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Job Title:
Access and Reference Services Associate

Job Description:
The Access & Reference Services Associate provides access services and reference desk support and staffing, supervises student employees, and serves as the lead staff member during evening and weekend hours. This position is responsible for providing basic reference services and making referrals to librarians. As a student supervisor, this role is responsible for hiring, initial and ongoing training, and scheduling of student employees. This position provides essential support functions for outreach and engagement services as well as collection management.

To accomplish this work, this position requires the ability to function within multiple complex systems and understand how manipulation of these systems will impact other operations; and continuing self-directed learning to adapt to changing systems and new technologies. Essential skills for this position include problem solving, the ability to work independently, and excellent communication skills.

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Access and Reference Services Associate Position SummaryThe Access & Reference Services Associate provides access services and reference desk support and staffing, supervises student e...

Congrats, Cobbers of 2026! We wish you the best as you embark on the next chapter of your life. Throwback to this commencement day in 1959. Photograph courtesy of the Concordia College Archives.

Happy World Book Day! This day celebrates reading for fun, so we're sharing with you some latest books suggested by Carl B. Library employees.

The books as shown on the slides...
▪ "Everything Flirts: Philosophical Romances" by Sharon Wahl
▪ "The Mighty Red" by Louise Erdrich
▪ "Frog and Other Essays" by Anne Fadiman
▪ "The Three-Body Problem" by Cixin Liu
▪ "The Lost Daughter of Sparta" by Felicia Day
▪ "The Women" by Kristin Hannah
▪ "The Charm Offensive" by Alison Cochrun

And many more available at the Carl B. Library!

What are you currently reading? Let us know in the comments below ⬇

Happy URSCA Symposium/COSS Day! Please support your fellow Cobbers by attending the amazing poster sessions and concurrent sessions throughout the day.

For more information on URSCA and a full schedule of events, check out: https://ursca.org/2026-event-schedule/