Job Description: You are the champion of lifelong learning. From story time to STEAM program, adult coloring night to cooking club, you have a passion for the participatory library and can lead a team of professionals who create and deliver innovative experiences. Who you are: You have a passion for youth services, but understand that adults need some fun, too. You are a positive motivator. You love to play, learn, and explore. You inspire fun in the people around you. You get programming and have experience in designing, preparing, promoting, implementing delivering and evaluating programs. You make friends and find opportunities to create partnerships. You love how the right details make the big picture come together. You’re a natural communicator, whether in a small g ...

Inspire and build for the future as Marion Public Library’s next Library Director. The Board of Trustees of the Marion Public Library wants a leader to contribute to building and sustaining Marion as a creative city that attracts and nurtures talented people, mobilizes ideas, stimulates innovation, and encourages diversity. Working with the City of Marion, the Library is a center of cultural vitality enhancing the quality of life through library services for all Marion residents. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop a new Strategic Plan and continue to move forward with the Library’s innovative mixed-use building project—Inspire-Building Marion’s Future—initiated during the 2008 City’s Imagine8 visioning project. The proposed new ...

You are passionate about our products, from downloadable media to good ole hard covers. You are not ashamed of your love for pop culture; from the newest Beyoncé release to James Patterson prepubs, you know what’s hot and whose holds lists fill up quick. As an innovative leader, you channel that passion to the collection development team, creating a fun, inspiring environment for your staff. You are the champion for intellectual freedom and our collection philosophy, ensuring that staff and customers understand what public libraries are all about – free access to all. You understand the importance of a popular-browsing collection that reflects our community and helps our customers transform their quality of life through education, civic engagement, the arts, and entertai ...

Fisher-Whiting Memorial Library Position Title: Library Director Job Summary: As the chief executive officer of the library, the Director plans, organizes, directs, evaluates, and reviews the library’s resources, personnel, facilities, services and programs to respond to the needs of the community. The Director operates under the executive direction of the Library Board of Trustees. Work includes developing and monitoring budget resources, planning and implementing overall library goals and objectives, oversight of staff and services. POSITION REQUIREMENTS Education & Experience: High school diploma and current public library certification (or completion of public library management 1 and 2 courses within one year). Library Director is required to obtain and maintain publ ...

Are you ready to be a state-wide library leader for America’s Heartland? The Iowa Commission on Libraries and the State Library of Iowa seek an energetic, engaged and enthusiastic professional to lead the Iowa library community as the next State Librarian. This new leader will understand the realities of contemporary libraries—school, academic, special and public—and steadily move toward a future with new programs and services, new staffing models, and new technologies—while evaluating and supporting current relevant programs and services. The successful candidate will be a change agent shaping and communicating a compelling vision for Iowa’s libraries. The State Librarian will work closely and effectively with the Iowa Department of Education as well as with ...

Kendall Young Library is seeking an enthusiastic, creative, tech-savvy, service-oriented Teen Librarian to join our staff. The Teen Librarian plans and coordinates teen programming (grades 6-12) and is responsible for teen collection development. Additionally, this position provides reference services for adults and teens; helps patrons use our digital and physical resources; and handles publicity for the library. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Teen Services • Plan and staff teen programs, including the after-school Teen Lounge program. • Coordinate the Teen Summer and Winter Reading Programs . • Develop and maintain the Teen collection based on reviews, evaluation of current collection, and patron requests. • Actively work at outreach to the area middle and high schools as w ...

The Board of Trustees of the Norelius Community Library (Denison, Iowa) seeks a qualified and professional leader to become the next Library Director. The new Director will lead a team of 10 staff members who strive to provide friendly and creative library service to an estimated service population of more than 24,000 people area-wide. ...

Responsibilities. The Director of the Des Moines Public Library reports to a five-member Library Board of Trustees—appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by City Council—and partners with city officials to achieve the Library’s mission, goals and objectives within the context of community needs and priorities. Overall responsibilities include: fostering effective internal and external communications with Community, City officials, the Library Board, the Library Foundation, and Library staff; proposing recommendations and implementing Board policies and operating procedures reflecting the reality of the current economic environment; developing the Library staff as a strong team through leadership, mentoring and providing staff development opportunities; providing sound fiscal manageme ...

Shared Youth Services Librarian The Cedar Falls and Waterloo Public Libraries are seeking a full-time Shared Youth Services Librarian. Position is salaried, and supervises the Youth Departments at both the Cedar Falls and Waterloo Public Libraries. Some evening and weekend work required. Salary range $47,301-70,252. Qualifications include: understanding of child/adolescent development, strong knowledge of children’s literature and print/electronic reference sources appropriate for children, familiarity with children’s electronic media and general technology, strong written and oral communication skills, ability to plan and develop children’s programming relevant to two diverse communities; the ability to lead two departments with humor, integrity, fairness, and support a team ...

Drake University Law Library is seeking a Reference Librarian with a strong service orientation to help provide patron services to members of the Law School, Drake University, the local bench and bar, and the public. Located in Iowa's capital city, the library enjoys a relationship with other local special libraries, including the State Law Library, and other local academic libraries, including the main library of Drake University. This is a full-time tenure-track position with faculty rank. The Reference Librarian reports to the Associate Dean for Information Resources and Technology. Responsibilities: The Reference Librarian provides reference services (including one evening per week during the regular academic year), coordinates reference operations, provides bibliographic instruct ...

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Foster effective internal and external communications; develop, monitor, and implement a strategic plan, propose recommendations and implement Board policies and operating procedures, provide sound fiscal management including seeking additional revenue resources, and explore and develop collaborative relationships with city government and local, regional, and statewide organizations and agencies. ...