Overview
Assist the Library team with providing reference and circulation services to members of the Court and contribute to library projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Carrying out circulation tasks (borrowing, renewing and reserving items, registering and checking out users)
- Answering email, telephone and in person enquiries including processing inter-library loan requests, locating online journal articles and responding to reference queries
- Helping library patrons conduct print and electronic bibliographic research, including online databases
- Recording library statistics
- Shelving, labelling and processing publications as necessary
- Opening and closing the Library
- Support cataloguing and classification workflows, including archiving of digital objects
- Creation of library guides
- Development and updating of the intranet/internet
- Delivery of training
- Assist the Archives and Legacy team as required with the appraisal and description of materials.
Required Experience
Internship placements focus on candidates in the early stages of their professional careers. Practical experience is not an essential prerequisite for selection. Practical experience that is relevant to the work of the Court, in particular prior library, legal or research experience may be considered an asset. Applicants must have less than three years of relevant full-time professional experience to be considered for an internship.
Qualifications
All Candidates must have a degree or be in the final stages of their studies at a recognised university. Candidates are expected to have a very good record of academic performance.
