Monday, September 23, 2013
Young Adult Librarian - New Canaan Library
Young Adult Librarian - New Canaan Library.
The young adult librarian is passionate about connecting and building
relationships with adolescents in order to spark curiosity, fuel
discussion and enrich lives through the collections, services and
programs of the library. This is a permanent, full time position with
one weekend day and one evening per week serving the youth (13-18) of
our community. The position reports to the executive director and is a
member of the leadership team. New Canaan Library serves a community of
20,000 about 1 hour from NYC in Fairfield County Connecticut. Role
Purpose: This position is responsible for the planning, delivery and
evaluation of programs and services that meet the expressed and
anticipated needs of our young adult community. Responsibilities:
Actively participate in long range strategic planning for all of library
as well as youth area; Advocate for youth in the library; Develop and
grow an active teen advisory group; Create and contribute to services,
programs and collections that attract an increasing number of targeted
clientele (13-18 year olds); Collaborate with colleagues in the
Children’s and Adult services teams; Feed in to collection manager to
develop the YA collections; Seek out and form partnerships with other
relevant organizations in the local community; Maintain the teen area of
library website; Develop a productive relationship with the local
school librarians; Set goals, measure impact, for long term programming
and services; Provide information and readers advisory to target group;
Coordinate any volunteers in the YA area; Lead and participate in
project teems; Develop and maintain clear documentation for all programs
and services; Meet negotiated timelines and deadlines; Create
collateral to promote programs and services using relevant tools. Skills
and attributes: Empathetic with a genuine interest in youth, and an
understanding of adolescent development; Develops rapport easily with
teens; Focused on excellent user experiences for adolescents in the
library environment ( physical and virtual); Fluent user of social
media; Excellent communications skills; Confident and capable user of
internet/communications technologies; Deep and broad knowledge of YA
literature; Agile, able to adapt easily to a changing environment and
work on multiple projects simultaneously; Confident, outgoing and self
motivated; Personal commitment to ongoing professional development and
expertise in youth librarianship including currency on youth services in
libraries; Confident and effective public speaker; Both participates in
and leads in-house professional development with colleagues.
Competencies: 1. Focus on positive user experience. 2. Innovation in
development of services and programs. 3. Continuous improvement:
monitoring and evaluation of relevant collections, services and
programs. Use of evidence based decision making. 4. Professional
demeanor. Qualifications and Experience: 1. Master’s Degree in Library
Science from ALA accredited university- required. 2. Previous experience
working with youth. Starting Salary $48,000. To apply, send your cover
letter and resume to loldham@newcanaanlibrary.org by October 14, 2013.
Labels:
collection development,
fairfield county,
full time,
outreach,
professional,
programming,
public libraries,
publicity,
schools,
technology,
YA services
Location:
New Canaan, CT, USA