[Libs-Or] Librarian II, Reference Librarian, Nevada State Library & Archives, Carson City, NV

[Karen Starr]

The Nevada State Library and Archives located in Carson City is seeking qualified applicants.

The Position

Librarians perform a broad range of professional level duties in planning, coordinating and directing activities within one or more functional areas of the library.

Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform work independently with little or no additional training.

Incumbent provides reference services for users of Nevada State Library and Archives (NSLA) services including referral, information literacy training and research. Provides verbal and/or written responses to users of NSLA reference services within the NSLA library reference service guidelines; reviews and assigns reference requests in coordination with Head of Access Services to appropriate NSLA staff member(s); maintains legal requirements for confidentiality and public access; coordinates the service desk calendars with Access Services staff to assist clients and monitors public service areas; maintains Access Services data collection systems. Conducts tours, consultations, workshops, training, and meetings for staff/clients as needed for Access Services and NSLA collections. Creates content for, maintains, and edits website information and updates NSLA web pages as required including online databases. Serves as vendor contact for online databases and electronic resources in coordination with the Head of Access Service. Assists the Head of Access Services to identify and market to state agencies and departments to better provide access to information/knowledge for state employees/customers utilizing NSLA Collections and other information management tools and online resources. Performs informational needs assessment and develops collections and/or electronic resources appropriate to the mission of NSLA; assists Access Services staff with reference collection maintenance; attends collection development team meetings and performs delegated duties.



NOTE: Per NV State Legislature, State of Nevada Classified employees are subject to a mandatory unpaid furlough requirement of 48 hours per year (part-time prorated) through June 30, 2015.

To see full Class Specifications visit: http://hr.nv.gov/Resources/ClassSpecs/Class_Specifications-4_0/

Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications):  Master's degree in a program accredited by the American Library Association and one year of professional library experience which included original cataloging, reference, government publications and/or collection development.

The exam will consist of an application evaluation. It is essential that applications include extensively detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. The most qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview.

Salary Range:  $41,906.16 to $61,950.96



Close Date:  09/15/2014



Apply at:  https://nvapps.state.nv.us/NEATS/Recruiting/ViewAnnouncement.aep?recruitmentId=22906



Or locate at State of Nevada Job Opportunities:

https://nvapps.state.nv.us/NEATS/Recruiting/ViewJobsHome.aep

Direct inquiries or Correspondence to:

Division of Human Resource Management
Northern Nevada
209 East Musser Street, Room 101
Carson City, Nevada 89701-4204

TDD for the Hearing Impaired (800) 326-6868



Division of Human Resource Management
Southern Nevada
555 East Washington Avenue, Suite 1400
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101-1046

TDD for the Hearing Impaired (800) 326-6868

Information about Carson City:

http://www.carson.org/