The New York Public Library (NYPL) has been an essential provider of free books, information, ideas, and education for all New Yorkers for more than 100 years. NYPL’s neighborhood libraries in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island—many of which date to Andrew Carnegie’s visionary philanthropy at the turn of the 20th century—are being transformed into true centers of educational innovation and service, and vital community hubs that provide far more than just free books and materials.  

The Library is seeking Children’s Librarians, Young Adult Librarians, and Adult Librarians to empower patrons from infant through senior citizen to become creative thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and resourceful users of information. Successful candidates will embody each of these four characteristics themselves.

Under the supervision of the Library Manager, the Librarian:

• Provides reference service and resource recommendations using print, media and digital resources
• Collaborates with programming teams to develop, promote, facilitate, present and evaluate innovative programs to meet the expressed and anticipated needs of the community’s population
• Partners with the collection development team to build and maintain the collection ensuring it is diverse, current, and relevant and meets the needs of the community
• Works to engage patrons with the collection in ways that allow them to follow their interests and discover new ones
• Conducts outreach to and develops partnerships with community based organizations, city support agencies, adult educational institutions and local businesses to promote the library’s services, programs and collections 
• Encourages digital literacy and provides technology instruction
• Develops and maintains the layout and appearance of the space, ensuring a safe and inviting area filled with relevant resources
• Develops and maintains content for social media platforms such as Library blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest
• Mentors library staff in preparing and presenting programs
• Assists with circulation, fines & fees management, reserves and opening/closing procedures
• May take responsibility for the facility, staff and operations in the absence of the Library Manager
• Maintains a working knowledge of trends in literature, educational and development needs, services and the profession through webinars, internal training, meetings, conferences, professional literature and organizational memberships
• Performs related duties as required

Qualifications:

• ALA accredited Master’s degree in Library and Information Studies and Public Librarian’s Professional Certificate issued by the State of New York
• Experience in a library setting providing information services, including reference and public programming, or an internship in a public library for recent graduates; public library experience preferred
• Strong commitment to public service and the ability to work well with a diverse patronage
• Experience creating and conducting a variety of innovative programs for specialty area
• Knowledge specific literature and experience maintaining a specialty collection
• Experience building partnerships with local organizations to better meet the needs of community users
• Demonstrated interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Successfully demonstrated ability to work as part of a team
• Strong organization and planning skills, including the ability to perform multiple projects or tasks simultaneously
• Strong computer and other related technology skills, including MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Google applications, PCs, Macs and e-reader devices
• Demonstrated knowledge of computer services including online searching, social media, reference resources and databases
• Basic understanding of emerging library technologies, service and programming trends, and urban public library issues preferred
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