Library Jobs Overview

The following are current employment opportunities within the USC Libraries:

Information on application procedures, benefits, salary ranges, and other full-time staff employment opportunities at USC can be found on the USC Employment Opportunities Web page.

The USC Libraries actively support the discovery, creation, and preservation of knowledge. We develop collections and services that support and encourage the academic endeavors of faculty, students, and staff; build a community of critical consumers of information; and help develop engaged world citizens. Through these means, we contribute to the continued success of the University of Southern California.

USC's libraries house collections of more than four million volumes, over 6,400,000 microforms, 3,000,000 visual materials, nearly 49,000 linear feet of manuscripts and archives. They subscribe to over 120 electronic databases and more than 76,000 journals in print and electronic formats. Annually, reference transactions number close to 116,000 and approximately 1,300 instructional presentations are made to 16,000 participants. USC is a member of the Association of Research Libraries, the Center for Research Libraries, the National Digital Library Federation, the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium and the Big 12 Plus Library Consortium. Additional information about USC and the USC Libraries can be obtained at: University of Southern California Web site and USC Libraries.

The University of Southern California Founded in 1879, USC is an international center of learning, enrolling more than 37,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on the University Park and the Health Sciences campuses and offering degrees through its David and Dana Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, the Graduate School and 16 professional schools. It ranks in the top 10 among private research universities in the United States in federally funded research and in voluntary support. USC is one of only four private research universities in the western United States elected to membership in the Association of American Universities, a group that represents the top one percent of the nation's accredited universities and which accounts for nearly two-thirds of all federally sponsored research.

USC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to the Background Screening Policy Appendix D for specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying.

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at (213) 821-8100, or by email at uschr@usc.edu. Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.