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Job Description

The Youth Services Librarian position reports to the Director/Assistant Director and includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities.

Programming

• Plan and present weekly Story Time; choose books to read and prepare crafts, music, fingerplays, and flannel board activities emphasizing early literacy skills.
• Plan and present Baby/Toddler Story Time on a weekly basis emphasizing early literacy skills.
• Present story times for preschools three weeks each month.
• Present once a month LEGO Club.
• Plan summer reading programs for babies and early elementary age children; plan programs, story times, and do overall reporting for the program.
• Develop community partnerships.
• Develop additional programs for children as needed.
• Present special one-time programs for children.
• Maintain youth programming budget.

Customer Service

• Provide Reader’s Advisory services to both adults and children.
• Staff circulation desk two hours per day and provide backup assistance when needed.
• Answer phone and respond to patron inquiries.
• Pull books for library displays.
• Shelve books.
• Provide technology assistance to patrons.

Collection Development

• Maintain collection development budget.
• Collection management for children from birth through teen ages, including purchasing and weeding.
• Suggest Fantasy and Science Fiction titles to be added to the adult collection.
• Purchase DVDs for all ages.
• Purchase ebooks for library Nooks, archiving previous purchases when necessary, along with updating the MARC record.

Supervisory

• Supervise Library Assistant.

Personal Development

• Take continuing education classes as allowed by time and budget
• Keep current with children and young adult literature by reading professional journals
• Attend workshops offered by library organizations

Education and Experience

A Master’s degree in Library or Information Science from an ALA accredited college or university is preferred. Previous library experience is preferred. Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.

Salary: $37,500 to $42,500, depending upon experience.
Schedule: Full-time (40hours/week) including one evening a week, and every Saturday. Benefits include paid holidays and paid time off. Medical insurance is reimbursed up to $500 a month.

To be considered, please submit a resume and letter of interest by email to:
Jackie Welch, Director
Ruby Sisson Memorial Library
jw@pagosalibrary.org

The Community

Ruby Sisson Memorial Library in beautiful Pagosa Springs, Colorado is looking for a professional librarian to continue growing our Youth Department. We are located approximately 5 hours from Denver, in southwest Colorado. Discover more about our area at http://pagosachamber.com/

HR Info

To be considered, please submit a resume and letter of interest by email to:

Jackie Welch, Director

Ruby Sisson Memorial Library

jw@pagosalibrary.org