• Are you an undergraduate or graduate student at least 18 years of age?
• Do you have 45 minutes to take a test in the Library?

The Library is looking for students to participate in an assessment project. Students will take an online multiple choice test that assesses information literacy skills. The test must be taken in the Library during one of the two scheduled times.

Upon completion of the test, students will receive a $20 campus card. (Campus cards expire in 120 days).

Participation is limited to 15 students for each test date.

Choose from one of two test dates:                   

11/18/15, 12-1 PM (LIB 259)  - Register here  FULL          

11/19/2/15, 12-1 PM (LIB 259) - Register here  FULL  

UPDATE: Sorry everyone, we are now fully booked!

Questions? Contact Katy Sullivan at sullivan@umbc.edu.

**This position is no longer accepting applications.**

The DoIT Technology Support Center is looking to hire additional consultants to work during the Fall. Please see our job description below and visit our job posting on UMBCWorks to apply. 

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TSC Student Consultant Job Description

Technology Support Center (TSC) student consultants are the first points of technical contact for the UMBC community and those who do well often go on to work in other areas of the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). Minimally, consultants are expected to provide initial triage and support for a wide-range of information technologies including accounts, hardware, instructional technologies, networking, software, telecommunications, and basic web development.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provide technical assistance to users by phone, online and in person;

• Answer TSC phones in a professional and courteous manner;

• Create, update and resolve tickets in the Request Tracker (RT) ticketing system;

• Create, update, suggest and recommend relevant FAQ articles to users (www.umbc.edu/faq);

• Provide direct assistance to users on technical issues they cannot easily resolve on their own;

• Complete in-person or online training about quality support as defined inumbc.edu/go/ticketrubric;

• Respond to all work related communications in a timely manner;

• Escalate urgent problems to the Full-Time staff, as appropriate.

Required Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate by phone or in person.

• Demonstrated writing ability.

• Demonstrated ability to achieve successful outcomes in handling difficult situations and customers.

• Demonstrated analytical and troubleshooting skills.

• Ability & willingness to learn coupled with clear understanding of one’s technical abilities, so as to triage and escalate an issue that leads to an effective solution for the user.