Dorothy Alling Memorial Library

We have two job openings.
One year-round position: Student Assistant (see job decription here). Student assistants are responsible for shelving returned library materials and providing general help around the library. This job will start in early August. You would work about ten hours per week – including one or two evenings and Saturday rotations (about two Saturdays per month). Applicants must be at least fifteen years old when they begin work and still enrolled high school or home-school.

June 11-August 30: Book mobile assistant (see job description here). Help deliver library materials throughout Williston and St. George.  For insurance reasons, you must be at least sixteen years old and have a valid driver’s license for at least six months without restrictions. Preference given to high school students or recent graduates.  You would work about eight hours per week --most likely Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 4:45 pm to 7:30 pm.

Williston and St. George students are preferred, but others may apply.  Pay is $8.46 per hour. Apply by post, email or in-person to Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Attn: Jill Coffrin, 21 Library Lane, Williston, VT 05495 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The Pleasures of Story Hunting
Wednesday, May 30 at 6:30 pm. Perhaps the only thing greater than our desire to tell stories is the world's appetite to hear them. The role of journalist is often to serve as a conduit, seeking great stories and retelling them to a wider audience. Kiernan will discuss his experiences with the pleasures of hunting for stories and the gratifications from sharing the best ones.

The Vermont Digital Newspaper Project (VTDNP) is part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). The NDNP is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and is administered by the Library of Congress. The VTDNP is a collaborative effort of the University of Vermont, Vermont Department of Libraries, Isley Public Library in Middlebury, VT, and the Vermont Historical Society.

The VTDNP will digitize 100,000 pages of historical Vermont newspapers from 1836-1922 over the course of its initial NDNP grant (2010-2012). Once digitized, these newspaper images will be available as fully searchable content on the Library of Congress Chronicling America website.

To date there are over 62,500 historic Vermont pages available to search to free! In all the Chronicling America project has over 5 million pages available for viewing.