The Benefits of Working for Libraries and Media Services

Learn While You Earn

Libraries and Media Services holds a wealth of information you will need for your classes and research. You will attain the knowledge necessary to find that information. You will also learn customer service skills that will be an asset to your career as well as obtaining preprofessional experience that helps build your resume.

Decent Pay

Libraries and Media Services knows that your time is very valuable. Undergraduate Student Assistants are paid the rate of $7.00 per hour, and Graduate Student Assistants are paid the rate of $7.85 per hour.

Extended Book Loans

Once you start working at Libraries and Media Services, you are allowed the same book loan period as your professors. Take KentLINK books out for an entire semester, not just 4 weeks! Books are renewable for an additional three semesters as long as you remain a library employee.

Flexible Hours

One of the best things about Libraries and Media Services is our scheduling. Both the Main Library and Branch Libraries are open days, evenings, and weekends from early morning until late evening. We make sure that the hours you work fit with your schedule and do not interfere with your student activities. Students may work anywhere from 5-30 hours per week.

Variety of Jobs

Libraries and Media Services hires for many different types of jobs: shelving, circulation desk, typing, data entry, office support, graphics, customer services, mailroom, classroom delivery services, photocopier, and computer assistants. We hire Graduate Student Assistants enrolled in the School of Library and Information Sciences for work in Reference, Periodicals, Cataloging, and Interlibrary Loans. We just may have the job for you!