Position Details
• Title: Manager, Community Branch
• Location: Michigan Road Branch
• Hours: Full-time
• Schedule: Varies, but will be a combination of day, evening, and weekend hours
• FLSA Status: Exempt
• Submission Deadline: January 27, 2025 at 11:59 pm.
• Please apply online at www.indypl.org. A successful candidate will…
• Have an MLS degree.
• Have 3 to 5 years of previous work experience in a library.
• Have previous experience hiring, training, and supervising staff (preferred).
• Have experience developing partnerships with neighborhood groups, as well as overseeing service plans and programs.
• Be bilingual (preferred, but not required). What does the job look like?
• Hires, trains and evaluates performance management for assigned personnel and volunteers. Conducts regular staff meetings to communicate information to staff, listens to staff concerns and reports them to senior management as appropriate.
• Directs the plans for services and programs for the community; schedules, delivers and evaluates programs based on feedback from participants, changing demographics, customer needs and interests.
• Directs staff in maintenance of the collection. Recommends new materials, organizes displays to promote the collection, and evaluates and discards damaged or lesser used titles.
• Oversees maintenance and security of branch building and grounds. Monitors patron behavior and informs patrons of library guidelines.
• Develops appropriate partnerships with neighborhood groups and maintains a library presence in the community through presentations, e-mail, and other publicity; maintains communication with Digital Media staff.
• Provides information by searching or recommending print or electronic sources or titles, placing material requests, searching shelves, or by referral to other libraries or community sources. Instructs patrons in using online catalog, print and electronic sources to access information, and in using computers and equipment.
• Collects and analyzes data on library use, services, trends and community resources. Oversees department budget.
• Able to work the normally scheduled work time for this position.
• Able to cope with daily job-related stress. Note: This information is intended to be descriptive of the key responsibilities of the position. The list of essential functions does not identify all duties performed by any single incumbent in this position. What’s In It for You? IndyPL offers a robust compensation package! Our comprehensive benefits include: medical, dental and vision insurance coverage; 100% company-paid long term disability, low rates on group life coverage, generous amounts of PTO, and a Library paid pension plan. The Library proudly promotes from within as part of a strong commitment to providing career growth opportunities for employees of all levels. We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.

On January 15, 2025, at 3 PM Eastern Time, we will have the first webinar on current trends in classifying materials about eastern Europe. Our two speakers will be Heidy Berthoud, Cataloging Policy Specialist at the Library of Congress (LoC), and Alex Kyrios, Senior Editor of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) at OCLC. They will share their work about the forthcoming Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classification revisions. Many of our collections have materials related to eastern Europe and eastern Christianity, making this discussion helpful especially in light of the Russo-Ukrainian War. These revisions will also be of interest to librarians regardless of setting, as many k-12 schools use DDC while many research libraries use LoC.

Please share these details with any and all librarians you know! Members and non-members can register for free by clicking on the picture above. Please note that you will need to log into an account to register. If you have any questions or issues, feel free to contact the CLA Office at cla2@cathla.org.

• Title: Systems, Network Infrastructure Administrator
• Location: Innovation and Technology @ Library Service Center
• Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week
• Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm, occasional on call and flex hours outside of regular business hours
• Starting Annual Salary Range: $88,000 to $95,000
• FLSA Status: Exempt
• Submission Deadline:  January 27, 2025 at 11:59 pm. Apply online at https://www.indypl.org/work-at-the-library.

A successful candidate will…

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Possess a CCNA or CCIE certifications
• Have three to five years of experience
  •  Cisco VoIP experience, Linux Server Maintenance experience, Firewall Management experience, Disaster Recovery experience, Cybersecurity Incidence Response experience
• Valid Driver’s License

What does the job look like?  

• Designs, deploys, manages, and supports data network, internet connectivity and firewalls; monitors network security rules and mechanisms; implements network hardware upgrades and topology changes and troubleshoots problems. Manages vendor relationships for the supply of external internet services. Supports centrally managed wireless network.
• Deploy, manages, and supports Unix and Linux based servers; installs system upgrades and troubleshoots problems.
• Designs, deploys, manages, and supports telecommunication and voicemail systems; installs and maintains paging system; supports badge communication system.
• Deploys and supports VMware virtual infrastructure, virtual servers, and Storage Area Network; balances virtual system utilization.
• Design, deploys, and manages and supports security and disaster recovery methodologies; monitors and maintains systems and procedures that secure Library’s network and databases; identifies potential security hazards, determines security violations, and recommends procedures.
• Maintains network and computing infrastructure at 2 data centers and 25 additional locations. Plans and implements physical cable plant upgrades, diagnoses and repairs cable plant issues.
• Consults for IT management on technology related projects; attends meetings, participates as technical member on various teams for Library Facilities Department.
• Assist with preparing the equipment and software list of requirements for e-Rate process: RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, and SOWs; leads vendors’ pre-conference meetings; and evaluates and ranks vendors’ submitted proposals.
• Contributes to the development and maintenance of Business Continuity Plan and Cyber Response Plan for library.
• Monitor equipment for end-of-life/support and make recommendations for purchases.
• Occasionally work 24/7- on call for emergencies
• Able to cope with daily job-related stress

Note: This information is intended to be descriptive of the key responsibilities of the position. The list of essential functions does not identify all duties performed by any single incumbent in this position.

What’s In It for You?

We offer our employees a robust compensation package! Our comprehensive benefits include: medical, dental and vision insurance; 100% company-paid long-term disability, low rates on group life coverage, a Library paid (fully-funded) pension plan, 11 paid holidays each year, and generous amounts of paid time off. The Library proudly promotes from within as part of a strong commitment to providing career growth opportunities for employees of all levels.

Applications for the 2025 Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians (NOTSL) Scholarships are now being accepted. The purpose of NOTSL scholarships is to support educational activities in the area of library technical services for applicants at any point in their careers and/or degree programs.

Individual awards will not exceed $1500, and scholarship(s) will be awarded at the discretion of the NOTSL Scholarship Committee. Due to the success of NOTSL’s fall meeting and revenue collected for our scholarship fund, the committee is seeking to grant multiple scholarships this year. The total number of awards granted will depend upon need and number of applicants.

Eligibility:

Applicants must be

• Currently working in an Ohio library in a professional, paraprofessional, or support
•  position in a technical services area, AND/OR
• A student currently taking coursework in librarianship (residing or studying in Ohio).

The content of the proposed educational activity must relate to technical services (i.e. cataloging, serials, acquisitions, preservation, processing or management of technical services). Examples of possible funded educational activities include workshop/conference attendance, costs associated with coursework/training, and professional meeting attendance, but not training required by an employer.

Applicants must specify dates, the nature and the cost of the proposed activity in order for the NOTSL Scholarship Committee to properly determine eligibility and the allocation of funds. Applicants must supply a letter of recommendation from a supervisor, professional colleague, or academic advisor. 

Scholarship funds should be spent one year from the date they are received. Once the educational activity is complete, scholarship winners will submit a brief summary of their activities, which will be posted on the NOTSL web page. The deadline for submissions is February 14, 2025, and recipients will receive notification no later than March 7, 2025. For more information and to apply, please use the online application form.

Please send questions to Frank Bove, Scholarship Committee Chair, at bovefr@mountunion.edu

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