Library Assistant

The University of London

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About the Department

The Institute of Classical Studies was founded as a post-graduate Institute of the University of London in 1953, and now forms part of the School of Advanced Study; its Library is housed and administered as a single unit with the Joint Library of the Hellenic and Roman Societies (established in 1879 and 1910 respectively).

The Library and Role

Since 1997, the Library has been located in the University’s Senate House. The Institute library is responsible for the “primary” collection of reference material, including dictionaries, corpora, excavation reports, standard texts of ancient authors, and certain periodicals, together with specialist electronic resources; the library of the Societies for the “secondary” collection of loanable books and periodicals. The Library’s integrated collection now holds over 130,000 monographs and 22,000 bound periodicals, with c.700 current periodical titles, the whole thereby forming an interdisciplinary tool serving all aspects of classical research. For further information, please refer to the Library’s website at: http://library.ics.sas.ac.uk/

As one of a staff of six, the Library Assistant assists at the Library desk with the answering of general, membership and bibliographic enquiries, the running of book loan services, and assists the Periodicals Library Assistant with the administration of the periodicals, in particular the binding programme. The post is part-time and the normal hours of work are 25 per week, 1.00pm to 6.00pm Monday to Friday. Late evening work until 8.00 p.m. during term-time, approximately once every two weeks, is also required, with 2 hours off in lieu on the same day. Occasional Saturday work may be required (10.00am to 5.00pm), compensated by equivalent time off in lieu on weekdays.

For a full role profile, please refer to the job description below.

Further information

To be considered for this opportunity, please submit your application (by clicking ‘apply for job’ at the bottom of this page) before the closing date at midnight on 9^th November 2025.

The University will be unable to sponsor candidates for a visa for this role. Successful applicants must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK for the duration of their employment.

The University of London is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive working environment where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We particularly encourage applications from members of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities as this group is currently under-represented at all levels within the University. All appointments will be made on merit, based on the criteria identified in the job description.

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