[Clclist] Position Available: Library Director, Essex Library

[Bridget Quinn-Carey]

Library Director:  The Essex Library Association serves a community of 7,000
people from a recently expanded and renovated facility in the lower
Connecticut River Valley.  The Director reports to the Association's Board
of Trustees and currently has a staff of nine well-qualified individuals.
The Director is responsible for recommending and administering the
Association's budget, maintaining the physical plant and grounds, overseeing
the selection and circulation of materials, negotiating with vendors and
service providers and ensuring that the library maintains appropriate
automation and information technology systems and services.  The Director
supervises program development for adult patrons and children including
lectures, language programs, film series, book clubs, concerts, children's
story hours and activities and author's visits.  Circulation is approaching
70,000 with a collection of 33,000 items.  The library has 5,000 registered
patrons and is a pro-active community center for many organizations and
individuals.

 

The Essex Library Association seeks a person with an MLS degree, four or
more years of successful library management experience and the ability to
work independently while supervising and motivating a professional staff.
Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills with the ability to work with
a diverse Board, community leaders and patrons are key requirements. 

 

Salary: $58,000 - $65,000 with benefits.  For further information, visit the
library's website at www.essexlib.org <http://www.essexlib.org/> .   Please
submit your letter of interest, resume and references, not later than March
31, 2008 to The Essex Library Search Committee on-line at
search at essexlib.org or by mail to P.O. Box 813, Essex, CT  06426-0813.
Questions should be directed, by e-mail, to the Search Committee only.  The
Essex Library Association is an equal opportunity employer.  All inquiries
will be treated confidentially.

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