Job Description
Who are you?
You are passionate about libraries. You are well read and can’t wait to find out about the latest books. You love movies and are the go-to person for recommendations. You are fascinated about incorporating local content into a digital archive – perhaps having thought about creating your own local StoryCorps or digitizing a local museum’s photographs and local history. You can foresee the trends before anyone else in the crowd. You embrace the challenge of managing the collections at a beloved library in beautiful Southwest Colorado. You are the expert in the process of choosing, buying, cataloging, and tracking the materials you choose from the minute they arrive until they are no longer useful. You are familiar with providing important information through databases and interested in helping the public comfortably use them.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Essential Duties of the Collection Development Librarian
- We are searching for a Collection Development Librarian to manage and develop all our collections including our digital repository and reference databases. If you like working with a staff that is highly collaborative, creative, and fun, then, this is the position for you.
- You will be in charge of a $40K+ budget, overseeing assessment of the library’s collections to inform collection development and resource management decisions. The Collections Librarian also provides statistics and reports as needed and monitors national trends, technologies, and best practices in resource sharing, e-resources, collection assessment, and collection management. In collaboration with the Library Director, the Collection Development Librarian takes the lead in developing and updating collection policies and standards for selecting, reviewing, and removing information resources.
- You will oversee two employees who are involved with the daily cataloging, acquisitions and processing functions. You will work with our Integrated Interfaces Inc.’s Sierra ILS and Pika interface in collaboration with the Marmot Library Consortium.
- You will coordinate and curate digitization projects with the help of the Marmot Consortium’s Digital Repository.
- You will determine what databases are useful and relevant to our customers and teach the staff and our patrons how to use them.
Additional Duties of the Customer Service/Main Service Desk
- Serves the general public at the public service points.
- Assists patrons with circulation and borrowing processes.
- Answers questions in person, by phone and online.
- Provides ready reference, reader's advisory service and instruction in the use of the library to patrons.
- Provides basic reference service by utilizing the physical and virtual services available within the library (library collection, union catalog, databases, nearby libraries, Interlibrary Loan, etc.).
- Shelves returned materials; read and straighten shelves to maintain proper order.
- Promotes all library services and programming to the general public.
- Provides basic computer support and informational instruction to patrons on the use of library catalog, online databases, Internet and downloadable media.
- Assists with Community Room scheduling, equipment and proper use of the facility.
And, in your spare time, you will be called upon for special projects and miscellaneous duties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS
- ALA-accredited Master's degree in Library and Information Science
- Demonstrated knowledge in acquiring a variety of library materials in all formats
- Demonstrated experience cataloging in an Integrated Library System
- Strong computer skills and familiarity with Google for Business
- Interest in working with a Digital Archive
- Responsible for the library’s reference databases
- Demonstrated written and oral communication skills
- Ability to be adaptable and flexible and handle multiple priorities simultaneously
- Demonstrated ability to provide a high level of customer service to internal and external users
- Work collaboratively with external partners
- Project management skills and the ability to bring projects to fruition
- Experience working directly with budgets and financial records
- Supervisory experience along with an ability to promote a positive team environment
- Demonstrated understanding of current issues and trends in public libraries
- Demonstrated leadership ability, strong problem-solving skills, and a commitment to continuous learning
- A strong commitment to innovation
- Presentation skills
Highly desirable
- Direct experience working with Sierra preferred, along with experience with OCLC library systems
- Experience working with digital archives
- Experience teaching classes to the public on reference databases
The Community
The Pine River Public Library District was voted the “2014 Best Small Library” in the country by Library Journal. We have a beautiful 12,000 sq. ft. facility with an impressive 17,000 sq. ft. community garden in partnership with the Pine River Garden Club. In partnership with our community organizations, Pine River Library offers 500+ programs/year, and we are truly the “living room” in our library district of almost 9,000 people. Bayfield itself is a quaint town of 2000 residents, about 20 miles east of the dynamic community of Durango in the heart of the exquisite Pine River Valley, east of the San Juan Mountains. We have five major rivers and all kinds of outdoor and cultural opportunities with nearby Fort Lewis College and Southwest Community College. Southwest Colorado is a year-round vacation destination located between Purgatory Ski Resort and Wolf Creek Ski Area. Pine River Library offers exciting opportunities for achievement and growth in Bayfield, CO.
HR Info
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Please send information to Shelley@prlibrary.org
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