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Employment Opportunities: Library Managers, Montgomery County Public Libraries

By David Badertscher, PLL

MANAGER III (LIBRARY MANAGER) 3 vacancies

$60,680 - $110,910

Mont. Co. Public Libraries provide information services to & programming for children & adults from 22 library facilities. These Manager III (Library Manager) positions provide professional library administrative work having full accountability for management of a library branch in Mont. Co. Public Libraries. Employee will serve as a branch manager overseeing the provision of direct service & assistance to library customers. Duties include: assessing human resources and customer needs, planning goals & objectives for the branch, overseeing the supervision of branch staff, coordinating collection development activities, & establishing, maintaining, and improving communications and working relationships with diverse community groups, advisory committees, & the news media. Library hours are Sunday - Saturday including evenings. Individual schedules may vary based on customer service needs & will include some Sundays at another library branch.

*/ MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS /*/ : / Master's degree in library science or library information science from a college or university accredited by the American Library Assoc + 4 years of progressively responsible professional experience in a field related to the assigned area.

To apply on-line, please visit our website at www.montgomerycountymd.govhttp://www.montgomerycountymd.gov , click on �??Careers�?� for Req.#3022.

Position will remain open until all positions are filled. Please note all resumes must address the following criteria as preference in scheduling interviews will be given to applicants with experience in these areas: 1. Supervisory experience in a public library; 2.Experience assessing community needs, & planning & implementing services in response to diverse populations�?? needs & interests; 3. Experience in team building & staff development; 4. Experience planning, implementing & evaluating broad range projects.

MANAGER II (1 vacancy)

CHIEF, DIVISION OF COLLECTION & TECH. MGMT.)

$70,632 - $128,222

Mont. Co. Public Libraries provide information services to & programming for children and adults from 22 library facilities in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The County�??s system is busy (6+ million visitors) and heavily used, serving a very diverse population of close to 1 million. The Division Chief is the department�??s lead planner for the system�??s materials collection & its virtual services, as well as the manager responsible for the daily operations supporting collection, information technology, & virtual library services. This position will be the lead advisor to the Director regarding strategic planning & implementation in these areas. The manager leads a division of approximately 6 managers & 40 staff and is responsible for the management & coordination of work for the following unctional units:

Acquisitions, Cataloging & processing; Collection Development, including Interlibrary Loan & Website Development; Inter branch Delivery Service,

IT Management, & Virtual Services.�

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* MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS *

Master's Degree in Library Science or Library Information Science from a college or university accredited by the American Library Association (no equivalency for the MLS/MLIS) + 7 years of progressively responsible professional experience in a field related to the assigned area, 3 years of which were in a supervisory or executive capacity. Note: The term "executive" is further defined as a high echelon or high level position in an organization that is assigned technical research, management advisory services responsibilities, or policy-making duties & responsibilities that exerts considerable influence on organizational policy, plans, & operations through technical research, management advisory services, and/or policy-making duties & responsibilities (e.g., County positions at Grade 30 or above).

To apply on-line, please visit our website at www.montgomerycountymd.gov�

<http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov > , click on �??Careers�?� for Req#3026.

Position will remain open until filled. Please note all resumes must address the following criteria as preference in scheduling interviews will be given to applicants with experience in these areas: 1. Supervisory experience, especially in a public library setting, & executive experience managing and/or leading other managers. 2. Experience, especially in a governmental setting, explaining & defending budgets, policies, operations, & other concepts to senior officials, elected officials, and/or the general public. 3. Experience in managing human resources in a union, governmental, and/or diverse environment; 4. Experience making library collection development decisions for a diverse & sizable community; 5. Experience supervising staff in the area of IT and/or virtual library services; 6. Experience planning, visualizing, verbalizing & implementing fundamental organizational and/or services changes; 7. Experience planning, implementing, and/or managing virtual library services.

EOE. M/F/H. Office of Human Resources 240-777-5000 or TTY 240-777-5126

*/ C. Elaine Cline /*

*/ Chief Librarian /*

*/ Ralph J. Bunche Library /*

*/ Room 3239, HST /*

*/ U. S. Department of State /*

*/ Washington, D.C. 20520-3239 /*

*/ Phone: 202-647-3002 /*

*/ FAX: 202-647-6075 /*

*/ clinece@state.gov /*

/ "Our mission is to meet the information needs of our customers and the

US Government" /

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on March 19, 2008 (boomark / email).