Children's/Young Adult Librarian

Galion Public Library 

Children's/Young Adult Librarian 

Job Description 

• General Statement of Duties:  Responsible for all children's/young adult department operations including planning, scheduling programs, coordinating and implementing programs and policies, assisting in maintaining collection and promoting the Library in the community. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Supports the library staff in the Children's Room.   

• Provides reader's advisory for patrons, mainly in Children's and Young Adult literature. 

• Creates, conducts, and provides publicity for programs for young adults in grades 6-12. 

• Works with the members of the Teen Board and teen volunteers. 

• Supervises the implementation of children's programs by other staff members. 

• Provides outreach to children by conducting weekly story reading and booktalks at local schools in grades PreK- 8 during the school year. 

• Assists with materials selection for teachers; prepares collections for teacher loans. 

• Compiles monthly program attendance and service statistics, and reports them to the director 

• Provides collection development for Young Adult and Children's print material and ebooks, which includes ordering of new materials and weeding of the collection. 

• Provides collection development and cataloging for juvenile videogames, board games, audiobooks, and DVDs. 

• Supervises collection development and cataloging of Audio Visual materials by other staff members. 

• Performs desk duty operations including reference assistance, catalog instruction, instruction in use of reference materials, and library classification system. 

• Checks in and checks out materials to patrons using automated system; places reserves on materials for patrons; submits interlibrary loan requests for patrons. 

• Assists patrons with computer usage: juvenile game computers and internet terminal (including web searches, use of links from GPL home page, printing, and other basic internet functions). 

• Collects and records receipt of money from patrons for fines and fees. 

• Opens or Closes library on scheduled days, including security check of conference rooms, locking of doors, shut-down of computers and other electronics, and counting and securing of fine drawer monies. 

• Empties book drop; shelves materials as needed; reads shelves as needed; 

• Creates book displays. 

• Informs patrons by phone and/or mail of reserved items; returns unclaimed reserves to shelves. 

• May serve in any area of the library system at the request of the director. 

• Assists patrons in the Ohio Room with the use of microfilm readers,  genealogy websites, and assistance in utilizing reference materials. 

• Attends conferences and workshops relevant to designated work. 

• Serves as in-charge person for the building as scheduled. 

• Performs other duties as required. 

Supervision Received: Works under the general direction of the Library Director. 

 Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• Thorough knowledge of public library principles, methods, materials, and practices, and ability to interpret such to the general public. 

• Possesses a solid general education and is especially familiar with children and young adult literature and resources 

• Committed to excellence in customer service 

• Strong oral and written communication skills