Youth Services Assistant Librarian

Responsibilities

• Serves the general public seeking youth materials and services.
• Affords assistance in locating materials for youth, and answers customer reference questions through the use of print and electronic resources.
• Finds age-appropriate materials for school assignments, provides reader’s advisory, and directs customers to appropriate areas of the library.
• Answers general questions to provide needed information and maintain good public relations.
• Provides assistance to customers in using library equipment and services including Internet, online catalogue, and electronic devices (i.e. eReaders, tablets, phones, etc.).
• Plans, develops, and conducts youth services programs.
• Researches and uses age-appropriate books, crafts, activities, and songs, and presents entertaining and educational programs.
• Participates in planning and implementing summer reading program.
• Selects and decorates for program themes, schedules performer visits to schools, distributes flyers, and makes television appearances to promote programs.
• Maintains responsibility for presenting informative and entertaining displays for youth services area.
• Plans and creates displays, makes and selects decorations, and selects materials and develops displays.
• Maintains knowledge of available library resources and customer reading preferences. Compiles bibliographies and booklists.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Valid State of Ohio driver’s license.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of library science and technology; library practices; public relations; youth literature; computers and electronic devices; children’s developmental stages and reading preferences; youth programming; Dewey decimal system.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; relate well with youth of varying economic and social backgrounds; exhibit a broad reading background; organize work; prepare meaningful, concise and accurate reports; develop and maintain good working relationships with library customers, supervisors and co-workers; exhibit creativity to prepare informative and entertaining programs; maintain confidentiality of confidential and sensitive subject matter.
• Skill in creating age-appropriate children programs; operation of automated library equipment, online catalogue and other library equipment; operation of computers and electronic devices; communicating effectively in written and oral form; routine typing.

Benefits

• Health Insurance with employer contribution to HSA.
• Dental and Vision Insurance.
• Life Insurance.
• 9 paid holidays plus 3 paid floating holidays.
• 186 hours of PTO earned annually.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Retail plan: OPERS - Mandatory 10% employee contribution, 14% employer contribution.