Supervisor, Library - Cataloging (Hybrid)
About The Position
Join the Anoka County Library Team! Are you passionate about organizing information and making resources accessible to the community? Anoka County Library is seeking a detail-oriented and collaborative leader to oversee our cataloging operations. In this role, you’ll ensure that the Anoka County Library collection—spanning print, digital, and multimedia materials—is accurately cataloged and easy for patrons to discover. You’ll lead a dedicated staff, maintain high standards for metadata and classification, and help shape the way our library connects people to knowledge. The Library Supervisor, with a focus of cataloging, plays a key role in overseeing cataloging operations within the library department. This position ensures that materials are cataloged in a timely manner and establishes and implements procedures to enhance team efficiency and productivity. They provide expertise to ensure that bibliographic control activities result in maximum retrieval with minimum user effort. If you thrive on precision, enjoy mentoring others, and want to make a meaningful impact in how thousands of patrons access information, this is the opportunity for you! This is a full-time, exempt, hybrid position.
Requirements
- Requires a bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of job-related experience
- In lieu of the required education, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
Nice To Haves
- Previous supervisory experience
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Master’s degree in library and information studies from an ALA accredited institution
- Degree in Library Science or related field
- Experience performing complex copy and original cataloging using MARC and RDA standards
- Experience maintaining authority records
Responsibilities
- Create a welcoming environment for all by providing excellent customer service.
- Hire, evaluate, train, develop, and provide work direction for employees and volunteers.
- Supervise cataloging to ensure movement of materials is responsive to community needs.
- Responsible for catalog search training across all Anoka County Library locations.
- Organize and maintain Anoka County’s collection and catalog of print, non-print, and digital materials.
- Empower and connect patrons to appropriate resources.
- Performs original and complex copy cataloging.
- Ensures accuracy of the bibliographic database, including authority control.
- Determine metrics to collect and review to improve operations.
- Troubleshoot computer software and hardware issues.
- Identify and resolve issues following standard protocols.
- Maintain current knowledge of county and library policies and procedures.
- Interpret and communicate policies to patrons and employees as needed.
Benefits
- 24 days of paid flexible time off and up to 12.5 paid holidays.
- Comprehensive insurance, including medical, dental, vision, flex benefits and more at https://www.anokacountymn.gov/benefits
- Medical and dental clinic exclusive to employees, located at the Anoka County Government Center.
- Pension plan and other retirement investment options.
- Advancement/professional development opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
