duties as assigned. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position.

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