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DOC Western IL CC Adult Education Librarian I

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Job Requisition ID:49481

Closing Date: 09/16/2025

Agency: Department of Corrections

Class Title: LIBRARIAN I - 23401

Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary is $5,615 a month. CBA Applies; Full Range $5,615- $7,980 a month

Job Type: Salaried

Category: Full Time

County: Brown

Number of Vacancies: 1

Bargaining Unit Code: RC063 Professional Employees, Educators,Juvenile Justice School Counselors and Special Education Resources Coordinators,and Physicians AFSCME

Notes

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

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About the Agency

The Illinois Department of Corrections is a multicultural agency deeply committed to ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion. This commitment is at the forefront of our operations, hiring, policies and procedures, and training. IDOC genuinely values the differences of individuals in our custody and is committed to ensuring a healthy living environment where they feel valued, respected and included. IDOC is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Position Overview

If you desire to create and support lifelong reading, learning, and enjoyment then the IL Department of Corrections (IDOC) has an exciting opportunity for you! The IDOC is looking for a motivated individual to join their team as a Librarian I. This position performs professional library functions pertaining to the maintenance of the general and law libraries. In addition, the Librarian supports facility programs and services, manages collection development, provides reference services, supervises Individual in Custody clerks, and maintains library order and security. The ideal candidate for this position will be a team-oriented individual who is able to adapt to the changing needs of a dynamic, institutional library; be a self-starter and innovative thinker; and have a passion for Public Service. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.

Essential Functions

• Conducts and supervises the activities of the institutions law and general libraries.
• Maintains and develops the library collection.
• Prepares/reviews Order for Delivery and Request for Payment forms according to Shared Services provided business procedures and submits paperwork for Educational Facility Administrator’s signature.
• Examines, interprets, and fills user requests for materials using the institutional library or through inter-library loans.
• Prepares and updates list of reading materials and other library services.
• Promotes library services.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to the completion of a master's degree from an accredited college or university in library science, history, information science, English, criminal justice, psychology, education, or a related field of study.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers at least three (3) years of work experience using professional library techniques, systems, and/or procedures.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of work experience with research and/or reference procedures, including legal research.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of work experience with acquisition, classification, cataloging, and indexing principles of library content.
• Prefers the ability to adapt library science theory to the requirements of an educational, medical, historical, and legal research library.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience establishing, maintaining, and directing a library system or program.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience maintaining orderly reference files.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience preparing comprehensive reports on library operations, use, and/or requirements.
• Prefers at least two (2) years of supervisory experience.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of professional experience recommending publication of interest to patrons of a library facility.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of professional experience assisting patrons in utilization of a library facility.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires certification as a Notary Public be obtained during probationary period and kept current while in the position.
• Requires the ability to pass the IDOC/IDJJ background check.
• Requires the ability to pass a drug screen. The use of unauthorized drugs, regardless of the position held, is prohibited.
• Required to utilize digital technology, tools, platforms, and processes in managing and supporting various digital enhancements for greater efficiency, productivity, and digital transformation efforts within the department.
• Applicants are required to abide by all vaccine and/or other medical standards as set out by the employer.
• The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.

Work Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30am-3:30pm; Saturday/Sunday off

Work Location: 2500 Route 99 S, Mount Sterling, Illinois, 62353

Agency Contact: kylee.hasten@illinois.gov

Posting Group: Education; Arts, Design & Cultural

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