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Olin Level 3

Olin Library Level 3 is temporarily closed through the summer. See the Carpet Replacement on Level 3 of the Olin Library article to learn more about this project.

Student Employment

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Whether you want to get a jump-start on your career or need extra money for school, you will find a wide range of student employment opportunities in the WashU Libraries. Our student workers usually tell us that the experience and contacts they have made are very helpful when looking for full-time employment after graduation.

Open Student Positions

The Student Ambassador Librarian Intern will learn first-hand about academic librarianship through mentorship from research, subject, and instruction librarians and gain real librarian experience supporting our faculty, staff, and students, providing general reference support both in-person and virtually. With the support and supervision of a librarian, the Student Ambassador Intern will be available on select evenings to assist students in person at Olin Library and provide support virtually over chat.

This is an in-person position, and applicants must be currently enrolled at WashU as an undergraduate or graduate student.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

  • Library Resources and Service Education
    • Learn and utilize collections, databases, citation management applications, and other research tools to support WashU faculty, staff, and students
    • Opportunities to observe the Librarian teaching and workshops
    • Can engage with the Student Engagement Committee for outreach events
  • General research and reference services & support
    • Staff online chat as an on-call librarian for general online/virtual reference support
    • Provide in-person/virtual reference and research consultation services to fulfill user research needs outside of the subject area for all library stakeholders
Apply for the Student Ambassador Librarian Internship

This Data Science student assistant will focus on support for data-intensive projects in collaboration with the Data Services team. Activities may include support for R, python, Tableau, .etc. for data analysis and visualization. The Assistant is expected to document all activities and complete all other tasks as assigned.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

  • Assist in providing support assistance for data-intensive projects in collaboration with Data Services staff
  • Develop documentation and guides
  • Other duties as assigned

Special Skills

  • Demonstrated familiarity in using and troubleshooting with at least one of the following tools: RStudio, Python, Tableau, Three.js, ArcGIS, SPSS, NVivo
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, R, Javascript)
Apply for the Student Data Science Assistant Position
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