Job Posting
Library Assistants
(rate of pay $45189/per annum, prorated for 90 days)
37.5 hours weekly, Monday to Friday 8:30-4:30
Casual employment for 90 work days only
(May to September 2014)
The Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) Library invites applications for several temporary full-time Library Assistants to assist with amalgamating the Fisheries and Oceans Canada library collections.
Job duties will include but are not limited to:
· Unpacking boxes of library material
· Shelving items in proper order
· Checking shelf lists and catalogue records for accuracy
· Finding and filling gaps in other DFO libraries’ collections
· Identifying items for digitization
· Creating inventory lists of surplus material
This job requires some physical effort:
· the ability to lift boxes of up to 13 kg.
· frequent use of stairs as the library is situated on 3 floors with no elevator access
· frequent stretching, bending and use of step stools when placing material on upper or lower shelves
Reliability Security clearance is also a requirement.
Cover letters and resumes should be addressed (preferably via email) to
Marilynn Rudi
A/Regional Librarian
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
1 Challenger Drive
Dartmouth NS B2Y 4A2
Government of Canada
Applications must be received by Friday May 9, 2013.
Marilynn Rudi
A/Regional Librarian | Bibliothécaire régionale p.int.
Bedford Institute of Oceanography | Institut océanographique de Bedford
1 Challenger Drive, Dartmouth NS B2Y 4A2 | 1, rue Challenger, Dartmouth NS B2Y 4A2
Telephone | Téléphone (902) 426-3683
Facsimile / Télécopieur (902) 496-1544
Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada