Non-Fiction Selector

Adult Nonfiction Materials Selector

The Wichita Public Library has an immediate opening for an innovative, dynamic, and enthusiastic person to join our team as an adult nonfiction materials selector. This position will be part of the Collection Development team at the Advanced Learning Library in Wichita's Delano neighborhood.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to working with the public and providing an in-depth and well-rounded nonfiction print and digital collection to meet the diverse needs of our community. This position will assist and oversee maintenance of all adult nonfiction collections system wide. Candidates must have strong reader's advisory skills and be prepared to provide education on best practices to staff and direct reader's advisory service to customers.

Candidates should have outstanding communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, strong research capabilities, experience managing budgets, and competency with technologies including personal computer applications and devices. This position provides direct reference service to customers one evening a week and on rotating weekends.

This is an exempt position. Below is a typical work schedule. The successful candidate will demonstrate flexibility should schedule changes be needed to meet the demands of the workgroup.

Exempt position with a typical work schedule:

• Monday, Wednesday–Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
• Tuesday: 11:15 a.m. – 8:15 p.m.
• Second Saturday of each month: 9:15 a.m. – 6:15 p.m., followed by one full day off during the following week.
• Second Sunday of each month: 12:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m., followed by one half day off during the following week.

Anticipated starting salary: $61,184 to $84,984 (based on experience and qualifications).

** Posting may close at any time**

• Selects all adult nonfiction materials to meet diverse community needs, in both print and e-material format.
• Places material orders from multiple vendors in a consistent and timely manner.
• Efficiently manages an annual budget from multiple funding sources.
• Assists with evaluation and maintenance of adult nonfiction and adult reference collections at all library locations.
• Provides excellent reader's advisory assistance to customers, both in person and digitally.
• Leads readers advisory training for staff relating to adult nonfiction topics.
• Assist customers in person, online, and by telephone with information needs. Must be proficient in utilizing the library catalog, online subscription databases, and the Internet. Supports public computing users with their use of library electronic resources, the Internet, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Participates on library planning teams and serves on special projects as assigned.
• Stays abreast of best practices in libraries and publishing trends through training and development activities, reading professional literature, and participating in professional activities.
• Additional related duties as assigned.
• An employee shall not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the workplace.

• Thorough knowledge of library methods, principles, and practices.
• Considerable knowledge of reader interest and of books and authors.
• Ability to establish and maintain courteous and tactful relationships with associates and library patrons.
• Ability to push a loaded book cart, weighing up to 250 pounds; reach, bend, stoop, or squat and arrange books on library shelves; use manually operated office tools and supplies such as scissors, staplers, glue, hold, inspect, turn single pages, and read books weighing up to fifteen pounds with pages made from papers of a wide range of quality and thickness.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, orally, in writing, and/or by whatever creative means are necessary to cross communication barriers.

Required Experience and Training

• Graduation from college with a master's degree in library science.
• A valid Driver's License.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need of a sponsorship.

Preferred Experience and Training

• Two (2) years of professional public library experience selecting print and digital materials for an adult nonfiction collection, evaluating and maintaining library collections using circulation data, collection analysis, and community needs, providing adult reference and readers' advisory services, and utilizing an integrated library system (ILS), online research databases, and electronic library resources.
• Two (2) years of professional public library experience managing or developing adult nonfiction collections.

Starting pay for current City employees will be determined by City of Wichita policy or applicable bargaining unit agreement.

Offers of employment are contingent upon passing a pre-employment physical, which includes drug screening, and upon satisfactory evaluation of the results of a criminal record check.