Senior Librarian

About the role

Our mission at the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) is to improve the quality of life of Delaware citizens by promoting health and well-being, fostering self-sufficiency, and protecting vulnerable populations. We prioritize personal and family independence by assisting individuals and families in a variety of life areas. We offer numerous career opportunities and are dedicated to attracting and retaining highly talented individuals who are ready to make a difference in their community today. This is a full‑time position with the DHSS/Division for the Visually Impaired, located at the Biggs Building (1901 N. Dupont Hwy, New Castle, DE, 19720).

Join a library team supporting access to information, technology, and instructional materials for blind and visually impaired students across Delaware. This role applies professional library practices, researches and shares information, supports technology and library programs and helps develop services, policies, and procedures that meet the needs of its customers and the K12 population it primarily serves. The position also offers opportunities to contribute to professional initiatives, emerging information technologies and statewide library services for the blind and visually impaired. This position will be required to work with (and on a routine basis) the Division for the Visually Impaired’s prison braille program, Men With a Message, stationed at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center (Smyrna, Delaware).

Responsibilities

• Applies standard library practices, such as acquisitions, cataloging, processing, and circulating of digital and print library information resources in a computerized and global network environment.
• Researches, analyzes, assesses and disseminates information on a wide variety of topics to meet the needs of library customers.
• May train/assist the public in the use of operating networked computers and computer printers, playback equipment, copiers, microform and reader/printers.
• Supervise subordinates or volunteers in the performance of clerical library functions.
• Participates in activities of library organizations and attends continuing professional development programs and courses of study.
• Keeps abreast of current trends in information technologies to integrate, initiate and develop new programs.
• May provide technical, electronic library and informational services to state agencies, legislative and public clients, and Delaware libraries and citizens.
• Develops, recommends, and/or implements library policies and procedures.
• May develop and implement programs to ensure compliance with state and federal laws, the policies of the Division of Libraries, and meet operational needs of library service functions.
• May serve as a professional library consultant, or team leader.

Requirements

• Possession of a Bachelor's degree or higher in Library and Information Science, English, Education, Computer Science or related field.