Position Available: Library Director

by Tracie Merrill

The Seldovia Public Library Board of Directors is seeking interested persons for the position of library director.  The position requires approximately 10-15 hours a week on a flexible schedule. This is a volunteer position that provides no salary.

Requirements are that you:

1. reside in the Seldovia area
2. be 18 years of age or older
3. be a Seldovia Public Library Card holder
4. and have an interest in the library.

The library director will:

• maintain membership in the Alaska Library Association and meet the continuing education requirements under the library’s operating grant from the State of Alaska;
• be responsible for collection development: selecting and purchasing new materials and removing outdated materials from the library collection;
• develop, revise, and work within an annual budget determined by the state operating grant regulations;
• write and revise the annual state operating grant and report annually to the state on library operations as required under grant terms;
• maintain the corporate licensure;
• participate in fund-raising;
• recruit, manage, and schedule volunteers for staffing;
• handle circulation database maintenance and web presence;
• attend board meetings, report to the board on all areas of library operations and serve as a non-voting member of the board;
• work with other local entities to produce joint programs of interest to the community;
• other such tasks/special projects as the board might assign and are needed.

Letters of interest should be sent to the library board either by email to seldovia.library@gmail.com or by mail to the following address no later than October 8, 2012.:

Seldovia Public Library
att: Library Board
PO Drawer H
Seldovia, AK 99663

Questions? Contact the library board at seldovia.library@gmail.com.

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