Public Library Division (PLD) Day - April 25th (Registration closes April 21st)

Public Library Division Day (PLD) Day is coming up at the end of this month! This year's in-person event, located at Brookdale Library, focuses on the varied uses of Artificial Intelligence in Public Library settings, including an AI Panel with information professionals from around Minnesota, and a Keynote by members of Minitex staff (including an LIT faculty, Elissah Becknell). 

PLD Day organizers would be thrilled to welcome the energy and perspective of MCTC students at this yearly event! 

Registration information can be found here.

NOTE: Registration is capped at 70 and registration closes April 21st. (If the registration fee is a barrier to your participation, please contact Jennifer.Sippel@minneapolis.edu) 

LIT Spring 2024 In Person Event: Space is limited so registration is requested!

Drag Storytime Event by Amanda Mills

LIT virtual event: Public Libraries in Community Publishing

Redesign 2 of Public Libraries in Community Publishing Save the Date by Amanda Mills

Job Posting: Summer Youth Program Assistants @ Hennepin County Library

Job Title: Summer Youth Program Assistant

Description 

Hennepin County Library (HCL) is seeking enthusiastic and creative Youth Program Assistants who are passionate about serving youth and families, to support the implementation of the library's summer learning services and programming: "Discover summer. Here." Hennepin County Library's goals for summer learning are that: Youth encounter new concepts, resources, ideas or ways of thinking. Youth maintain and develop their academic, social, or emotional skills. Youth establish or enhance meaningful connections with peers, library staff, and other adults. Youth find value in reading and learning. 

 Location and hours: 

These positions are grant-funded for the duration of mid-June 2022 through August 2022. Summer Youth Program Specialists work approximately 16 hours per week during daytime, evening, and weekend hours. Locations included are: 

• Franklin 
• Hosmer 
• Sumner 
• Webber Park 

For a list of all library locations click here.

In these positions, you will:  

• Support and deliver summer learning programs and activities for children, youth and families.
• Proactively maintain a welcoming and safe environment by managing youth behavior in the library and working with colleagues as necessary to address challenges.
• Collaborate with youth services staff to coordinate the work of youth employees and volunteers to support programming and service needs.
• Assist with library tours or large group visits for children, youth, and families.
• Collect program data such as attendance numbers and administer surveys.
• Become familiar with and promote library resources to children, youth, and families.

Need to have:

One of the following:

• Graduated from high school or high school equivalent and completed eighteen months or more of experience in youth-development, education or applicable experience working with children and youth.
• Education may be substituted for experience on a month for month (3 semester credits = 1 month) basis, preferably with credits in youth-development or education.
• One year or more of experience in youth-development, education or applicable experience working with children and youth, and completion of the Office Specialist Pathway Training program.
• Six months or more of experience in youth-development, education or applicable experience working with children and youth, and completion of the Healthcare Clerical Pathway Training program.  
• Availability to work variable hours, including daytimes, evenings and weekends.

Nice to have:   
Experience:

• Mentoring or leading youth.
• Collaboratively creating and supporting drop-in programming based on the needs and interests of youth.
• Creating a welcoming and safe environment.
• Working with cultural backgrounds different than your own in a work or volunteer setting.
• Interest in all forms of literacy and informal learning and its application in the field of youth work.
• Creativity and innovation in applying youth development practices in a community setting.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Basic computer skills, including the ability to navigate online systems and email.

Ability to:

• Work with youth from a wide range of backgrounds and socio-economic statuses.
• Work as part of a team.
• Handle the demands of a constantly changing work environment and workload.

Candidates with fluency in another language in addition to English are encouraged to apply. 

For more information and to apply: 

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/hennepin/jobs/3461122-0/summer-youth-program-assistant 

Job Opportunity: Archival Processing Assistant

 Archival Processing Assistant

Hennepin County Library (HCL) is looking to fill two Archival Processing Assistants to work in the Special Collections Unit archiving collections from a number of Minneapolis neighborhood associations and community organizations. Under the direction of the library’s archivist, the Archival Processing Assistants will sort, organize, preserve and describe these collections. 

Location and hours:

These positions are not public-facing and are located at Minneapolis Central Library at 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401. Department core hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Shifts are 20 hours  a week and have some flexibility within core hours, Monday through Friday. 

About the position type: 

These positions are part-time positions, non-benefit earning.

These positions are internally classified as an Office Specialist I.

Click here to view the job classification specification.

In these positions, you will:

• Sort and weed the collections
• Organize materials as needed
• Preserve materials (refoldering and reboxing)
• Describe materials for archival finding aids

Need to have:

One of the following:

• One year or more of office clerical experience.
• Six months or more of office clerical experience and completion of the Office Specialist Pathway Training program.
• Six months or more of office clerical experience and completion of the Healthcare Clerical Pathway Training program.
• Note: Education may be substituted for experience on a semester (12 credits) basis.
• Physical ability to; regularly lift boxes weighing up to 50 lbs, bend, lift and stack materials, stoop, reach above head, and stand for long periods of time.  

Nice to have:    

• Experience with archival processing with a library, museum, or cultural institution. 

Ability to:  

• Respond positively to changes in workload and assignments. 
• Work independently with minimal direction. 

For more information and to apply: 

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/hennepin/jobs/3378942-0/archival-processing-assistant 

Job Opportunity: Community Library Manager 1, St Paul Public Library

 

Community Library Manager I

Full time, $52,353.60 - $73,777.60 Annually

• Current openings are:
• Arlington Hills Library / Createch teen STEAM programming. This position will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of Createch and SPPL’s teen makerspace. Additionally, this position is the assistant manager of Arlington Hills library in the Payne/Phalen area, and part of the SPPL/Saint Paul Parks leadership team in the joint facility. 
• Riverview Library branch manager. This position is the on-site manager of a smaller Carnegie library located on the West Side neighborhood of Saint Paul. This position will be responsible for all aspects of operation of the branch, including community engagement and staff supervision. 
• The eligible list created from this posting will be used to fill these openings and any future openings in this title for up to one year. 
• We encourage any interested candidates to apply now if they may be interested in Community Library Manager I work anytime in the next year. 

Job Opportunity: St. Paul Public Library

Library Associate

General Duty Statement

Performs paraprofessional library work in providing reference, information, and material loan services to customers. Performs other related duties as required.

At Saint Paul Public Libraries, our mission is: We welcome all people to connect, learn, discover, and grow.  

If this speaks to you, please consider joining our team as a Library Associate.

In the role of Library Associate, (full or part-time), you will spend much of your time helping visitors at library locations throughout the city. Library Associates work with community members every day in library buildings and in the community: no two days will look the same.

 We’re looking for people who:

• are committed to the joys and challenges of working with members of the public on an everyday basis 
• are enthusiastic about working with children, youth, and families
• are empowered users of new technologies with a willingness to adapt to changing skill demands
• are willing to build cultural humility through self-knowledge, community knowledge, and relationship building 
• are passionate about teams – building relationships, solving problems together, and celebrating victories both small and large. 
• are energized by learning and get excited about sharing knowledge with others
• are flexible and patient – with themselves, their co-workers, and community members

In this role you will:

• Welcome community members, explain library services, and answer questions of all kinds, including referrals to other resources in the community
• Empower users to build skills and problem-solve in technology rich environments through one-to-one assistance, opportunities for group and individual study, and referrals
• Answer questions, provide information, and recommend and locate library materials —books, movies and more
• Create and facilitate events, activities, learning circles, and programs for all ages
• Encourage early literacy development through planning and delivering story times and other services to young children
• Grow your understanding of youth development and use that information to interact with youth and families in developmentally appropriate ways
• Welcome youth and families through hands-on passive and active activities, creative thinking around play-based learning and physically attractive spaces
• Create safer spaces for customers and staff by using de-escalation techniques and trauma-sensitive services, striving to create healing-centered environments for members of the public
• Share individual talents by contributing to and/or leading projects at your library location and throughout the library system, including initiatives such as a homework center, career lab services, or a makerspace.
• Connect with other library and city staff and engage in learning through meetings, trainings, and development opportunities

For more information about this job opportunity and to apply, visit: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/stpaul/jobs/3417602-0/library-associate

Minnesota Public Library Budget Shortfalls: A Conversation

The WebJunction Minnesota <http://mn.webjunction.org/> Team (State Library
Services, Metronet, & Minitex) is pleased to sponsor and announce the following upcoming webinar produced by the Public Library Division<http://mnlibraryassociation.org/committees-subunits/public-libraries/>of the Minnesota Library Association <http://mnlibraryassociation.org/>.


*Please register today!*

To get more information and to register go to http://minitex.umn.edu/events/training/webinars.asp#228

Minnesota Public Library Budget Shortfalls: A Conversation

Monday, June 08, 2009 - 10:00 AM ? 11:30 AM (Central Time)

Register Here!<https://www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/register.asp?sessionID=988>


The Public Library Division (PLD) of the Minnesota Library Association is
excited to announce their first statewide webinar, "Minnesota Public Library
Budget Shortfalls: A Conversation."

There are many in the Minnesota public library community who are struggling
with budget shortfalls during these challenging economic times. PLD has
invited library directors from various types of public libraries -- large
and small, from the metropolitan area and from greater Minnesota to share
their ideas.

Featured guest speakers are:

- Audrey Betcher, Rochester Public Library

- Pat Conley, Washington County Library

- Jennifer Jepsen, Martin County Library

- Mary Lukkarila, Cloquet Public Library

- Marian Ridge, Kitchigami Regional Library

- Kim Edson, Chair of PLD to moderate


Each presenter will be addressing the following three questions:

1) What is your organization doing to address shrinking budgets -
especially at a time when library use is growing?

2) How have you developed strategic priorities for using the available
funding - what to keep/strengthen, what do you let go?

3) Political Capital - How do/did you develop it, when do you spend it?
(i.e., How have you established your library's value to the community at a
time when there is fierce competition for funding from all of your sources?)


MLA's Public Library Division believes this webinar is just the start to an
ongoing conversation and a way for our library community to share its
collective wisdom. PLD has created an online group to continue and expand
the conversation via *WebJunction Minnesota* at:
http://mn.webjunction.org/738. Please join the group, participate, and share
with your Minnesota public library community. [To join the group be sure
that you have created an account with WebJunction Minnesota and have
affiliated with Minnesota].


*Who should attend?:*
Anyone interested in hearing from a panel of Minnesota public library directors and participating in a statewide conversation about public library budget shortfalls.

*Sponsors:*
The Public Library Division<http://mnlibraryassociation.org/committees-subunits/public-libraries/>of the Minnesota Library Association <http://mnlibraryassociation.org/> and the WebJunction
Minnesota <http://mn.webjunction.org/> Team (State Library Services, Metronet, & Minitex).

*Questions? Please contact:*

Kimberly Edson, Head of Readers Services, Rochester Public Library

PH: 507-328-2325; E-mail: kedson@rochester.lib.mn.us

* <kedson@rochester.lib.mn.us>*

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WJMN Team
Ann Walker Smalley, Metronet
Deanna Sylte, Metronet
Mary Ann Van Cura, State Library Services
Jennifer Hootman, Minitex