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The District is strongly committed to achieving staff diversity and the principles of equal opportunity employment. The district encourages a diverse pool of applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation in any of its policies, procedures or practices. In fact, the college encourages applications from all segments of qualified people.

Closing Date: June 30, 2026, 11:59 PM Pacific

Salary: $68.22–$86.78 hourly

Job Type: Part Time

Job Number: PT‑Librarian‑25

Location: Norwalk, CA

Department: PT‑Librarian‑25

Division: Library & LRC

Cerritos College is ranked 14th among the top 100 schools with the highest Hispanic enrollment in the United States by the U.S. Department of Education. It serves a comprehensive community college for southeastern Los Angeles County, with campuses in Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, La Mirada, Norwalk and surrounding areas. The college offers degrees and certificates in more than 180 areas of study across nine divisions with an enrollment of approximately 20,000 students.

The library serves a diverse student population of over 20,000 in more than 60 disciplines. Resources include 132,000 volumes, 100 periodical subscriptions, over 50 electronic databases, an Ex Libris Primo discovery system, and Lib Guides. Librarians collaborate with departments to meet student and faculty needs. The staff includes four full‑time librarians and six classified staff, and an active pool of part‑time librarians.

Part‑time librarians prepare bibliographies and research guides, provide reference service, instruction both in‑person and online, and may assist with collection development, displays and other library projects as needed. They may also teach a section of the credit course “Introduction to Library Research.”

• Maintain currency with current information, concepts, laws, and ideas in their disciplines and with best practices in teaching and learning.
• Check mailbox, voicemail, and e‑mail regularly.
• Complete the checkout form before leaving campus at the end of the academic term.
• Maintain student confidentiality as required by regulation and Board Policy 5040 (Student Records and Directory Information).
• Teach all assigned classes unless excused under board provisions.
• Teach all assigned classes for all scheduled minutes, and notify the Instructional Dean or designee of any necessary absence.
• Teach courses in accordance with the course outlines of record.
• Provide opportunities for students to be aware of their progress.
• Submit syllabi, enrollment, attendance, grades, textbook information, and required reports by the published deadlines.
• Meet all classes during the final examination period and give final examinations on schedule.
• Maintain a safe learning environment in classrooms, laboratories, and other instructional spaces.
• Allow instructional managers to review assignments upon request.

• Master’s in library science, library and information science, or the equivalent.
• Understanding of and sensitivity to meeting the needs of a diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic background of the student, community, and employee population.

Physical requirements may be met with or without reasonable accommodations. Requires ambulatory ability, ability to move to various office and classroom locations, stand, bend, stoop, reach to set up equipment and provide instruction, write on a board or type on a computer, read documents, make presentations, project voice, hear questions, lift, push, and pull objects of medium weight (