Library Materials Supervisor

High Plains Library District • Mead, CO

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Library Materials Supervisor supervises, schedules, hires, and trains page staff. This role also helps maintain the library collection and participates in page duties such as checking in, sorting, routing, and shelving library materials, as well as assisting patrons with library services.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Supervisory experience (preferred)
• Experience working in a library (preferred)
• Fluent in Spanish and English (preferred)
• Or any combination of education and experience which provides the success factors.
• Focuses on the customer
• Initiative
• Contributes to a positive work environment
• Strategic thinking
• Pursues personal development
• Continuous improvement
• Takes pride in the workplace
• Emotionally intelligent
• Tactful
• Knowledge of public library operations
• Creativity
• Knowledge of Collection Maintenance
• Knowledge of merchandising library materials
• Knowledge of the Dewey Decimal System
• Knowledge of public library goals, policies, and services
• Knowledge of library technology
• Skill in counting money
• Skill in customer relations including dealing with difficult patrons and volatile situations
• Skill in supervision
• Skill in oral and written communication
• Skill in using the library district catalog and circulation system
• Skill in Windows, Word, Internet Explorer, Excel and Outlook
• Skill in using Innovate Interfaces, Inc’s Sierra or another comparable automated library system
• Able to align strategy with people, processes and systems
• Able to model expected employee behavior
• Able to budget and plan
• Able to organize, manage, and evaluate the work of a large paraprofessional staff
• Able to analyze issues and make informed recommendations
• Able to operate various office equipment including copiers
• Able to use good judgment
• Able to work in teams
• Able to work with confidential information

Responsibilities

• Supervises daily operations by gathering and making sense of information, communicating it to staff, organizing resources, and making decisions to ensure the proper functioning of the operational unit. Makes recommendations and takes initiative regarding practices and procedures for pages.
• Weeds collections based on the Conditional Weeding Reference Guide and conditional weeding matrix; redistributes materials based on an excel spreadsheet and communication between branches to help with overflow of the floating collection; manages shifting; prepares statistical reports to help with locating claimed returns, stuck in transit, and on search items; follows procedures for missing and damaged materials; prepares and routes items needing repairs; helps with the promotion of the collection by merchandising and assisting staff to maintain and create in-shelf displays and maintains a fresh, appealing and relevant collection.
• Sets performance objectives for staff; observes and documents performance; recognizes, rewards and disciplines performance; schedules page staff; plans and facilitates page meetings; trains staff; and recommends adjustments to pay in order to manage the pay and performance of staff.
• Serves as the first point of contact for patrons in assistance with using library materials and information, guiding them in searching the catalog and stacks, accessing databases, and navigating the Internet; assists patrons with self-checkout and checking in materials; issues and updates library cards; follows procedures and collects money for fines and over-dues; processes holds; explains policies and procedures pertaining to the use and care of library materials; determines status of damaged and missing materials and administers charges as appropriate; and provides high-level customer relations by addressing and resolving customer account issues and complaints, and sourcing assistance from Patron Services Supervisor or Library Manager as necessary.
• Participates in the performance of page duties: checks in materials and sorts and routes materials to their appropriate location; prepares materials for courier pick-up and empties bins of materials from courier deliveries, placing items on carts in order to prepare materials for check-in; shelves materials by placing materials on the appropriate shelf according to Dewey decimal number, author or title; may shelf read materials and shift and straighten materials; processes holds; follows procedures for missing and damaged materials; and prepares and routes items needing repairs.
• Selects staff by interviewing candidates for vacant positions, assessing qualifications, and recommending for hire the candidate that most closely meets the desired qualifications at a starting wage reflective of the hiring strategy and overall staffing plan for the library.
• Performing other duties as assigned; assists with deposits and counting money in the register; acts as the Person in Charge (PIC) in the absence of the Patron Services Supervisor or Library Manager; participates in meetings, committees, and assists Library Manager in order to ensure the smooth operation of the branch.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• 401(a) Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
• 457 Deferred Compensation Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts for transportation, dependent care and medical expenses
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Leave

What This Job Offers

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