Librarian

Kentucky Personnel Cabinet•Sandy Hook, KY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Librarian at Little Sandy Correctional Complex, within the Kentucky Department of Corrections’ Division of Adult Institutions, assists with planning, directing, and supervising the work of clerical and paraprofessional personnel and helps train new personnel in library work. The role provides specialized reference, reader’s advisory, and research services and performs professional library functions, including weeding, selecting and acquiring materials, cataloging, classification, preparation and physical maintenance of materials, and circulation. The Librarian maintains current awareness of library materials, participates in workshop presentations, conducts bibliographic searches through automated information systems, serves as a liaison with the Department of Libraries and Archives, provides interlibrary loan services, and prepares professional, administrative, and popular reports and articles. The Kentucky Department of Corrections operates correctional facilities and works to protect the public while providing a safe, secure, and humane environment for staff and offenders, as well as opportunities for offenders to develop skills that support non-criminal behavior.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 21 semester hours in library science.
Two years of professional library experience.
Alternatively, a master’s degree in library science may substitute for the education and experience.
Alternatively, library experience that includes professional-level experience in a combination of at least three specified areas may substitute for education on a year-for-year basis. Areas include reference; cataloging and classification; materials selection; instructional materials selection; organization and/or administration; public relations or publicity materials preparation and selection; and bookmobile operations.
No special age, licensure, or regulatory requirements are listed.

Responsibilities

Assist in planning, directing, and supervising clerical and paraprofessional personnel.
Assist in training new personnel in library work.
Provide specialized reference, reader’s advisory, and research services.
Perform library functions, including weeding, materials selection and acquisition, cataloging, classification, preparation and physical maintenance of materials, and circulation.
Maintain current awareness of library materials in the field.
Participate in workshop presentations.
Perform bibliographic searches via automated information systems.
Serve as liaison with the Department of Libraries and Archives.
Perform interlibrary loan services.
Prepare professional, administrative, and popular reports and articles.
Catalog and classify materials.
Select instructional materials for children, adolescents, or adults.
Organize and/or administer, and prepare and select materials for public relations and publicity purposes.
Review books and periodicals.
Work on special assignments as assigned by the supervisor.