ADULT SERVICES PROGRAMMING LIBRARIAN

Fountaindale Public Library•Bolingbrook, IL

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About The Position

The Adult Services Programming Librarian plans, organizes, and implements community partnerships, programs, and cross-departmental initiatives that support Adult Services and library goals and meet the needs of the community and library patrons. The role oversees Adult programming, including planning, preparation, scheduling, budgeting, and administration, and coordinates event and staff schedules. In collaboration with the Adult & Teen Services management team, the librarian hires performers and leads assessment of cross-departmental programming committees and projects. The position coordinates, supervises, hires, trains, and schedules Adult & Teen Services Specialists, and participates in their development. It collaborates with the Communications Manager on promotions, coordinates Adult and Staff Summer Reading activities, and provides in-depth research, reference, and reader’s advisory services to patrons and staff. The librarian analyzes service and collection data, helps develop benchmarks and initiatives, leads library-wide committees and special projects, and helps plan and implement technology use. The position also prepares records, purchase requests, and reports; serves as the building responsibility lead; and performs other duties as assigned. This is a full-time, non-exempt position of 37.5 hours per week, with day, evening, and weekend hours. Work is performed in a typical library environment. The salary range is $30.45–$47.05 per hour, with a starting hourly wage of $30.45.

Requirements

Completion of an MLS program from an ALA-accredited library school.
Knowledge of Adult and Teen services, principles, trends, practices, and technology.
Basic knowledge of Adult literature, popular materials, and reference materials in a variety of formats.
Knowledge of productivity suites and integrated library systems.
Knowledge of reference techniques and digital information retrieval.
Ability to incorporate technology into programming and other public services.
Ability to effectively use a variety of tablets and similar devices.
Ability to exercise reasonable and independent judgment and discretion.
Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks.
Ability to analyze and synthesize data to produce new or revised processes and procedures.
Ability to adapt to and effectively implement change.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff and the public.
Ability to communicate effectively in English, orally and in writing, with programmers and vendors from diverse backgrounds.
Ability to stay calm and effective in difficult situations and empathize with and relate to the needs of all patrons.
Ability to prepare and deliver oral presentations.
Supervisory ability, including interviewing, hiring, training, reviewing work, assisting, developing, counseling, evaluating, disciplining, and enforcing library rules and policies.

Nice To Haves

Emphasis in Adult Services in the MLS program.
At least one year of Adult Services experience in a comparable school, business, organization, or library.
Spanish-speaking skills.

Responsibilities

Provide consistent, gracious, and friendly service to internal and external customers.
Understand and enforce District policies and procedures while safeguarding intellectual freedom and patron privacy.
Plan, prepare, schedule, budget, and administer Adult programming for the District; coordinate event and staff schedules and hire performers in collaboration with the Adult & Teen Services management team.
Work with the Adult & Teen Services management team to lead assessment of cross-departmental programming committees or projects, with assistance from Adult & Teen Services Librarians.
Coordinate, supervise, hire, train, and schedule Adult & Teen Services Specialists; support their development and provide programming, patron assistance, reader’s advisory, and promotion of library services and programs.
Collaborate with the Communications Manager on promotional needs.
Coordinate Adult and Staff Summer Reading activities with, or in the absence of, the Reader’s Services Librarian.
Provide in-depth research, reference, and reader’s advisory to patrons and staff.
Keep informed about current information and trends at the local and regional library level and participate in relevant professional development.
Work with Adult & Teen Services management staff to establish benchmarks and develop, design, and integrate initiatives and services for patrons and staff.
Analyze data from the integrated library system and other sources to assess services and collections and make recommendations.
Lead library-wide committees for special projects, strategic planning, new initiatives, departmental development, and consortia-wide development.
Help review, plan, coordinate, and implement technology use.
Perform duties of Adult & Teen Services Librarians or Adult & Teen Services Specialists when needed.
Prepare and submit required records, purchase requests, and reports in accordance with library policies and procedures.
Serve as building responsibility lead.
Perform other miscellaneous duties as assigned.