Librarian - Adult Services and Engagement

The Appleton Public Library, the Wisconsin Library of the Year for 2025, is seeking a Librarian - Adult Services and Engagement to join our dynamic team. This is a full-time exempt position in the Community Partnerships section of the library. Work involves community engagement and collaboration through outreach, services, and partnerships; coordinating adult and intergenerational programming and displays; providing reference and readers' advisory services;

participating in general and reference collection development; and working as a member of the Community Partnerships team. Work is performed under the general supervision of the Community Partnerships Supervisor. Regular evenings and weekends are required.

• Plans, develops, and implements adult and intergenerational programs, projects, and community initiatives
• Leads specialized services and programs and advances creation and innovation in the library
• Provides reference and readers' advisory services to patrons in the community, at adult public service desks, via telephone, and via online platforms
• Instructs and empowers patrons and community partners in the use of library resources
• Participates in general, adult, and reference collection development
• Makes presentations to the public, community partners, media, and staff as needed
• Works to advance section strategies to meet the goals and objectives of the library and City of Appleton
• Maintains regular punctual and predictable attendance, works extra hours as required

• Identifies opportunities to connect library resources with community issues, needs, and interests
• Responds to requests for information and reference services in a thorough and timely manner
• Conducts library tours and conducts outreach to promote library resources in the community
• Thinks and works collaboratively and communicates effectively
• Maintains flexibility, ability to handle multiple competing priorities and tasks, adaptability to change, and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
• Maintains skills through participation in professional organizations and appropriate continuing education activities
• Supervises library building and communicates library policies, rules, and procedures to the public upon request
• Other duties as assigned

Requires some experience in public library service and a Master's Degree in Library Science, or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the following knowledge, abilities and skills:

• Knowledge of and ability to communicate the general principles of professional librarianship
• Ability to use knowledge and training to serve the needs of the library productively
• Ability to maintain effective relationships with other employees and the public and to deal with public relations issues courteously and tactfully
• Knowledge of and ability to conduct community develop programs, and utilize current technologies
• Proficiency in Windows, MS Office, and ability to quickly adapt and learn new software as needed
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to speak Spanish or Hmong a plus

• Communication
• Self-directed/Autonomous/Accountable
• Problem Solving
• Technical/Professional/Strategic Skills
• Creative/Innovative

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