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Job Description

The Library Services Director manages library services of the Main Library, Branch Libraries, or Technical Services. Participates in the planning and evaluation of system-wide policies, procedures and programs.  Responsible for overseeing library facilities, budget, databases, personnel and day to day services.  In the absence of the Library Division Director, may be asked to be in charge of the library system.

https://www.santafenm.gov/job_opportunities/detail/2019-cs5

Additional essential functions for assignment in Technical Services:

• Manages system-wide Technical Services including acquisitions, bibliographic control, physical processing, and database maintenance. Enhances efficiency and maintains quality through staff development, use of technology, outsourcing, networking and cooperation with other libraries and institutions. Tracks and reports on library materials budgets.

• Cataloging- performs original, copy, and reclassify cataloging of all formats of library materials. Follows RDA, Bibliographic Formats and Standards for MARC, LCSH, Dewey 23, and local classifications. Uses, administers, and troubleshoots OCLC account. Oversees authority control and database maintenance.

• Library Technology - Works closely with Library Management Team on database and e-resource evaluation. . Works with Library Systems Manager on administering related Sierra modules on the Integrated Library System.

• Statistical reporting – works on annual reports, completes surveys and reports for state and national library benchmarking.

• Works with Library Management Team to coordinate and delegate the Library Collection Development plan system-wide.

• Collaborates with Library Management Team on accessibility of library materials for the public.

The Community

Santa Fe, the nation’s oldest capital city, has been at the crossroads of historic trails and cultures. It enjoys a unique blend of Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo culture and has earned its old nicknames “The Dancing Ground of the Sun” and “The City Different.”

The Santa Fe Public Library consists of three branches—the downtown Main Library, the midtown La Farge Library, and the Southside Library. The city population is 83,000, but the library also serves county residents. The annual budget is $4 million. The library has the support of an advisory board and a very active Friends of the Library organization. It is currently undertaking a planning study with library consultants to assess what Santa Fe needs to make a 21^st century library.

This creates a perfect opportunity for a Library Director who can be unifier and a change agent with a clear vision for a 21^st century library as a crucial hub in a diverse community.

The library is a division of the city’s Community Services Department along with Senior Services, the Youth and Family Services, and the Office of the Municipal Public Defender. The common vision is that all residents have the resources they need for health, wellbeing, and a high quality of life.

Santa Fe is settled at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, which provides a lovely fall and winter, and a ski area, as well as cool nights through the summer. It is close to forests and a wilderness area and ancient pueblos and Albuquerque. The light is gorgeous, the food is delicious, and the variety of cultures, cultural centers, museums, art galleries, music venues, and daily happenings is remarkable for a city its size.

HR Info

Jeffrey Donlan, Interim Library Director, jpdonlan@santafenm.gov

Application must be made through the city website at https://www.santafenm.gov/job_opportunities .