Happy Friday! To brighten up your afternoon, here's the sunlight streaming into the Old Library of St John's College Library, Oxford this morning ☀️📚☀️ #MyDayInLibraries

🔔London Trainee Opportunity🔔

Excitingly, there are 3 Graduate Library Trainee positions available at the Royal College of Nursing!

⏰Deadline: 28th May

See more details here:
careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Vaca…

Most of the Oxford trainees take on a project as a way to take a deep dive into an area of librarianship that interests them - from resource description, to curating exhibitions or displays, to improving reader experience.

Look out for upcoming tweets about this year's projects!

Want to come and join the Oxford trainees next year?

There's one more week to apply for this post in the beautiful New College Library and Archives, Oxford! 📚

This traineeship comes with the opportunity for possible extension to become a part time Special Collections Curatorial Assistant after a year!

Today a trainee found a small glimpse into life before there were digital library systems!

There are always traces of the past tucked away in older library books, ready to be found by readers and library staff alike!
#LibraryFinds

Ever wondered how library staff Scan & Deliver your requests?
It's thanks to a fabulous Bookeye scanner, like this.
Of course, it can't take all the credit. If you receive a scan of a book from a library, it might have been done by a trainee !😲
#MyDayInLibraries

Curious about what a week, or a day, in the life of a trainee looks like?🤔

We've been blogging an overview of what we get up to on a day-to-day basis, which often involves biscuits and strange books.
Check it out here👇
blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtrainees…

📢 Graduate Trainee Library Assistant 📢

Help run the University of Oxford’s New College Library and Archives, Oxford, deliver reader services, work with modern collections and major special collections, gain experience in a wide range of library duties.

£24,533

Apply by noon 23 April:
tinyurl.com/mty3bvev