Reporting to the SCRC Assistant Director, the SCRC Reference Associate (temporary) serves a critical role in a fast paced, high profile, team-oriented academic special collections reference/access services unit committed to providing high quality customer service. The SCRC Reference Associate (temporary) position is crucial to providing SU faculty, staff, students, alumni, and the local and global research communities with general and specialized reference and access to the University’s extensive cultural heritage materials, including rare books, personal papers, monographs, manuscripts, artwork, photographs, artifacts, time-based media, and born-digital formats through our on-campus reading room and our reference and access services operation. The SCRC Reference Associate (temporary) is responsible for monitoring the reference question queue, will research and answer general and specialized reference questions relating to SCRC’s collection material and services, and participate in the SCRC Reading Room desk rotation. This position handles queries in compliance with university policies governing access to records and ensures the privacy and confidentiality of researchers, donors, and creators records.