{"id":8513,"date":"2026-06-02T10:27:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/?page_id=8513"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:27:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:27:44","slug":"gradhrly-ias-chinese-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/library-organization\/busoff\/positions\/gradhrlypos\/gradhrly-ias-chinese-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Hourly for Chinese Studies &#8211; International and Area Studies Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Graduate Hourly positions are open to enrolled University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Graduate Students only.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Unit:\u00a0<\/strong>International and Area Studies Library, <a href=\"https:\/\/library.illinois.edu\/ias\">https:\/\/library.illinois.edu\/ias<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>321 Main Library, 1408 W. Gregory Dr., Champaign, IL 61820<br \/>\n<strong>Supervisor:<\/strong>\u00a0Bing Wang, Chinese Studies<br \/>\n<strong>Number of Openings: <\/strong>1<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Hours per week anticipated:\u00a0<\/strong>5<br \/>\n<strong>Hourly Rate:\u00a0<\/strong>$24.00<br \/>\n<strong>Anticipated Start Date:\u00a0<\/strong>8\/31\/2026<br \/>\n<strong>Schedule: <\/strong>Flexible pre-established schedule within the hours of Monday-Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Academic Term(s) of Employment anticipated: <\/strong>Academic Year 2026-2027 (Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 semesters<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>International and Area Studies Library\u2019s Graduate Hourly employee for Chinese Studies<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major Duties and Responsibilities\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organize and promote Chinese Studies and East Asian Studies activities and events,<\/li>\n<li>Maintain online research guides and webpage for Chinese Studies,<\/li>\n<li>Check and transit gift collections for Chinese language materials, and<\/li>\n<li>Other duties as assigned.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Required Qualifications <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enrolled as Graduate Student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for the Academic Terms of Employment listed above<\/li>\n<li>Strong academic-level reading proficiency in both simplified and traditional Chinese,<\/li>\n<li>Proficiency in the Pinyin romanization system,<\/li>\n<li>Ability to comprehend the Wade\u2013Giles system using auxiliary tools and accurately convert Wade\u2013Giles transliterations into the Pinyin system,<\/li>\n<li>Academic and professional fluency in English, and<\/li>\n<li>Academic-level understanding of Chinese history and culture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Preferred Qualifications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full professional fluency in spoken and written Chinese,<\/li>\n<li>Prior experience or relevant coursework in Library and Information Science, and<\/li>\n<li>Familiarity with Digital Humanities tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To Apply:<\/strong> Please email your (1) Resume and (2) Work schedule availability to Bing Wang, Chinese Studies Librarian, <a href=\"mailto:bingw@illinois.edu\">bingw@illinois.edu<\/a> by Monday, July 13, 2026, for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions regarding the position, you may contact Bing Wang, Chinese Studies Librarian, at <a href=\"mailto:bingw@illinois.edu\">bingw@illinois.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate Hourly positions are open to enrolled University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Graduate Students only. 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Gregory Dr., Champaign, IL 61820 Supervisor:\u00a0Bing Wang, Chinese Studies Number of Openings: 1\u00a0 Hours per week anticipated:\u00a05 Hourly Rate:\u00a0$24.00 Anticipated Start Date:\u00a08\/31\/2026 Schedule: Flexible pre-established schedule within the hours of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":874,"featured_media":0,"parent":57,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"left-nav.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8513","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ACF":{"breadcrumb_alias":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8513"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8514,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8513\/revisions\/8514"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}