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Job Description

Santa Clara County Library District invites applications for the position of Supervising Librarian. Supervising Librarians supervise the programs, services, and staff for either Children’s Services or Adult & Teen Services within a community library. The current vacancy is in Children's Services located at the shiny new 53,000 square foot Gilroy Library. The list established may be used for future vacancies as they occur.

Additional Info & Requirements

Knowledge of: • Principles, practices and techniques of modern public administration, with special reference to organization, personnel management, and budgetary preparation and control; • Principles of management including training, directing, evaluating and supervising subordinates; • Library tools, methods and procedures; • Principles and practices of planning; organizing and implementing adult, teen, and children programs to meet community needs; • A wide variety of reading material; • Library reference materials; • Principles and procedures of reference services; • Classification and cataloging systems and principles; • Principles and techniques of material selection and evaluation to establish balanced library collections; • Library facilities; • Library programs and services; • The selection, evaluation and organization of library materials; Ability to: • Plan, organize and conduct programs for all ages; • Supervise, train and evaluate subordinate staff; • Advise and instruct patrons in the use of library facilities and reference tools; • Demonstrate effective and tactful oral and written communications in serving a wide variety of individuals and diverse communities; • Use library tools effectively; • Analyze community needs and develop programs and policies to meet those needs; • Define problems, collect and process data, and reach valid conclusions to solve problems and develop programs and procedures; • Recommend and/or select library materials for purchase using library selection techniques; • Make budget recommendations for program; monitor and control allocated budget; • Analyze collection and budget to fulfill needs of the community.

The Community

Santa Clara County Library District is one of the most heavily used and most well-funded library systems in the country. The Library is one of eleven libraries nationwide to be included in the top ten libraries in its population category in every published edition of Hennen’s American Public Library Ratings Survey. In addition to a broad range of electronic content and services, the Library District includes seven community libraries and one branch as well as administrative offices, bookmobile service and a literacy program. Serving a population of 410,000 residents in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Library District circulated 11 million items to over 3.3 million visitors last year. For more information about Santa Clara County Library District, please visit http://www.sccl.org

HR Info

Derek Wolfgram, Deputy County Librarian, dwolfgram@sccl.orgFor more details about the duties and benefits associated with the position, as well as the link to the online application form, please visit: http://bit.ly/SupLibSCCL Applications must be received no later than Wednesday, June 20, 2012. All applicants are required to complete the supplemental questionnaire. Applications received without the completion of the supplemental questionnaire will be rejected.