Library Human Resources

Graduate Assistantships in University Library

Graduate Assistant Salary Rates

Click on the Unit to view the Graduate Assistantship (GA) job description.

*You MUST complete APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS with this office. Once your information has been reviewed, you will be contacted by Library Human Resources.

 

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Unit Total FTE* Supervisor Available
Conservation Unit .50 Cher Schneider Fall 2012
European Union Center .33 Lynne Rudasill Fall 2012

Preservation Unit

.50 Jennifer Hain Teper Fall 2012


*Full Time Equivalent
This means a FTE of 1.25 could be two .50 positions and one .25 position or five .25 positions, etc.  

**University Library GAs are usually 1/4 time or .25 (10 hours/week) and 1/2 time or .50 (20 hours/week)."  With budget cuts, the positions are now .25 (10hrs/week) and .35 (14hrs/week). 

Please Note:

TAXATION OF TUITION WAIVERS

Tuition and service fee waivers for a Pre-Professional Graduate Assistants (PGA) are considered taxable income unless exempt under a specific Section of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC).  The University has a 127 plan, which is an educational assistance program that exempts the first $5,250 (per calendar year) of the tuition and service fee waivers as allowed by IRC Section 127.  Cumulative Pre-Professional Graduate Assistant (PGA) tuition and service waivers in a calendar year exceeding $5,250 are considered taxable benefits.  Therefore, your wages will have additional withholding for any value above the $5,250 limit. The value of the tuition and service fee waiver that exceeds $5,250 will have an estimated tax withholding of 30% to 36%.  The tax withholding may result in your monthly paycheck or paychecks throughout the semester being significantly reduced possibility up to the point where you have no take-home pay.  This will depend on the value of your tuition and service fee waiver and the pay you receive for the services you perform for the University.

First priority for graduate assistantships in the University Library is given to students enrolled in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science.

If the position that you have applied to is no longer posted, this means the unit is no longer accepting applications.

* Application Requirements

Send cover letter and a resume with a list of 3 references to:

Donna Hoffman 
Administrative Assistant, Library Human Resources Office
1408 West Gregory Drive, Suite 127
Urbana , IL 61801
libhr@library.uiuc.edu

Here are additional resources that may prove helpful:

The Graduate Assistantship Clearinghouse

Student Employment: Virtual Job Board

 

Each lists GAs and Grad Hourly, and the latter also lists student hourly positions on and off campus.  Good luck!   

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