Director of Library Services Librarian

Title: Director of Library Services Librarian

Salary Range: $49,176 annually but may be higher with experience

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: Hazard Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Hazard Community College

Department: Academics

Total Rewards

Hazard Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

The Director of Library Services will manage the two libraries of HCTC. HCTC has libraries on the Hazard Campus and the Lees College Campus.
Review of applications will begin June 19, 2025.

Job Duties:

Duties to include, but not be limited to:

• Responsible for the library information literacy instruction program at all locations and online through the embedded librarian program through collaboration with college faculty, including working with dual credit instructors and the prison education program.
• Responsible for college support, tutoring, workshops, and resources to help students succeed in college.
• Participate in strategic planning, development, implementation, and providing Leadership for the unit.
• Responsible for all financial duties of each campus library requesting funds through budget process, capital and current expense allocations, and any Perkins grant funding for the library and zone.
• Supervise all Library faculty and staff and Success Zone tutors, provide necessary training.
• Review /update Library/Success Zone webpages on college website.
• Collecting, evaluating and reporting all library/zone service statistics.
• Responsible for the library collection development program to support the curriculum.
• Responsible for cataloging library materials for each campus.
• Responsible for the interlibrary loan program.
• Manage student and employee college identification card system.
• Participates in college and system committees and teams including the KCTCS Library Peer Team meetings.
• Participates in professional development activities and organizations to improve teaching skills and technical expertise including attendance at Federation of Kentucky Academic Libraries meetings.
• Works collaboratively with the Retention Coordinator who oversees Student Success Coaches and Peer Mentors work in the Zone.
• Works collaboratively with the Retention Coordinator to schedule appropriate hours for tutors and periodically review tutoring duties.
• Additional duties will include committee work, and internal and external service.

Minimum Qualifications:

Master’s degree in library science or library and information science from an ALA accredited program. Three to five years of experience in an academic library, or combination of education and experience commensurate with the requirements of the position. Meet professional standards and ethics that are in accordance with state regulatory statutes and/or the American Library Association (ALA) standards. 

Preferred Qualifications:

Supervisory/management experience; Information Literacy; Budget Oversight and Reporting; Project Management; Data Analysis; Communication Skills; Leadership Skills; Technological Skills

Additional Skills Requested:

Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act

Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.