Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Legislative Aide - Connecticut State Library Bill Room
Legislative Aide - Connecticut State Library Bill Room.
Job Description: As an employee of the principal Law Library in the
State of CT, the individual will learn the legislative process by
working with highly skilled government professionals. The Bill Room is
part of the Law & Legislative Reference Department at the
Connecticut State Library, which is located in the State Supreme Court
Building across the street from the State Capitol. Staff provide legal
and legislative reference services to members of the Bench, the Bar,
State Agencies, students and faculty as well as the general public.
Duties of this position primarily include organizing and digitally
archiving legislative bills along with accompanying amendments, roll
call votes, etc.. This constitutes the State’s permanent archive of
sessional General Assembly material associated with the legislative
process. Loading digital legislative transcript material into ContentDM
for permanent public access, and updating a searchable Microsoft Access
index for efficient online retrieval. Other tasks dependant on interest
and time may include visiting legislative offices to acquire timely
legislative documents, tracking bills via CGALites (the Connecticut
General Assembly's intranet), attending public hearings that may cover
an area of personal interest, archiving previous session bill file
material, and special projects as needed. Position coincides with the
2012 regular Legislative session (beginning on February 8 and ending May
9, 2012). Pay rate is currently $10/hr subject to a slight increase.
Hours are somewhat flexible to accommodate class/other life commitments
Position is funded up to 40 hours per week. Please submit your cover
letter, resume, and 3 references to Steve Mirsky: steve.mirsky@ct.gov.
Labels:
full time,
hartford county,
law libraries,
special libraries,
temporary
Location:
Hartford, CT, USA