At the William H. Hannon Library, we employ more than 120 students throughout the year. While there are fewer students on campus during the summer, we still need a full compliment of student employees to help maintain operations and support faculty and student researchers. If you are interested in working at the library, visit Student Employment Services to learn about working on campus and apply for open position in Workday. Here are some of the positions we will be hiring for in summer 2026.
Circulation Student Assistant (Work Study)
Circulation student assistants help patrons with all circulating library materials, including books, media, and course reserves. At the circulation desk, students answer patron questions regarding library access and borrowing policies, where to find library locations and events, and how to use the library catalog and website. Students are also responsible for checking out and troubleshooting digital equipment, assisting patrons with group study rooms (including media viewing rooms), and conducting daily equipment inventory.
Information Commons Student Assistant (Work Study)
Do you enjoy helping other people find the information they need? Do you have customer service skills or want to gain these skills? The Information Commons student Assistant will help students, faculty, staff, and the public with general library questions, finding books and articles, and troubleshooting basic technology issues. The assistant will work at the Information Desk on the first floor of the library. On-the-job training will be provided and applicants will be paid during their training. Students without previous job experience are encouraged to apply.
Outreach Student Positions (Work Study)
Children’s Storytime Assistant (Summer): Prepare and perform story times for small groups of children (3-5 years old) enrolled at the LMU Children’s Center.
Outreach Student Assistants (Fall): Staff and support library events and exhibits; responsibilities include information tabling, promoting, and evaluating a variety of library programming initiatives such as exhibitions, and special events.
Student Videographer (Fall): Assists with creating video content for the library’s social media platforms, YouTube channel, and website, in addition to recording and editing video footage of library events.
Special Collections Student Assistant (Work Study)
The special collections student assistant role includes public facing duties and technical processing work. The position requires scheduled hours at the Special Collections front desk to monitor researchers and exhibition gallery. The processing work may include inventorying, filing, re-foldering, fabrication of preservation containers, and other assigned duties. The student may also assist staff in retrieving or re-shelving special collections materials, scanning fragile items, general clerical work, and other tasks to ensure effective operations. The activities support accessibility and preservation of university treasures. It’s a great opportunity to learn about library services and operations.
Library Shelving Assistant (Work Study)
The library shelving assistant provides support to the collections management team in retrieving materials for students, faculty, and staff. They will shelve materials and maintain the order of main stacks. They will also be involved in processing new materials. The assistant will retrieve and process materials to be transferred to our basement collection. Students will learn the Library of Congress call number system and the Dewey Decimal system as well as the library database systems.
Acquisitions and Collection Development Assistant (Work Study)
ACD student assistants work behind the scenes and directly support making the university’s library collections accessible to all library users. Students will work on a wide variety of tasks such as unpacking new library books, checking books for damage, and checking in new periodicals. Students will also retrieve books from the collections for possible deselection, repair, or replacement. They may also assist in adding faculty publications to Digital Commons, LMU and LLS institutional repository, for the preservation of LMU scholarship. Students may also work with special projects in collection development and electronic resources.