Employment Opportunity

[Janet Fine]

7.20.13
 
The Great Neck Library has re-opened its search for Library Director.  Please feel free to respond and share this posting with other interested candidates:
 


Library Director—Great Neck Library, Great Neck, New York
 
The Board of Trustees of the Great Neck Library seeks a highly qualified Library Director to fulfill the Library’s mission to provide access, ideas, information and a variety of educational, cultural, recreational and intellectual resources to our broad and diverse community. With a Main Building and 3 branches, an annual budget of over $8 million, and 150 employees, the Library Association serves the 43,000 residents of the Great Neck School District with proven programs and creative services.
 
The Director is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the library system. 
 
The successful candidate must demonstrate the required education, skills, experience and:
 
·  MLS or MLIS degree from an ALA accredited institution required.
 
·  Must have 5 years of management experience as a library director or assistant director in a public library.
 
·  Ability to lead a Main Building renovation plan through a successful public referendum and ultimate completion.
 
·  Experience in a multi-branch environment is preferred.
 
·  Demonstrates knowledge of the philosophy, principles, methods and practices of library service, including public service, general library operations, technology applications and current philosophy in the field of Library Science.
 
·  Proven administrative, supervisory and leadership skills that ensure a positive work environment.
 
·  Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, the Library Board of Trustees, the general public and peers in the library field.  
 
·  Proven experience with personnel issues and labor relations required.
 
·  Demonstrates ability to prepare, present and monitor the annual budget.
 
·  Ability to act as chief public relations officer of the library with proven experience in community outreach.
 
·  Recognizes challenges as opportunities for improvement and positive change.
 
Salary: Up to $150,000 with full benefits package commensurate with experience and qualifications.
 
Candidates meeting the above qualifications must submit a formal letter of application and resume by September 6, 2013, to:
 
            Francine Ferrante Krupski
 
            Library Director Search Committee Chair
 
            directorsearch at greatnecklibrary.org
 
 
 
Describe your future objectives for our library system and yourself.
 
Please submit your written response to two of the following questions along with your resume and cover letter:
 
1. Describe your core values and public service philosophy.
 
2. What are the key elements of an effective strategy plan?
 
3. How would you respond to a patron complaint, such as “How come the library doesn’t have more e-Book titles?”
 
4. A patron owes $30 for lost materials and overdue books. She says they were returned and she paid the money for the lost materials to someone else. How would you handle this?  
Kind regards,

Janet Fine 
Department Head, Circulation and Computer Services 
Great Neck Library 
159 Bayview Avenue 
Great Neck, NY 11023 
(516) 466-8055 ext. 205 


 
Janet Fine 
Department Head, Circulation and Computer Services 
Great Neck Library 
159 Bayview Avenue 
Great Neck, NY 11023 
(516) 466-8055 ext. 205 		 	   		  
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