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Appendix IV

Student Library Employee Task Force

September 25, 1998

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Starting Wages Paid for Basic Student Library Duties

Hayward State	$5.75/hour, $.10 raise in 6 months
Santa Clara University	$5.75
Stanford	$8.50
UC Berkeley	$6.47
UC Davis	$6.47
USF	$6.00-6.25
UC Berkeley Library	$6.47

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UC Berkeley Affiliated Libraries:

Law Library	$9.17	Clerk
Water Resources Center Archives	$9.17	Clerk
Institute of Governmental Studies	$10.22	Sr Clerk/Secretary
Institute of Industrial Relations Library	$9.17	Clerk
Architecture Slide LIbrary	$10.04	Bibliographer I
Inst. of Transportation Studies Library	$9.17	Clerk
Agriculture Economics Library	$9.17	Clerk
Ethnic Studies Library	$7.10	Library Clerk I (ASUC)
Women's Resource Center	$10.22	Sr Clerk/Secretary

One affiliated library mentions turnover as a problem. Others indicate sle's stay 2-4 semesters, and often their whole undergraduate careers.

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Other Berkeley campus starting wages with listing of major responsibilities:

UCB Housing Office

$6.47

SA II

Table washer, salad runner, restock beverages, glasses, make sandwiches, set-up and clean-up soft serve machine

Intercollegiate Athletics

$6.91

SAIII

Issue and assign lockers; locks swimming ID tags, towels; file user registration or gym privilege cards; answer phones and questions; run errands; file; fold towels, assist with locker clearance at end of semester; public relations and guest services; emergency response; security and access to facility.

Chemical Engineering

$8.67

Lab Helper

Assist supervisor in safe startup and shutdown of labs; assist in instructing students in safety and equipment operation; prepare standardized solutions for student use; prepare lab waste for safe disposal.

Lawrence Hall of Science

$8.67

Lab Helper

Turn on/off exhibits/ clean exhibits; assist in maintenance of exhibits.

Plant & Microbial Biology

$8.67

Lab Helper

Dishwashing, autoclaving, media preparation, checking and replenishing standard lab equipment and supplies

Chemistry

$8.67

Lab Helper

Pick up, sort and deliver department mail Issue lab equipment and chemicals

School of Public Health (Library)

$9.17

Clerk

Locate/retrieve articles from campus libraries; use campus on-line catalogs; photocopy/file/data entry using bibliographic databases

Engineering ORS

$9.17

Clerk

Pick up and deliver mail using two-wheel truck; sort and deliver mail and supplies

Lawrence Hall of Science

$9.17

Clerk

Stock exhibit supplies, clean exhibit areas; assist visitors with exhibits; crowd and damage control. Retails sales clerk with crowds and on phone; stock displays; cash and credit card sales.

Intercollegiate Athletics

$9.17

Cleaning and laundry duties; light building maintenance; possible travel with football team; prepare athletic teams for practice; distribute athletic gear into lockers; data entry; clean-up after practice and games; open/close retail store operations; serve pre-packaged food/drinks; receive and record merchandise; stock shelves/maintain displays/ answer phones and disseminate public information/ process cash, check and credit card transactions; relieve receptions; process phone and mail ticket orders.

Child Care Services

$9.80

Teaching assistant for campus child care with children 3 mos to 8 years; assist teachers in supervision of children; carry out curriculum related development activities; assist in maintenance of safe and healthy environment; attend weekly staff meetings and/or conference with teacher.

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

$10.00

Typing, filing, photocopying, running erands on and off site; data entry; sort and deliver mail

Architecture Slide Library

$10.04

(Library Assistant I)

Assist in operation of Architecture slide library; mount slides and photographs; refile slides and photographs; affix labels to new slides; assist library users with circulation of slides; other library jobs as assigned.

Law Library

$10.04

Student shelving supervisor

UC Berkeley Library

$12.80

Graduate Student Researcher:
Various positions in HAS department; requires some language proficiency; verify call numbers and holdings locations; perform monographic and serial bibliographic searching using systems such as OCLC, RLIN, Melvyl or Gladis;

Blank Assistant

$11.68

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