Children's Librarian
Job ID/Number:
00808
Post Date:
Monday, January 22, 2024
Closing Date:
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Institution Name:
Prescott Valley Public Library
Job Location:
Prescott Valley, AZ
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We invite you to join the high performing team at the Town of Prescott Valley, serving as our Children’s Librarian for the Prescott Valley Public Library, a division in the Community Services Department. All librarians serve in a leadership role within the library, organization, and community with or without a formal supervisory assignment. If you have a desire to serve the community in which you live, we encourage you to apply.
Examples of Duties
In this position you will:
- Plan, develop, schedule, and conduct activities and programs. This Librarian position will be assigned to supervise the Children’s division of the library mainly focusing on collections, services, and programs for ages 0-8.
- Maintain collections of materials and resources in various formats from vendors, occasionally in collaboration with consortia partners. This involves reorganizing collections and weeding when necessary.
- Perform a variety of customer service duties including assisting patrons with Reference, Public Access Computers, databases, software, and other equipment.
- Publicize and promote library services, programs, and collections. Conduct public relations functions and attends community events. Provide tours of library facilities and make presentations on services.
- Perform a variety of general library and administrative work such as shelving, shelf reading, answering telephones, running errands, and pickup of supplies needed for activities.
- Serve as a professional library resource by recommending children’s library materials in all formats to library patrons and community groups; provides leadership and trains staff in children’s library materials recommendations, trends in reading and publishing, and community reading and learning interests.
Typical Qualification
Needs to have/ be:
- Requires a Master’s Degree in Library Science (MLS), at least two (2) years of professional experience in a public library, and one (1) year of supervisory experience. Or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
- Working knowledge of principles and techniques of selecting and managing a library collection and library classification schemes (i.e. Dewey Decimal System).
- Skilled in developing, planning, organizing, and coordinating programs within assigned areas.