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YOUTH SERVICES COORDINATOR
MID-CONTINENT PUBLIC LIBRARY (MO) -“ACCESS YOUR WORLD”

Committed to providing children, teens, parents and caregivers a “portal to life-changing resources”? Mid-Continent Public Library (headquartered in Independence, MO) has the opportunity for you. MCPL seeks a dynamic library leader to become its new Youth Services Coordinator. As part of the administrative team, the Youth Services Coordinator will be the library’s key representative to the library staff and community serving children and teens—and agencies and organizations serving those audiences. The successful candidate will lead in the development and provision of traditional, virtual and cutting edge services and programs at the local, regional and national levels.

Mid-Continent Public Library is a consolidated public library system serving 750,000 people in Clay, Platte and Jackson Counties in Missouri—surrounding the central core of and serving major portions of Kansas City, Missouri. The Library strives to provide exceptional customer service and expanding access to materials, programs, and technology including a world class genealogy and family history library. MCPL is an independent library district (political sub-division of the State) with a permanent tax rate exclusively dedicated to public library services. MCPL is the largest public library system in the state of Missouri by number of volumes and size of budget. Its collection ranks among the 100 largest libraries in America, which includes university, public, and private collections. Library staff (600+ FTE’s) serve the District through 34 locations. In 2010-2011, the Library celebrated 4.6 million customer visits and an annual circulation of more than 9 million items. Library programs and services are supported through a $41.9 annual operating budget with 22.5% dedicated to materials purchases and a substantial portion of that being for children’s and teen materials. Almost half a million residents carry MCPL cards and 39,785 customers participated in the 2012 Summer Reading Program—noted as being one of the nation’s most successful summer reading programs.

Mid-Continent Public Library serves three of the fifteen-county metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City that spans the border between Missouri and Kansas. As of the 2010 Census, the metropolitan area had a population of 2,035,334. For additional details on MCPL, the metro area and the surrounding communities see MCPLlinks.

Responsibilities. This position reports to the Assistant Director of Libraries and is responsible for modeling excellent customer service and providing collaborative leadership to System-wide planning for youth services, including developing policies and procedures for youth services, assisting with programs for youth, assisting with materials selection, planning workshops and in-service sessions, and training in the area of youth services. The position also has System-wide responsibility for public relations and marketing in cooperation with the Marketing and Communications Department. See Youth Services Coordinator for the complete job description.

Qualifications. ALA–accredited Master’s Degree in Library Science, a minimum of five years youth services related experience, and a minimum of three years of management or supervisory experience. The successful candidate will also have public library experience, a solid knowledge of children and teen services, the ability to relate and communicate with internal customers as well as developing, promoting and providing external community outreach to agencies and organizations serving children and teens, and technology skills to best develop virtual youth services. A strong collaborative management style and the desire and ability to be part of a “team effort” are essential.

Compensation. The hiring salary range is $55,486-$87,677 with a competitive benefits package.

For further information or to apply, contact Jobeth Bradbury, Bradbury Associates/Gossage Sager Associates, [log in to unmask]. A cover letter and current resume as Word (or pdf) attachments will start the application process. This position closes November 4, 2012.

Jobeth Bradbury
Bradbury Associates/Gossage Sager Associates

4545 Wornall Road, Ste. 805
Kansas City, MO 64111

816-803-7087
www.gossagesager.com

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Coastal Carolina University

, Conway, SC

Assistant/Associate Librarian - Electronic Resources and Government Documents Librarian

Kimbel Library at Coastal Carolina University seeks a creative, innovative, service-oriented librarian to manage the library’s electronic resources and related products used to manage electronic resources throughout their life cycle including evaluation, setup, implementation, and troubleshooting. Reporting to the Head of Library Technology and Systems, this twelve month, tenure-track position at either the assistant or associate level will coordinate the acquisition, evaluation, and maintenance of electronic resources, assess the effectiveness of electronic resources and identify ways to make access more effective and efficient.

The successful candidate will solicit, maintain, and disseminate usage statistics for all licensed online resources, will be responsible for resolving all resource access problems. This position will manage and improve access to the library’s small federal and state depository library collection and will act as liaison to state and federal reporting agencies. This position is expected to negotiate license agreements and contracts and describe and maintain access points to facilitate discovery of the library’s electronic resources and government documents including development and maintenance of library web pages and online resource portals for electronic resources, including database descriptions, links, text and other information to ensure consistent access points and branding across the library’s collection. The successful candidate will also develop and maintain services for archiving and providing perpetual access to electronic resources and will identify emerging trends and technologies in electronic resource acquisitions and management that have the potential for new and innovative library services.

Required Qualifications: MLS degree or equivalent from an ALA accredited institution; demonstrated experience managing electronic resources including evaluation, setup, implementation, and troubleshooting; demonstrated knowledge of current and emerging technologies as they relate to electronic resource management; demonstrated experience working with integrated library systems, preferably III; strong analytical and problem-solving skills; excellent written and oral communication skills and interpersonal skills; strong computer skills including demonstrated competence with Microsoft Office; ability and interest in fulfilling tenure and promotion requirements for job performance, scholarship, professional development, and service.

Preferred Qualifications: 2-3 years of demonstrated experience managing electronic resource collections in an academic library; experience working with various electronic resources, licensing, packages, platforms, administrative interfaces, aggregators, and vendors; some knowledge of HTML, CSS, or related technologies.

Coastal Carolina University, a public liberal arts institution located just nine miles from the Atlantic coast resort of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, enrolls more than 9,000 students from 48 states and 39 nations. The University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the baccalaureate and master’s degrees.

Candidates should submit electronically a letter of application, a current CV, copies of transcripts; and names and addresses, postal and email, of three current references by clicking below. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until position is filled. Official transcripts for required degrees must be received prior to any offer of employment.

Coastal Carolina University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications from women and minority candidates. CCU is an EO/AA employer.

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