Job Details

Librarian

Position Number: 6184448
Location: Middletown, CT
Position Type: Libraries

Librarian

Details:
Posted: April 28, 2025
Level: Community College Professional 18, 12-month, Special Appointment
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Closing Date: The committee will begin reviewing applications immediately. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, with materials submitted by Wednesday, May 21, 2025, receiving priority consideration.

Location:
CT State Middlesex
100 Training Hill Road, Middletown, CT 06457
**This position is not remote** Incumbents might need to travel to the Meriden Campus.
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CT State Community College Mission:
Connecticut State Community College provides access to academically rigorous and innovative education and training focused on student success. The college supports excellence in teaching and learning, makes data-informed decisions, promotes equity, and advances positive change for the students, communities and industries it serves.

CT State Community College Vision:
Connecticut State Community College is recognized for exceptional student success, educational leadership and transformative collaboration with business and industry, government, educational and key stakeholders while advancing diverse opportunities for Connecticut's citizens and communities.

CT State Community College Equity Statement:
Connecticut State Community College commits to bold and disruptive change by actively identifying, naming, and dismantling structural racism, systemic poverty, and other barriers; establishing equitable and anti-racist policies and practices; and empowering students, faculty, staff, and administrators to advance racial, social, and economic justice. Our core collective responsibility is to continuously assess practices and policies and transform the world we live in by eliminating inequities.

Anticipated Start Date:
July 2025

Position Summary:
The Librarian performs a broad range of professional responsibilities of librarianship in the library or learning resource center of a Community College, providing library services to students, faculty, and citizens of the communities served by the College.

These professional responsibilities encompass a broad-spectrum including reference services; online, original, and copy cataloging; inter-library loan management; collection development; circulation management; acquisitions; and teaching students and faculty in the use of such library resources as online access to information, bibliographic search, access to print materials and methods of research for academic course materials. In addition, the library relies to an increasing extent on computer-based information technology. Therefore, the Librarian may be assigned to provide professional information technology services.

Example of Job Duties:
Under the direction of the Library Director or other administrator, the Librarian is accountable for providing useful and helpful support to the learning mission of the College through effective performance in these essential duties:

Public and Reference Services:
- accountable for providing useful and effective assistance to patrons (students, faculty, public) to contribute to the learning mission of the College.
Technical Services:
- accountable for applying professional knowledge in organizing, selecting, and acquiring library materials to ensure their ready accessibility and appropriateness to patrons.
Information Technology:
- accountable when assigned, for providing computer-based technical support for the library.
Instruction:
- accountable for contributing to the success of the College's academic programs by instructing and training students and faculty in how to make effective use of library resources
Circulation Management:
- accountable for ensuring the efficient lending and responsible recovery of library materials and for the efficient exchange of materials through interlibrary loans by performing and overseeing circulation and lending services.
Staff Supervision:
- accountable for contributing to the effective management of the library by assisting the Library Director in the Library's management.

In addition to the accountabilities listed above, the incumbent is required to carry out the essential duties of: Attendance and participation at convocation and commencement ceremonies; Service on assigned committees and task forces; Attendance and participation at committee, staff, informational and professional meetings. These may involve attendance at evening or weekend events.

This posting includes qualifications, experience and skills but is not limited to the full specifications stated in the job description.

Minimum Qualifications:
Master's degree in Library Science with one (1) or more years of related experience, including up to two (2) years of experience in leading or supervising others; or a combination of education, training, and experience which would lead to the competencies required for successful performance of the position's essential duties.

Incumbents are required to have demonstrated advanced knowledge and abilities in the following:

Experience performing the full range of professional librarianship with strong competencies in public services, reference, technical services, and collection development.
Experience providing instruction in the effective use of library resources in higher education.
Experience leading and training support staff.

Candidates must possess proven ability to effectively work with culturally, linguistically, and ethnically diverse faculty, staff, and students. They are expected to have excellent interpersonal oral and written communication skills along with strong Information technology literacy skills such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams etc.).

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience teaching and assessing information literacy sessions with demonstrated excellence in presentation skills
Experience creating accessible instructional materials, such as research guides, instructional videos, tutorials, and other digital learning objects
Experience using library discovery tools and systems such as Alma and Primo.

Starting Salary:
Minimum Salary Range: $74,604-$79,609 approximate annual plus excellent State of CT medical insurance, retirement, and related fringe benefits. The salary will be based on the selected candidate's qualifications such as education and job-related experience, and internal equity. Position may become permanent tenure track depending on funding, college needs and student enrollment.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and your family, and plan for a secure future. Benefits include generous leave policies; several retirement plans; and many choices for comprehensive health insurance. You also have access to many additional benefits to save for retirement, protect your family & more with supplemental benefits. Tuition reimbursement may apply if applicable. For more information, please visit our website at: CSCU - Human Resources - Future Employees.

Application Instructions:
To apply you must submit a cover letter and resume. The cover letter may be entered as text in the corresponding box, or it can be uploaded as a combined file with the resume.

Incomplete applications or those submitted after the closing date will not be considered and links to other sources to view resumes are not acceptable. To apply via our website, visit www.ct.edu/hr/jobs.

Selection Procedure:
Following the closing date, application materials will be evaluated by a selection committee. Candidates selected for further consideration will be limited to those applicants who are best qualified based on the minimum and preferred qualifications and who have submitted all the required documents by the closing date and time listed on the job announcement. Candidates who have been selected and approved to interview will be contacted, and finalists will be recommended for further consideration by the Hiring Manager for final selection and recommendation for employment. The selection process may also include practical exercises (i.e., teaching demonstration and/or other written, technical, manipulative, or simulation exercises) to evaluate candidates' qualifications.

Background Screening:
All employment, if offered, is contingent upon proof of citizenship or employability under the requirement of the Immigration and Control Act (IRCA) and the successful passing of a background check, including granting permission to contact current and previous employers for verification. CSCU is committed to providing a safe campus community. Background investigations include reference checks, a criminal history record check and, when appropriate, a financial (credit) report or driving history check.

Continuing Notice of Nondiscrimination
CSCC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, age, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, marital status, ancestry, present or past history of mental disorder, learning disability or physical disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or criminal record. The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas, PhD, MSW, Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, (johnpaul.chaissoncardenas@ctstate.edu).

CSCC IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER, M/F

To apply, visit https://ctstatecommunitycollege.applytojob.com/apply/zN4p18vQir