Librarian II- Special Collections Librarian #JR-00507
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include only sections with real content. The posting includes description of duties (responsibilities), requirements (minimum qualifications), benefits (competitive benefits package). No explicit pay or schedule details (though mentions rotating shifts, weekends, holidays, overtime). That could be considered schedule info. The posting says: "Must be able to work rotating shifts (days/evenings) including weekends and holidays and be available to work overtime when required to meet operational needs." That's schedule info. So we can include a Schedule section.
Also "Special Requirements" about working inclement weather etc. Could be part of Requirements or Qualifications. We'll treat as Requirements.
We need to not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate like EEO etc. The posting includes "The City of Virginia Beach is an Equal Opportunity Employer." That's boilerplate; remove.
We need to preserve all substantive info. So we need to capture duties list, requirements list, benefits list, schedule info.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe a brief intro paragraph). Responsibilities (list of duties). Requirements (minimum qualifications + special requirements). Benefits (list). Schedule (info about rotating shifts, weekends, holidays, overtime). Possibly Qualifications separate from Requirements? The posting has Minimum Qualifications and Special Requirements. Could combine into Requirements. Or we could have Qualifications (MLIS + 2 years experience) and Requirements (special requirements). But guidelines: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine into one Requirements section covering both.
We need to include About the role: maybe a paragraph summarizing the role: "City of Virginia Beach Public Libraries is seeking a dynamic and experienced full time Librarian II- Special Collections Librarian who must have a MLIS degree to work with a team of professionals within our Libraries. Come join a fantastic group and Apply Today!" That's prose.
We must not include application instructions like "Apply Today!"? That's part of the intro but maybe considered boilerplate? It's not navigation/legal/EEO. It's a call to apply. Might be considered application instruction. The instruction says remove application instructions. "Apply Today!" is an application instruction. So we should drop that phrase. Keep the rest.
Thus About the role paragraph: "City of Virginia Beach Public Libraries is seeking a dynamic and experienced full time Librarian II- Special Collections Librarian who must have a MLIS degree to work with a team of professionals within our Libraries." That's fine.
Now Responsibilities: list all duties bullet points. Need to capture all duties listed after "Librarian II- Special Collections Librarian duties will include, but not be limited to:" then a long sentence with many duties separated by periods. We need to split into list items. Ensure we preserve all substantive information.
Let's extract duties:
- Liaises and partners with State and local government, area businesses, nonprofit organizations, and the educational community to connect customers with library resources.
- Co-leads Archives, Local History and Genealogy, Municipal Reference collections, and working on web archiving
- Develops and maintains an awareness of industry-standard resources and trends, and best practices in training methods to be able to anticipate and respond to customers’ needs.
- Plans, markets, presents, and evaluates specialized and complex programs and classes that reflect the library’s strategic initiatives and increase the public awareness of library services and resources.
- Conducts library tours, and creates finding aids and displays to increase awareness of the library’s services and community resources.
- Manages the research process by negotiating customer deadlines and monitoring and advancing the progress of research in order to ensure that equitable, quality reference service is provided.
- Coordinates special projects, including preservation.
- Supervises, trains, and evaluates volunteers and interns in the completion of special projects
- Collaborates with VBPL’s Development Manager to seek grant funding for library local history and genealogy resources and programs, and the library’s archives.
- Cultivates donors to develop the library’s special collections.
- Advises on the ongoing organization, preservation, and storage of archival materials.
- Assists customers in accessing library resources.
- Assists customers in operating and troubleshooting library technology and personal digital devices.
- Interprets, explains, and applies library policies and procedures to internal and external customers.
- Evaluates the collection using a variety of tools and resources to make recommendations for additions, withdrawals, or replacement.
- Leads or participates on teams to develop library system policies and procedures.
- Collaborates with colleagues to develop programs, share resources, and communicate trends in library services.
- Leads and supervises staff in creating and implementing annual goals and objectives reflecting the City and Library’s vision to ensure quality customer service to internal and external customers.
- Provides written and verbal performance feedback of staff.
- May serve on departmental and City interview teams to hire staff.
- Participates in professional organizations and continuing education activities to anticipate and meet customer needs.
- May act as Building Manager in the absence of the library management. Makes decisions and resolves conflicts by applying library policies and procedures in order to ensure smooth operations of the library.
- Monitors safety, security, and general maintenance of the library facility and outreach site to ensure a safe environment for internal and external customers.
- As part of a collaborative library system, staff may occasionally have opportunities or be reassigned to support service needs at other locations within the system.
- Performs other job duties requiring skills, knowledge, and physical requirements as demanded by those duties described or less. Individual assignments will be determined by the supervisor based on then current workloads and department needs.
We need to keep all that. Some sentences are long; we can keep as list items.
Now Requirements: Minimum Qualifications: Master of Library and Information Science from an ALA accredited college or university, plus two (2) years of professional librarian experience, to reflect experience providing the required knowledge, skills, and abilities (combination of supervisory and professional librarian experience). Special Requirements: All employees may be expected to work hours in excess of their normally scheduled hours in response to short-term department needs and/or City-wide emergencies. Must be able to work rotating shifts (days/evenings) including weekends and holidays and be available to work overtime when required to meet operational needs. Positions within this class have been designated as Alpha I positions requiring employees to work during inclement weather, regardless of the City’s operational status.
We could combine these into Requirements section. Use list for each bullet? Could be prose. But guidelines: use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should make a list for requirements. Each bullet as a requirement.
Thus list items:
- Master of Library and Information Science from an American Library Association accredited college or university.
- Two (2) years of professional librarian experience (combination of supervisory and professional librarian experience).
- May be expected to work hours in excess of normally scheduled hours in response to short-term department needs and/or City-wide emergencies.
- Must be able to work rotating shifts (days/evenings) including weekends and holidays and be available to work overtime when required to meet operational needs.
- Position designated as Alpha I, requiring work during inclement weather regardless of the City’s operational status.
Now Benefits: The posting says: "*The City of Virginia Beach provides a competitive benefits package including health, dental, vision, and prescription insurance, Virginia Retirement System (VRS) Hybrid Retirement Plan & Basic Life insurance, paid time off (PTO), paid parental leave, and tuition reimbursement/professional development."
We need to make a Benefits section with list items.
List:
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Prescription insurance
- Virginia Retirement System (VRS) Hybrid Retirement Plan
- Basic Life insurance
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Paid parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement / professional development
Now Schedule: We have schedule info from requirements but we already used that in requirements. However schedule info is about rotating shifts etc. Could be separate Schedule section. But we already used that as a requirement. To avoid duplication, we could keep schedule info only in Schedule section and not duplicate in Requirements. However the requirement about rotating shifts is also a requirement. The guidelines: we should not repeat info? It didn't say not to repeat, but we should preserve all substantive info. Duplicating is okay but maybe better to keep in one place. Since schedule is a distinct aspect, we could make a Schedule section and keep the rotating shifts info there, and remove from Requirements. But then we lose the requirement that it's a requirement. However the schedule info is also a requirement. But we can still include it in Requirements as a requirement about schedule. The guidelines: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Having both Requirements and Schedule may be thin. Better to combine schedule info into Requirements. So we will not create a separate Schedule section unless there is distinct schedule info not covered elsewhere. The posting only mentions rotating shifts etc. That's covered. So we skip Schedule section.
Pay: No pay info. So skip.
Thus sections: About the role (p), Responsibilities (h3 + ul), Requirements (h3 + ul), Benefits (h3 + ul).
Now ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO, etc. Also remove the asterisk before benefits line. Also remove "Additional requirements:" list of DMV transcript etc. Those are all "No". Those are not substantive? They are stating that certain checks are not required. Could be considered metadata but maybe not needed. The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." The list of DMV Transcript etc are minor metadata; we could drop them. They are not substantive. So we can drop that entire "Additional requirements:" block.
Also remove "Minimum Requirements:" heading? We'll incorporate into Requirements section.
Now produce HTML.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown.
Thus:
About the role
City of Virginia Beach Public Libraries is seeking a dynamic and experienced full time Librarian II- Special Collections Librarian who must have a MLIS degree to work with a team of professionals within our Libraries.
Responsibilities
- Liaises and partners with State and local government, area businesses, nonprofit organizations, and the educational community to connect customers with library resources.
- Co-leads Archives, Local History and Genealogy, Municipal Reference collections, and working on web archiving
- Develops and maintains an awareness of industry-standard resources and trends, and best practices in training methods to be able to anticipate and respond to customers’ needs.
- Plans, markets, presents, and evaluates specialized and complex programs and classes that reflect the library’s strategic initiatives and increase the public awareness of library services and resources.
- Conducts library tours, and creates finding aids and displays to increase awareness of the library’s services and community resources.
- Manages the research process by negotiating customer deadlines and monitoring and advancing the progress of research in order to ensure that equitable, quality reference service is provided.
- Coordinates special projects, including preservation.
- Supervises, trains, and evaluates volunteers and interns in the completion of special projects
- Collaborates with VBPL’s Development Manager to seek grant funding for library local history and genealogy resources and programs, and the library’s archives.
- Cultivates donors to develop the library’s special collections.
- Advises on the ongoing organization, preservation, and storage of archival materials.
- Assists customers in accessing library resources.
- Assists customers in operating and troubleshooting library technology and personal digital devices.
- Interprets, explains, and applies library policies and procedures to internal and external customers.
- Evaluates the collection using a variety of tools and resources to make recommendations
for prose. We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe a brief intro paragraph). Responsibilities (list of duties). Requirements (minimum qualifications + special requirements). Benefits (list). Schedule (info about rotating shifts, weekends, holidays, overtime). Possibly Qualifications separate from Requirements? The posting has Minimum Qualifications and Special Requirements. Could combine into Requirements. Or we could have Qualifications (MLIS + 2 years experience) and Requirements (special requirements). But guidelines: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine into one Requirements section covering both. We need to include About the role: maybe a paragraph summarizing the role: "City of Virginia Beach Public Libraries is seeking a dynamic and experienced full time Librarian II- Special Collections Librarian who must have a MLIS degree to work with a team of professionals within our Libraries. Come join a fantastic group and Apply Today!" That's prose. We must not include application instructions like "Apply Today!"? That's part of the intro but maybe considered boilerplate? It's not navigation/legal/EEO. It's a call to apply. Might be considered application instruction. The instruction says remove application instructions. "Apply Today!" is an application instruction. So we should drop that phrase. Keep the rest. Thus About the role paragraph: "City of Virginia Beach Public Libraries is seeking a dynamic and experienced full time Librarian II- Special Collections Librarian who must have a MLIS degree to work with a team of professionals within our Libraries." That's fine. Now Responsibilities: list all duties bullet points. Need to capture all duties listed after "Librarian II- Special Collections Librarian duties will include, but not be limited to:" then a long sentence with many duties separated by periods. We need to split into list items. Ensure we preserve all substantive information. Let's extract duties: - Liaises and partners with State and local government, area businesses, nonprofit organizations, and the educational community to connect customers with library resources. - Co-leads Archives, Local History and Genealogy, Municipal Reference collections, and working on web archiving - Develops and maintains an awareness of industry-standard resources and trends, and best practices in training methods to be able to anticipate and respond to customers’ needs. - Plans, markets, presents, and evaluates specialized and complex programs and classes that reflect the library’s strategic initiatives and increase the public awareness of library services and resources. - Conducts library tours, and creates finding aids and displays to increase awareness of the library’s services and community resources. - Manages the research process by negotiating customer deadlines and monitoring and advancing the progress of research in order to ensure that equitable, quality reference service is provided. - Coordinates special projects, including preservation. - Supervises, trains, and evaluates volunteers and interns in the completion of special projects - Collaborates with VBPL’s Development Manager to seek grant funding for library local history and genealogy resources and programs, and the library’s archives. - Cultivates donors to develop the library’s special collections. - Advises on the ongoing organization, preservation, and storage of archival materials. - Assists customers in accessing library resources. - Assists customers in operating and troubleshooting library technology and personal digital devices. - Interprets, explains, and applies library policies and procedures to internal and external customers. - Evaluates the collection using a variety of tools and resources to make recommendations for additions, withdrawals, or replacement. - Leads or participates on teams to develop library system policies and procedures. - Collaborates with colleagues to develop programs, share resources, and communicate trends in library services. - Leads and supervises staff in creating and implementing annual goals and objectives reflecting the City and Library’s vision to ensure quality customer service to internal and external customers. - Provides written and verbal performance feedback of staff. - May serve on departmental and City interview teams to hire staff. - Participates in professional organizations and continuing education activities to anticipate and meet customer needs. - May act as Building Manager in the absence of the library management. Makes decisions and resolves conflicts by applying library policies and procedures in order to ensure smooth operations of the library. - Monitors safety, security, and general maintenance of the library facility and outreach site to ensure a safe environment for internal and external customers. - As part of a collaborative library system, staff may occasionally have opportunities or be reassigned to support service needs at other locations within the system. - Performs other job duties requiring skills, knowledge, and physical requirements as demanded by those duties described or less. Individual assignments will be determined by the supervisor based on then current workloads and department needs. We need to keep all that. Some sentences are long; we can keep as list items. Now Requirements: Minimum Qualifications: Master of Library and Information Science from an ALA accredited college or university, plus two (2) years of professional librarian experience, to reflect experience providing the required knowledge, skills, and abilities (combination of supervisory and professional librarian experience). Special Requirements: All employees may be expected to work hours in excess of their normally scheduled hours in response to short-term department needs and/or City-wide emergencies. Must be able to work rotating shifts (days/evenings) including weekends and holidays and be available to work overtime when required to meet operational needs. Positions within this class have been designated as Alpha I positions requiring employees to work during inclement weather, regardless of the City’s operational status. We could combine these into Requirements section. Use list for each bullet? Could be prose. But guidelines: use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should make a list for requirements. Each bullet as a requirement.
Thus list items:
- Master of Library and Information Science from an American Library Association accredited college or university.
- Two (2) years of professional librarian experience (combination of supervisory and professional librarian experience).
- May be expected to work hours in excess of normally scheduled hours in response to short-term department needs and/or City-wide emergencies.
- Must be able to work rotating shifts (days/evenings) including weekends and holidays and be available to work overtime when required to meet operational needs.
- Position designated as Alpha I, requiring work during inclement weather regardless of the City’s operational status.
Now Benefits: The posting says: "*The City of Virginia Beach provides a competitive benefits package including health, dental, vision, and prescription insurance, Virginia Retirement System (VRS) Hybrid Retirement Plan & Basic Life insurance, paid time off (PTO), paid parental leave, and tuition reimbursement/professional development."
We need to make a Benefits section with list items.
List:
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Prescription insurance
- Virginia Retirement System (VRS) Hybrid Retirement Plan
- Basic Life insurance
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Paid parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement / professional development
Now Schedule: We have schedule info from requirements but we already used that in requirements. However schedule info is about rotating shifts etc. Could be separate Schedule section. But we already used that as a requirement. To avoid duplication, we could keep schedule info only in Schedule section and not duplicate in Requirements. However the requirement about rotating shifts is also a requirement. The guidelines: we should not repeat info? It didn't say not to repeat, but we should preserve all substantive info. Duplicating is okay but maybe better to keep in one place. Since schedule is a distinct aspect, we could make a Schedule section and keep the rotating shifts info there, and remove from Requirements. But then we lose the requirement that it's a requirement. However the schedule info is also a requirement. But we can still include it in Requirements as a requirement about schedule. The guidelines: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Having both Requirements and Schedule may be thin. Better to combine schedule info into Requirements. So we will not create a separate Schedule section unless there is distinct schedule info not covered elsewhere. The posting only mentions rotating shifts etc. That's covered. So we skip Schedule section.
Pay: No pay info. So skip.
Thus sections: About the role (p), Responsibilities (h3 + ul), Requirements (h3 + ul), Benefits (h3 + ul).
Now ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO, etc. Also remove the asterisk before benefits line. Also remove "Additional requirements:" list of DMV transcript etc. Those are all "No". Those are not substantive? They are stating that certain checks are not required. Could be considered metadata but maybe not needed. The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." The list of DMV Transcript etc are minor metadata; we could drop them. They are not substantive. So we can drop that entire "Additional requirements:" block. Also remove "Minimum Requirements:" heading? We'll incorporate into Requirements section. Now produce HTML. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown. Thus:
About the role
City of Virginia Beach Public Libraries is seeking a dynamic and experienced full time Librarian II- Special Collections Librarian who must have a MLIS degree to work with a team of professionals within our Libraries.
Responsibilities
- Liaises and partners with State and local government, area businesses, nonprofit organizations, and the educational community to connect customers with library resources.
- Co-leads Archives, Local History and Genealogy, Municipal Reference collections, and working on web archiving
- Develops and maintains an awareness of industry-standard resources and trends, and best practices in training methods to be able to anticipate and respond to customers’ needs.
- Plans, markets, presents, and evaluates specialized and complex programs and classes that reflect the library’s strategic initiatives and increase the public awareness of library services and resources.
- Conducts library tours, and creates finding aids and displays to increase awareness of the library’s services and community resources.
- Manages the research process by negotiating customer deadlines and monitoring and advancing the progress of research in order to ensure that equitable, quality reference service is provided.
- Coordinates special projects, including preservation.
- Supervises, trains, and evaluates volunteers and interns in the completion of special projects
- Collaborates with VBPL’s Development Manager to seek grant funding for library local history and genealogy resources and programs, and the library’s archives.
- Cultivates donors to develop the library’s special collections.
- Advises on the ongoing organization, preservation, and storage of archival materials.
- Assists customers in accessing library resources.
- Assists customers in operating and troubleshooting library technology and personal digital devices.
- Interprets, explains, and applies library policies and procedures to internal and external customers.
- Evaluates the collection using a variety of tools and resources to make recommendations