<div dir="ltr">Come join the Collection Services Department at Grand Rapids Public Library! <div>Apply <a href="https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandrapids/jobs/4753539/librarian-i-collection-services-department">here.</a> <span style="color:rgb(78,76,74);font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><b>Position Closes 12/22/24.</b></span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Librarian I - Collection Services Department</b></div><div>Full time<br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><span style="color:rgb(78,76,74);font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">$64,600.00 - $81,016.00 Annually</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(78,76,74);font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(78,76,74);font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">This full-time position in GRPL's Collection Services Department is responsible for ensuring the accurate description and discoverability of items in the library’s collections.</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74)"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74)"><span style="color:rgb(78,76,74);font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">This position provides original and complex copy cataloging and metadata services for library materials, directs necessary database maintenance, provides statistics, and performs other catalog management activities to ensure the library’s records and those supplied by other vendors meet local and national description standards. This role also provides training and guidance to library staff members who work in the online catalog.</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74)"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74)"><span style="color:rgb(78,76,74);font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">This position has a focus on creating description entries for print and non-print materials in English and non-English languages by performing original cataloging, or by identifying, downloading, and modifying MARC records found in OCLC WorldCat. They also contribute original MARC records to the online catalog, assist with authority work, de-duplication, and error correction in the online catalog.</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74)"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74)"><span style="color:rgb(78,76,74);font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Supervisory duties include 2 part-time copy-cataloging Library Assistant IIs. This position serves on the department leadership team, evaluates practices to address DEI issues in cataloging, and balances quality cataloging records with speed.</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74)"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74)"><span style="color:rgb(78,76,74);font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">This position is regularly scheduled at the </span><a href="https://www.grpl.org/locations/main-library/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(86,210,239)">Main Library </a><span style="color:rgb(78,76,74);font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Monday - Friday from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.</span><span style="color:rgb(78,76,74);font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(78,76,74);font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">All inquiries related to this posting should be directed to:</span><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74);margin-left:20px">Grand Rapids Public Library</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74);margin-left:20px">111 Library St NE</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74);margin-left:20px">Grand Rapids, MI 49503</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74);margin-left:20px">616-988-5400 | <a href="mailto:jobs@grpl.org" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(86,210,239)">jobs@grpl.org</a></div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74);margin-left:20px"><br></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74);margin-left:20px"><br></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74);margin-left:20px">-------</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74);margin-left:20px"><br></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74);margin-left:20px">Ann Neff-Rohs</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74);margin-left:20px">Director of Collections</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74);margin-left:20px">Grand Rapids Public Library</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(78,76,74);margin-left:20px"><a href="mailto:aneffrohs@grpl.org">aneffrohs@grpl.org</a></div></div>