The City of Salem LOVES its library, become a part of this vibrant beloved community resource.In Salem, community support for the Salem Public Library is overwhelmingly demonstrated by three strong support boards, including a foundation with a $2.2 million endowment, a strong volunteer base and all which afford the City opportunities to investment in the facility. The Salem Public Library is a department of the City of Salem, providing library services at two locations: (1) a Central Library in downtown Salem, on the Civic Center campus, and (2) at a West Salem branch.This is professional work which includes planning, organizing, staffing, directing and coordinating all library services. Work also includes working with the Library Board in recommending Library policies and programs to the ...

Assessment Librarian The Valley Library, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Oregon State University Libraries & Press (OSULP) invites applications for the position of Assessment Librarian, a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, tenure track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. The successful candidate will work to improve Oregon State University Libraries & Press (OSULP) services and programs, with particular emphasis on the student experience, through the gathering and interpretation of a broad range of data to guide decision-making at the departmental and administrative level. We seek a colleague interested in building on existing efforts and in developing and implementing new programs and initiatives to support assessment projects initiated across the library. App ...

The person in this position will provide information services to Oregon state employees. The position is primarily responsible for coordinating the Library’s online presence in support of state government. This includes overseeing the look, feel, and usability of the Library’s State Employee Information Center (http://library.state.or.us), and organizing and developing other web-based services and resources including the division’s website, intranet, and social media outlets. This position will also serve as the Library’s representative on the state E-Governance board working with other agencies to ensure that state government information is readily accessible on the state website (http://www.oregon.gov). This position participates in the development, operation, and ...

Oregon State University Libraries & Press (OSULP) invites applications for the position of Assessment Librarian, a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, tenure track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. The successful candidate will work to improve Oregon State University Libraries & Press (OSULP) services and programs, with particular emphasis on the student experience, through the gathering and interpretation of a broad range of data to guide decision-making at the departmental and administrative level.The incumbent collaborates with library administration and library departments in alignment with the OSULP Strategic Plan to design and conduct assessment projects to demonstrate library impact, improve services and inform decision-making. We seek a colleague interested in ...

Experience: Progressively responsible library experience, including at least two years of supervisory responsibilities Education: MLS/MLIS Required Hours: Full Time, 40 hours Deadline: 12/23/2014 LSSI is seeking a forward thinking Access Services Coordinator for the Jackson County Public Library System. It is ideal for an energetic early/mid-career librarian with a passion for exceptional library service. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated knowledge of sound public library management principles, best practices, trends, and current professional theories. Ability to exercise good judgment, along with the ability to communicate effectively and positively with library staff and the public. Ability to lead and inspire staff with creative new ideas for enhancing library servic ...

Job Responsibilities: LSSI is seeking a forward thinking Assistant Library Director for the Jackson County Public Library. It is ideal for an energetic early/mid-career librarian with a passion for exceptional library service. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated knowledge of sound public library management principles, best practices, trends, and current professional theories. Ability to exercise good judgment, along with the ability to communicate effectively and positively with various government and community groups. Ability to lead and inspire staff with creative new ideas for increasing library services while growing the use of and support for library services among the public and strategic partners is very important. This is a highly visible position requiring a dynamic ...

Consulting position advising library ebook vendor on correct format of RDA-compliant MaRC records. All work may be done remotely via Internet and phone. Total BooX is a startup ebook vendor for libraries. We have over 20,000 ebooks from reputable publishers, such as Elsevier Science and Open Road Media. In our business model, the library does not pay up front for patron access to the books. Rather, the library pays for pages that patrons actually read. This reduces the cost and risk of adding large numbers of ebooks to the collection. However, since libraries need MaRC records to make the books fully discoverable, we also want to supply them. We need someone to advise us on this. We are looking for someone who has an in-depth knowledge of all aspects of digital book cataloging, as well a ...

City of Hillsboro Library Director $97,218 - $127,932 The Hillsboro Public Library is a department of the City of Hillsboro, as well as one of 12 Washington County Cooperative Services member libraries that share a countywide collection of over 1,600,000 items. The Library provides materials and services to help community residents of all ages and cultural backgrounds meet their informational, educational, professional and recreational needs. Additionally, the Library serves the community by being inclusive, inviting and informative, while always upholding the Library’s core values. The Library Director plans, organizes, directs and supervises the activities and personnel of the City Library system. In addition, the Director serves as a member of the professional advisory body of ...

Tualatin Public Library seeks a motivated and enthusiastic librarian, committed to customer service and teamwork, who is experienced with programming & outreach and fluent in Spanish. This full-time position will lead programming and services to our Spanish-speaking community, assist with collection development, conduct outreach, build community partnerships, and offer reference and reader’s advisory assistance to English-speaking and Spanish-speaking patrons of all ages. Ability to speak Spanish, MLS, 3 years of public library experience required. ...

The Oregon State Library currently seeks an enthusiastic, experienced, forward-thinking, and user focused library manager to lead our Government Research Services (GRS) team in developing dynamic services and programs to match the changing needs of state government. Rated excellent in customer service, GRS provides resources and research support for state officials and employees as they develop government policies and make decisions impacting the welfare of Oregon citizens. GRS also maintains and promotes Oregon government information and historical collections, promoting access and playing an active role in the protection of Oregon’s cultural heritage. GRS seeks to utilize leading technologies to deliver quality information and services and to promote and preserve its collections ...

The Oregon State Library (OSL) seeks to fill one permanent full-time position in Salem. This position manages the Government Research Services (GRS) Team of 19.84 FTE. This position is management service supervisory and is not represented by a union. The individual in this position is a part of the State's Management Team. The GRS Team programs are funded by an assessment from state agencies to provide information services for state employees. GRS positions work in a team-based environment, characterized by team responsibility for the details of job design, workflow, and quality control. GRS provides high quality information services to assist state employees in the efficient performance of their jobs and in more effective decision making for state government; and oversees the operations o ...

A sample day as the Librarian II - Bilingual English/Spanish may start by conducting an off-site Spanish-language early literacy presentation for parents or caregivers, then move on to translating an event flyer and spending some time planning for a project in collaboration with a community partner, and finally conclude by updating the Spanish Facebook page. EXAMPLES OF DUTIES: 60% Outreach to Spanish-speaking child care providers, parents and children – • Develops connections with care providers. • Advertises service to providers. • Assists member libraries in developing outreach service programs. • Conducts outreach visits. • Presents library information to child care providers. • Works with community organizations to train and inform providers about ...

LITERARY ASSISTANT - Mac Savant - Far SW Portland Full candor. I need the person most creative, most convincing that I need him/her. Published writer/exhibited artist seeks person of exceptional temperament, confidence, articulate. Advanced MAC skills, inc. Time Machine, Leopard, who excels at advanced Word for MAC formatting and file organization. Tasks will include manuscript preparation, submission tracking, management of very large number of MS Word for MAC documents created in various formats. The ideal candidate will be someone with a degree from major university specializing in information science, or Comp. Lit. Required: you have written a thesis. You have a special area of expertise besides virtual and hard copy file management, excel, power point, esp. graphics, w ...

A dynamic leader is sought as director for this progressive Central Oregon (Bend) library district. Lead efforts to build upon the solid foundation of a top library program. Work with a team that is committed to a never-ending quest for excellence. Many of the tools are already in place. DPL is an independent library district with a permanent tax rate that is exclusively dedicated to public library services. The library is governed by an elected library board that focuses upon outcomes and looks to the director and management team to devise creative implementation strategies. The management team is confident and dynamic and embraces new approaches and solutions. The challenges are exciting. Develop innovative service strategies to respond to the fastest growing population in O ...

Enjoy Books? Does a challenge motivate you? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment? Then Blackwell has the job for you! Blackwell, an international bookseller to libraries for more than 125 years, has an immediate opening for an Account Coordinator in our Lake Oswego, OR office. If you thrive in a fast paced environment, look at challenges as opportunities; have proven customer and library experience, then please contact us at hr.ads@blackwell.com. Account Coordinator, New Titles/Approvals Dept. Position responsibilities include: • Set-up/maintain customer order profiles in collaboration w/sales staff & customers • Create/analyze reports; research & provide solutions to a variety of queries from customers & team members • Prepare automated cost estimates & ...

This is a professional/supervisory position requiring excellent communication skills, proven supervisory experience of staff, and library automation system software experience. Desirable candidates will possess extensive library experience and 5 or more years directly managing an integrated library computer system. MLS is desired, but not required if the candidate has sufficient experience managing an automated system in a library environment. ...