Librarian - JHR Elementary Job at Espanola Schools in Espanola

Qualifications

• A. or B.S. degree with a major or minor in library Science.
• New Mexico state teaching certificate with library science endorsement K-12.

REPORTS TO: Principal when at the school. The Library Services Coordinator during assigned times.

SUPERVISOR: N/A

JOB GOAL: To provide staff and students with a wide variety and range of library media and services that will encourage intellectual growth to aid staff and students in acquiring the skills needed to become effective life-time library users.

Performance Responsibilities

• Operates and supervises the library to which assigned.
• Understands and follows oral and written directive.
• Maintains open communication and cordial public relations with media, staff, teachers, administrators, sales representatives and others.
• Provides training for the library assistants to carry out their responsibilities.
• Arranges frequently changing book fairs, audio visual showings, library displays, bulletin boards, other promotional activities, and exhibits likely to interest library users.
• Oversees the general neatness and attractiveness of the library and its displays
• Prepares and administers the library budget.
• Direct and assists in the production of media.
• Catalogs, maintains, and supervises the operation of audio visual hardware.
• Keeps library materials and equipment in working order.
• Eliminates obsolete and work materials from the collections.
• Makes repairs on library media: books, periodicals, audio-visual software, hardware and other media.
• Takes the annual inventory or library materials and prepares lists of missing media to be discarded.
• Maintains current inventory of supplies.
• Operates the circulation desk and keeps circulation files.
• Evaluates, selects, and requisitions new library media.
• Assists teachers in the selection of books and other instructional media, and makes library media available to supplement the instructional program.
• Supervises the clerical routines necessary for the smooth operation of the library.
• Insures that books and other media are selected according to need and suitability using recommended selection tools, maintains order file, organizes them for use.
• Insures that all media is properly shelved.
• Prepares magazines for the bindery, processes and shelves them.
• Supervises the maintenance of filing of catalog cards, vertical file material, publishers catalogs, shelf list cards, maps, pictures, periodicals.
• Maintains the library media processing center’s system for cataloging all library media, and instructs teachers and students on use of the system.
• Maintains a broad and adequate collection of media, books, periodicals, newspapers, audio-visual aids, reference collection, professional collection, and southwest collection to meet school needs.
• Cooperates with the administration, faculty, and staff in the establishment of the library as an integral part of the total education program.
• Keeps informed and up to date on the trends and practices of library media.
• Participates in in-service workshops for library staff.
• Participates in library and other educational and professional associates on the local, regional, state, and national level.
• Participates at curriculum meetings.
• Conducts in-service workshops to support the instructional needs of the teachers.
• Informs teachers and other staff members concerning new media the library acquires.
• Arranges for interlibrary loan of media of interest or use to teachers.
• Provides for regular scheduled on-going library media use for all grades, k-12.
• Works with teachers in planning those assignments likely to lead to extended use of library resources.
• Provides library media orientation to students and staff members.
• Provides a sequential program of instruction in library skills in cooperation with the teaching staff to make the students independent users of the library.
• Presents and discusses media with a class studying a particular topic, on the invitation of a teacher.
• Promotes appropriate conduct of students using library facilities.
• Maintains a proper student discipline.
• Assists individual students in locating reference materials and other library media
• Assists students in making proper use of library media.
• Arouses students’ interest in books and other media through planned activities such as book fairs, book talks, using the Readers Guide and other indexes.
• Helps students to develop habits of independent reference work and to develop skill in the use of reference materials in relation to planned assignments.
• Counsels with and gives reading guidance to students who have special reading problems or unusual intellectual interests.
• Provides reading, viewing, and listening guidance for students.
• Trains and supervises student media assistants in the performance of their duties as directed by the library staff.
• Performs and supervises other tasks that are required for the operation and maintenance of the library.

EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.