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Employment

蜜桃社区 Michigan University Libraries is committed to providing excellent customer service. We value knowledgeable, accessible, responsive and empathetic service. If you share these values, then a job or career at the Libraries may be right for you.

Student employment

Student employing holding a 蜜桃社区 Michigan University bag.
Hannah, student employee

"Working at the University Libraries has provided me with so many opportunities to develop professional skills and connect with staff and other students. I am so grateful to be working in such a welcoming and empowering environment."

University Libraries is one of the largest employers of students on 蜜桃社区 Michigan University鈥檚 campus. We employ undergraduate and graduate students year-round, on a part-time basis. You might assist at a service desk, process materials, offer research assistance or help visitors and Libraries staff with technology. Libraries departments that hire students include:

  • User Services
  • Resource Management
  • Office of the Dean
  • Research Services

All open student employment positions at the University Libraries are posted online through Handshake. Positions are posted throughout the year as there are vacancies.

Internships

Internships for 蜜桃社区 students

We offer a small number of paid internships each year at our Waldo Library and Zhang Legacy Collections Center locations. These internships provide 蜜桃社区 students with an opportunity to gain professional experience that can translate to their resumes. Internships may be offered across a variety of library areas. Students from any field of study are welcome to apply. 

All student internships through the University Libraries are posted on Handshake. Open internships are posted throughout the year as they become available.

Internships for librarianship students

We occasionally offer paid graduate internships to students enrolled in an American Library Association-accredited MLS, MLIS or MSI graduate program. These internships provide students with valuable academic library experience through the planning and implementing of a specific project or set of well-defined activities that advance the mission of the library. Graduate internships may be offered across all library areas.

There are currently no open internships for librarianship students.

Faculty and staff positions

Library employee standing in front of poster exhibit.
Dylan McGlothlin, humanities librarian

"I like working with a team that cares about the success of our campus community, from helping develop research skills to providing spaces and activities to create connections and destress."

Our faculty and staff are dedicated to helping empower our community to discover, explore and shape the information universe.

There are currently no open faculty or staff positions in the University Libraries.

Equal opportunity, affirmative action employer

蜜桃社区 Michigan University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, protected veterans, individuals with disabilities and all other qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.