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The Cedar Mill and Bethany Community Libraries are seeking applications for part-time positions as a Shelving Assistant. Openings at both Cedar Mill and Bethany. Applicants must be 16 years of age or older.
Schedule may include weekends, weekdays and evenings until 8 pm.
The job requires stamina, attention to detail and the ability to bend, squat, reach and move many books. The ability to read small print and to accurately sort and shelve items is also necessary.
Pay rate is $13.25 per hour. No benefits are associated with this position.
To apply, submit resume and cover letter describing your qualifications to cedarmill@wccls.org.
Please start subject line of email with word Shelver. Indicate library location of interest or both.
Make a Lynda.com account and access video tutorials
Learn how to access Lynda.com with your library card in this video from our Teen Council members.
YouthLine is a free, confidential teen-to-teen crisis and help line. Contact them with anything that may be bothering you. No problem is too big or too small for the YouthLine!
Teens are available to help daily from 4-10pm PST (adults are available by phone at all other times!). Learn more about YouthLine here.
The Beaverton City Library is assisting with a Girl Scouts Gold Award project by collecting writings from students in grades 6-12 about the pandemic. How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected your life? Your writing can be in the form of an essay, a personal story, a poem, or any other form you choose. Selected writing will be assembled into a booklet and added to the Beaverton City Library’s local history collection. Some writing may also be published and can be kept anonymous if you prefer. For more details, please visit this page. Runs from April 1-June 30, 2021.
April 7, 2021 | 4pm | Online Zoom Event Art lovers and artists, come create together! We will be making art, listening to music and sharing what we create at the end of each session. Those teens and tweens that pick up this month's Stress Ball Take and Make craft starting April 5th can also get instruction if they need it during this time. For ages 11-18 only, Registration Required. Zoom link will be sent out an hour before the program.
April 21, 2021 | 4pm | Online Zoom Event Join us for a few rounds of the Among Us game. Participants will be organized into breakout rooms in zoom and will have a chance to talk to each other while playing the astronaut spy video game. Participants will need access to a mobile device or computer with Among Us loaded on it. Ages 11-18 only, Registration is required. Zoom details will be sent out the day of the event.
Enjoy some of our new arrivals or special collections at the library on our New and Notable page.
Our Mission: Provide our community an open door to the joy of reading, lifelong learning and personal enrichment, with emphasis on the literacy development of children.
Cedar Mill Library 1080 NW Saltzman Road Portland, OR 97229 | (503) 644-0043
Bethany Library 15325 NW Central Drive, Suite J-8
Portland, OR 97229 | (503) 617-7323
Bethany Library Annex 4888 NW Bethany Blvd, Suite K-2
Portland, OR 97229
April 7, 2021 | 4pm | Online Zoom Event
