For a list of currently availability student jobs, visit the Student Employment & Cooperative Education (SECE) website. Log in with your UH user name and password. To restrict your search to available library jobs, limit the “Job Category” to “Library.”
Current and incoming students interested in available graduate assistantships at UH may search open positions at the University of Hawaiʻi Employment Site. Use the filter to limit your search to “part-time temporary” positions or search specifically for “graduate assistant” postings.
Alternatively, students may want to contact library department heads directly and inquire about library-specific employment possibilities. The following library departments often hire LIS students:
- Access Services
- Archives
- Asia Collection
- Business, Humanities & Social Sciences Reference
- Charlot Collection
- Circulation Department
- Government Documents
- Hawaiian Collection
- Law Library
- Map Collection
- Pacific Collection
- Science & Technology Reference
- Preservation Department
- Serials Department
Other Library Job Listings
The following links may be of interest to recent (or soon-to-be) graduates looking for their first professional job:
University of Hawaiʻi LIS Program LIS-JOBS
Job announcements sent to the LIS program are forwarded on to this mailing list.
University of Hawaiʻi Hamilton Library
Hamilton Library’s job listing page.
ALA’s Guide to Employment Sources in the Library and Information Professions
An international mailing list for librarians and information professionals seeking employment.
LIS Job Hunters Facebook Group
Request access to view job posts. Volunteer run group.
ALA’s Employment Opportunities page.
ALA JobLIST.
New Members Round Table Job Resources page.
American Association of Law Libraries
AALL’s Education & Careers page.
Association of Research Libraries
ARL’s Career Resources Online Service was established in 1996 to provide job hunters with an easy-to-use resource for finding positions in ARL libraries.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Job search and professional development resources for careers in higher education.
A Google Groups forum that lists various library-related jobs in the U.S. Federal Government.
Hawaiʻi State Public Library System
Employment opportunities in the HSPLS.
Higher Ed Jobs
Job search for college and university jobs in the U.S. and around the world.
A professional networking website dedicated to bringing together everyone who accesses, organizes, creates, manages, produces or distributes information for a living.
Libraries and Information Technology Association
LITA’s job listings page.
Library of Congress Jobs & Fellowships
Provides current Library of Congress job vacancies and federal internship opportunities.
Library Journal’s job listings page.
Hosted by the Library Technology Guides site; predominantly technology-related library jobs.
Medical librarianship job listings.
Music librarianship employment resources (job placement service, résumé and cover letter review service, career advisory service, career resources, music librarianship workshops).
The jobs listed are serials-related announcements that were posted on ACQNET, AUTOCAT, COLLIB-L, INNOPAC, LIBJOBS, LITA-L, PACS-L, SERIALST, SLAJOB, and STS-L.
OCLC provides shared technology and research for libraries worldwide, such as WorldCat and Dewey Decimal System.
SLA’s job listings page.
United States Federal Job Listings
When searching for library jobs on this site, use “1410” as a keyword, which is the federal job code for librarian.