LIBRARIAN VI - OAHU

Duties Summary

This position is located in the Technical Services Section, Office of the State Librarian, Hawaii State Public Library System. This position is responsible for planning, organizing, and supervising statewide cataloging and classification services, database maintenance, acquisition of selected library materials, and processing of library materials received by the Technical Services Section.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

• Education: A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited four-year college or university.

• Professional Librarian Experience: Four and one-half (4 -1/2) years of progressively responsible professional experience in one or more major functional areas of librarianship (e.g., selection, acquisition, cataloging and classification of materials, collection development and maintenance, reference and readers' advisory services, or development and promotion of library services), which required the application of principles, practices, knowledge, theories and tools of library science. At least one year of experience must have been comparable to the Librarian V or two years must have been comparable to the Librarian IV.

• Selective Certification: Of the required years of professional librarian work experience required for the Librarian VI, one (1) year must have involved one or a combination of the following: Developing, implementing, and maintaining policies and procedures pertaining to cataloging and classification services for a library, and/or Working with e-resources that included maintaining and tracking program budgets and accounts; evaluating vendors; assisting with gathering statistics for collection development; and/or troubleshooting access issues for library users.

• Supervisory Experience: One (1) year of experience which included: 1) planning, organizing, scheduling, and directing the work of others; 2) assigning and reviewing their work; 3) advising them on difficult work problems; 4) training and developing subordinates; and 5) evaluating their work performance.

Other Information

• The State of Hawai'i complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program: Individuals can qualify for this federal program by making 120 qualifying payments while employed by a qualifying employer.

• ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATION TO APPLICANTS: The Department of Human Resources Development (HRD) will use electronic mail (email) to notify applicants of important information relating to the status and processing of their applications.

• Testing Information: The examination for this recruitment will be conducted on an unassembled basis where the examination score is based on an evaluation and rating of your education and experience.