Seldovia Public Library Seeks A 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: reside in the Seldovia area, be 18 years of age or older, be a Seldovia Public Library Card holder, 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• be responsible for collection development: selecting and purchasing new materials and removing outdated materials from the library collection;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, tech support, circulation database maintenance, web presence, and special programs and projects as needed;

• 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;

• and other such tasks as the board might assign.

Letters of interest should be sent to the library board either by email to seldovia.library@gmail.com or by mail to Seldovia Public Library–att: Library Board, PO Drawer H, Seldovia, AK 99663 no later than September 4, 2012.

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

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