Librarian

Kentucky Personnel Cabinet • Lexington, KY

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Blackburn Correctional Complex (BCC) serves as the Division of Adult Institutions' largest adult male minimum-security institution providing care, housing, custody, control, and governmental services jobs to inmates. This facility is located near Lexington, Kentucky.

BCC is seeking a Librarian who will play a vital role in the mission through performing professional level library work within the Institution.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree with a minimum of 21 semester hours in library science.
• Two years of professional library experience.
• Strong communication skills
• Observation skills
• Planning skills
• Self-motivated
• Well organized
• Very good knowledge and love for the literary field.

Nice To Haves

• A master's degree in library science will substitute for the education and experience.
• Library experience, which must include some professional level experience in a combination of at least three of the following areas will substitute for the education on a year-for-year basis: reference; cataloging and classification of materials; selection of materials; selection of instructional materials for children, adolescents, or adults; organization and, or, administration; preparation and selection of materials for public relations and publicity purposes; and bookmobile operations.

Responsibilities

• Assists in the planning, direction, and supervision of the work of clerical and paraprofessional personnel (inmates)
• Supervises the inmate library on a daily basis and ensure the library program meets inmate needs and ACA standards.
• Performs technical work acquiring, cataloging, and classifying books and periodicals in addition to soliciting the donation of books, library materials, and equipment from the private sector and the State Department of Library.
• Provides specialized reference, bibliographic, read advisory, interlibrary loan and research services.
• Maintains current awareness of library materials in the fields.
• Prepares in-house displays and activities.
• Provides specialized reference, reader’s advisory, and research services.
• Ensures outgoing legal mail is appropriately documented.
• Ensures proper handling and storage of legal tapes and CD’s and forwarding such items to other facilities if inmate is transferred from current facility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level