Interim Library Director

Duties include:

• Supervises the maintenance of buildings and grounds;
• Recommends repairs, alterations, and new construction;
• Evaluates the effectiveness of the library's services in relation to the changing needs of the community;
• Recommends necessary library services to the board;
• Recommends and administers personnel policies, including but not limited to maintenance of leave records and personnel files;

• Plans the installation of new types of services;
• Directs and supervises the expenditures of library funds;
• Represents the library at community and group meetings;
• Attends professional meetings;
• Revises and corrects the work of professional and non-professional personnel;
• Selects materials for acquisition;
• Performs difficult and involved informational, reference and referral services;
• Compiles booklists and bibliographies;
• May use library's automated circulation system to retrieve information, enter data, check materials in
• and out, compile reports, etc.;
• May perform original cataloging and classifying.

Minimum Qualifications: A Master’s degree in Library Science or Library Information Science

from a college or university accredited by The American Library Association or the New York State

Board of Regents to grant degrees and two (2) years of professional library experience.

Preferred knowledge, skills, and abilities: Good knowledge of library techniques; good knowledge of library and administrative practices; good knowledge of library materials; ability to carry out library policies; ability to comprehend users' needs quickly and accurately; ability to train and supervise the library staff; ability to plan and coordinate the work of others; ability to evaluate situations, meet people easily, and participate effectively in the cultural and intellectual activities of the community; ability to express oneself clearly and concisely both orally and in writing; initiative in making constructive suggestions for improvements in services and collections; tact; courtesy; good judgment; physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position.

Hours for this position are flexible.

Please email letter of interest and resume by Nov. 8, 2024 to Sara Johnson, Library Director, at [email protected] using the subject line: Library Director

Start Date prior to Dec. 1, 2024.

This is a temporary Orange County Civil Service Library Director 1 position. Must be eligible to take the Orange County Civil Service Library Director I Exam. The position will be provisional until the exam is taken and passed.