Career Center

Position Purpose: Our Librarian should work with our Head Librarian in all aspects of the library program in creating and promoting a student-centered culture in which the library is an inviting, service-oriented space for students and faculty. Students should be empowered to be enthusiastic readers, critical thinkers, researchers and ethical users of gathered information. We value a librarian who will ensure that our collection represents a diverse and multicultural range of authors and topics.

Instruction and Collaboration:

• Provide guidance to students and faculty in information retrieval, effective searching, and evaluation of information and bibliographic attribution
• Collaborate with faculty to design instruction in information literacy including all steps of the Research Model
• Assist faculty in the teaching and assessment of the research process
• Promote reading and the intellectual pursuit of personal interests through book talks, reader’s advisory, and general library interaction with patrons
• Provide guidance and point of service assistance to students and faculty in the use of various instructional technology applications
• Discuss and plan with faculty for research projects
• Solicit suggestions and requests from faculty for resources
• Plan and design lessons with faculty
• Provide collections (may include print and electronic resources) for classroom and/or

            library use in support of specific units

• Discuss and plan with faculty instructional technology incorporation within lessons
• Advisory with grade level responsibilities

Administrative Duties:

• Update and revise library pages within the school’s learning management system
• Maintain a professional relationship with the librarians of the lower and upper schools
• Assist in the maintenance of the library facility, including the maintenance of an inviting, clean and orderly, library atmosphere
• Assist in maintaining the periodical collection – processing, display and filing
• Assist in maintaining the library printer – including assistance to patrons in use of the printer and the monitoring and ordering of supplies
• Generate materials’ displays to promote reading and the collection

Professional & Promotional Responsibilities:

• Curate Resource Lists
• Create and submit to Head Librarian all proposed purchases for collection development
• Coordinate with vendor, parent volunteers, classroom teachers, and Head Librarian the annual school book fair
• Collaborate with Diversity team and Head Librarian to provide guest author experiences
• Work with Head Librarian to maintain collection through systemic weeding and development
• Attend conferences, workshops, and classes
• Maintain membership in relevant professional organizations
• Promote the library, its programs and resources throughout the school community and when applicable, in the broader community.
  

Circulation:

Circulation Desk: 

• Assist in assuring a ready-to-serve status during operational hours.
• The library is available to patrons (with limited exceptions) between the hours of 7:30 AM and 4:00 PM. Librarians should staff the main library floor throughout the entire school day. Library Desk Schedules include only the minimum four periods of a librarian’s designated time. The balance of the daily schedule is flexible for additional instruction and library related tasks and responsibilities
• Responsibilities outside of the library may include, but are not limited to Grade Level, Team, Interdisciplinary, and other required faculty meetings and lunch duties, support of extra-curricular activities is encouraged for all faculty. This may result in limited time away from the library.
• On average, librarians spend three quarters or more of the school day in the library in support of library patrons and library programs.
• Assist in processing new materials
• Prepare and deliver library notices
• Assist in preparing and maintaining reserve collections as requested by faculty (these may include print and electronic resources and may be held in the library or delivered to a classroom).

Maintenance of the Collections and the Facility:

• Identify and submit potential acquisitions of appropriate and diverse materials in all formats
• Assist in cataloging and processing of materials
• Assist in inventory of collections
• Foster a library environment which provides intellectual and physical access to all materials within an inviting, conducive to learning, clean and orderly environment

Volunteers:

• Assist in the training and monitoring of parent volunteers

Qualifications:

• A Master’s degree in Library Sciences or Media Education, or equivalent work experience
• Strong IT skills and mastery of library management systems
• Enthusiasm for continual changes in the fields of education and library and information sciences
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with diverse faculty and student populations.

It is the policy of Charlotte Country Day School not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.  This policy extends to recruitment, employment, promotion, demotion, transfer, layoff, termination, compensation, training, benefits and all other terms and conditions of employment.