Library Jobs

Monroe, Louisiana

The ULM Library is hiring! We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team as our new Coordinator of Technical Services at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. New graduates are encouraged to apply! If you are passionate about technical services, this is an excellent opportunity to grow your skills in a collaborative and engaging environment. 

Job Summary

Coordinate the administration of library systems and the cataloging, processing, finding, reporting on, and accessing of all library resources, including electronic resources. Serve as the department head for Technical Services. This is a faculty, tenure-track position.

Duties and Responsibilities

System Administration:

• LOUIS System Administrator for the library’s management system, SirsiDynix Symphony, configuring it to accurately reflect and access the library’s physical and electronic collections. Request LOUIS support when needed. Disseminate announcements and reports from LOUIS to Library staff. Communicate with other LOUIS System Administrators. Attend the LOUIS Users Conference and the LOUIS System Administrators meetings. 

Cataloging:

• Supervise all bibliographic cataloging and advise in the use of the library catalog.
• Maintain the subject and name authority database within SirsyDynix Symphony. 
• Report library holdings to OCLC WorldCat.

Electronic Resources:

• Administrator of EBSCO Discovery Service, EBSCOhost, and EBSCOadmin Holdings Management, from which the electronic resources portion of the catalog is derived. 
• Periodically and systematically check real access to each journal and database, on- and off-campus. 
• Communicate publisher or vendor announcements and system outages to the ULM Library Public Services staff.  

Department Head:

• Develop departmental goals, plans and priorities and evaluate the effectiveness of the department. 
• Provide the Director and library staff with any requested statistics, title lists, or other analytical data. 
• Provide subject bibliographies or accreditation reports to academic departments via the liaison librarians, semi-annually or annually. 

Minimum Qualifications

A Master’s degree in Library science from an American Library Association (ALA)-accredited school. At least 2 years experience in library cataloging and electronic resources management. Excellent communication skills as evidenced by experience in working with faculty, students, and other library patrons. A vision of the patron experience in the discovery and retrieval of resources. Prefer experience using SirsiDynix Symphony, OCLC WorldCat, OCLC Connexion, MarcEdit, and Microsoft Excel.

Conway, Arkansas

Minimum Salary: $40,000

At the University of Central Arkansas, we value our employees striving to maintain a work-life balance. We realize that this affects the overall well-being of employees while learning to prioritize challenging work and the ability to make a difference. Participation in university-wide remote work days may be available for certain positions. Training is provided on systems or job-specific software, and tools are available supporting professional and personal development. The benefits package allows you to customize your benefits to meet your current needs, with the ability to adjust them as your priorities change. This includes university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance, 80% tuition waivers for employees and their families, 12 official holidays, immediate leave accrual, and a retirement program with university contributions of 10% of employee salary. Also available are health and wellness incentives, as well as access to sports and cultural activities on campus for the family, free gym membership and equipment rentals.

Position Summary

Torreyson Library seeks applicants for the position of Chief of Library Staff. This position reports to the Library Director.

Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 am. – 4:30 pm.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

This position serves on the library administration team and is an integral part of library leadership, serving to bridge the gap between the personal and professional needs of library staff and the continuously growing and changing needs of an academic library. Following are the job duties and responsibilities of this position:

• Voice of Library Staff in library leadership
• Liaison with University Human Resources
• Provides general HR duties for the libary
• Initiates hiring documents in appropriate software
• Places job advertisements in appropriate places
• Ex officio participant on all hiring committees
• Assists committee chair with administrative task
• Provides on-boarding for all employees
• Coordinates employee annual evaluations
• Ensure proper off-boarding for all employees
• Completes appropriate paperwork
• Coordinates internal library communication
• Training & Develpment
• Tracks employee mandatory training
• Leads professional development day planning
• Coordinates year-long professional development
• Awards & Rewards
• Develops and implements an internal library program for awards
• Maintains a schedule of awards and rewards external to the library
• Keeps staff master calendar
• Schedules desk assignments
• Approves time sheets
• Works with Library Specialist for Student Engagement to coordinate best HR practices with student employees
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of HR practices and procedures or willingness to learn.
• Knowledge of library departments and functions or willingness to learn.
• Organizational skills.
• Active listening skills.
• Highly developed emotional intelligence.
• Ability to make decisions and prioritize.
• Ability and willingness to problem-solve and participate in conflict resolution.
• Ability to use and/or learn various software packages for office and library work.
• Ability to operate general office equipment.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to work efficiently and with attention to detail.
• Ability to stoop, bend and reach.
• Knowledge of customer service principles, particularly serving internal customers.
• Ability to assist in resolving patron concerns.

Skills Considered Essential for Success

• Knowledge of the organization and administration of higher education.
• Knowledge of state, federal, and university rules, regulations and procedures.
• Ability to work in a diverse and dynamic environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently with common goals as a part of a team.
• Ability to make sound judgments.
• Effective interpersonal communication, writing, and organizational abilities.
• Civility in all interactions.
• Demonstrate effective follow-up.

Required Education and/or Experience

The formal education equivalent of a bachelor’s degree plus three years supervisory experience; demonstrated leadership experience. Additional requirements determined by the agency for recruiting purposes require review and approval by the Office of Personnel Management. OTHER JOB RELATED EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE MAY BE SUBSTITUTED FOR ALL OR PART OF THESE BASIC REQUIREMENTS, EXCEPT FOR CERTIFICATION OR LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS, UPON APPROVAL OF THE QUALIFICATIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE.

Preferred Education and/or Experience

Background in HR work. Experience in a library setting. Office management experience. Experience in training.

University, Campus, and Community Description

Thank you for your interest in employment at the University of Central Arkansas.

Founded in 1907, UCA has an enrollment of nearly 10,000, of which more than 20% are graduate students. The university offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate certificate and degree programs, including doctoral programs in six disciplines. The undergraduate student body consistently scores above the national average on the ACT exam. UCA is proud of its tradition of teaching excellence and its contributions to research, scholarship, and creative activities. UCA seeks to attract students and employees that are dedicated to building a culture of diversity, belonging, inclusion, and equity.

Desired start date 02/16/2025

Canyon, Texas

The A&M System strives to maintain a competitive, high-quality benefit package to support the health and wellness needs of our workforce. This includes comprehensive health and welfare insurance plans, additional health and lifestyle programs, and optional retirement savings opportunities. Eligible employees will have access to paid leave programs in addition to 13-15 paid holidays each year. For more information regarding the benefit package go to: West Texas A&M University: Human Resources Benefits

General Summary

Oversees the ongoing organization, updating, and weeding of the library’s general collection. Assesses the physical strengths and weaknesses of the collection through multiple tools. Assists with leading the library’s Collection Development Committee. Oversees library’s gift acquisitions, representing the library when interacting and communicating with donors. Assists in compiling collection content and expenditure analysis for surveys and reports. May supervise Unit staff in the absence of the Head of Resources and Metadata Management. Reports to the Head of Resources and Metadata Management.

Responsibilities:

Collection Management:

• Oversees the ongoing organization, updating, and weeding of the general collection. Gains familiarity with the University’s curriculum and the Panhandle area to make informed decisions regarding the collection.
• Studies the University’s curriculum and assesses the library’s physical/electronic collections’ strengths and weaknesses through the use of data analysis (including COUNTER), physical condition, surveys, and other tools and reports findings to library’s Collection Development Committee and Liaison Librarians.
• Assists with leading the library’s Collection Development Committee.
• Developments and implements training programs related to collection management.
• Assists in compiling collection content (and expenditure analysis) for surveys and accreditation reports and annual library assessment reports.
• Evaluates inquiries about gifts-in-kind or donations for library collections.
• Maintains an awareness of issues affecting collection development and management.
• Researches ILL borrowing data and reference analytics to recommend material(s) acquisition.
• Updates Collection Development Policy in collaboration with Collection Development Committee.
• Explores new collection development tools to help and to streamline the collection review process.
• Uses such tools as Alma Analytics and Worldshare Collection Manager to evaluate library collection and compare to peer institutions.

Access Services:

• Communicates with Head of Access Services regarding stack maintenance.
• Works hours at the library’s Access Services desk.

Personnel Management:

• Supervise Resources and Metadata Management staff.
• Manages Resources and Metadata Management Unit in the absence of the Head of Resources and Metadata Management Unit.

Professional Development:

• Maintains currency with developments in library service and collection development and management.
• Commits to learning and self-improvement, adding value to Cornette Library and West Texas A&M University through attendance at Cornette Library’s Professional Learning Community (PLC) and through other professional avenues such as membership in professional organizations, conferences, webinars, podcasts, professional literature, presentations and/or publishing.

Professional Service:

• Serves as liaison to one or more academic departments.
• Participates in maintenance of library collections in liaison area(s) through evaluation, weeding, and selection of resources in consultation with faculty and library Collection Development Committee.
• Serves on Cornette Library committees. May also participate in university committees and/or regional, State, and national library or library related professional committees.
• Demonstrates contributions to the profession through such things as membership in library or library related professional organizations, scholarly publication and/or presentations.
• This document represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions.  Other duties as assigned.

Necessary Qualifications:

• MLS, MSLS, or MLIS from an ALA-accredited program
• Three (3) years of library-related experience with two (2) years’ experience working in a library managing collections.
• Customer service experience.
• Supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of collection development principles.
• Knowledge in the use of library resources, including reference tools and the processes of research and information retrieval.
• Ability to multi-task and work collaboratively with others.
• Strong soft skills: teamwork and collaboration, professionalism or work ethic, oral and written communication, and critical thinking or problem-solving skills.
• Adaptable/flexible with the ability to analyze, organize, and prioritize work in a fast-paced environment, while meeting deadlines.
• Experience using a wide variety of platforms, hardware, and software, including but not limited to: office productivity software (e.g. Microsoft Word and Excel), Microsoft Windows, Integrated Library Systems (ILS) and discovery services.
• Knowledgeable about various subject areas; expertise extends to evaluating information sources for their relevance to the University curriculum and Panhandle area
• Ability to move medium weight boxes, books, heavy book truck or similar items*.
• May require working evenings and weekends.
• The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Doctorate in related field
• Six (6) years of experience working in an academic library.
• Experience working in library circulation/access services.
• Experience using ILS, Alma/Primo.
• Experience with the Springshare Suite of tools.
• Experience working with donors.
• Experience with metadata management.
• Demonstrated experience building collections & collection development policies in an academic library.
• Strong customer service ethic.
• Knowledge of current and emerging trends in academic librarianship, scholarship, and/or technologies.

Applicant Instructions:

Please include the following with your application:

• Cover letter
• Resume
• Three references

Please attach all documents in the attachment box at the bottom of the “My Experience” page before continuing through the application.  Please use the “Upload” button to add each document individually. All revisions must be made prior to application submission.  If you need assistance with uploading documents, please contact WTAMU Human Resources at hr@wtamu.edu.

Texas law requires all males age 18 through 25 to be properly registered with the Selective Service System.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer. 

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer.

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

The Carroll and Madison Library System (CAMALS) is seeking a full-time Regional Library Director to plan, direct, and coordinate all activities of the CAMALS regional office to best serve the needs of the member libraries, their communities, and our two counties.

CAMALS serves six small, rural public libraries located in Carroll and Madison counties in northwest Arkansas. CAMALS regional office staff members are considered employees of Carroll County, Arkansas, with employee benefits provided by Carroll County including health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, short-term disability insurance, APERS Retirement (Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System), ten paid holidays, and vacation and sick leave.  Salary commensurate with education and experience.  Please read the full job description at:  www.camals.org

Applications are available online at www.camals.org  and are due by January 31, 2025.  To apply, send a cover letter addressed to the CAMALS Board of Trustees, a completed job application, a current resume, and a list of three professional references to CAMALS Board member Peggy Lodewyks by email to lodewyks.peggy@gmail.com or by US Mail:  Mrs. Peggy Lodewyks, 19 Bobwhite Lane, Holiday Island, AR 72631. 

The Carroll and Madison Library System and Carroll County are equal opportunity employers.