The Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library (Green Ridge Street at Wyoming Avenue, Scranton, PA 18509) is looking for a qualified candidate to plan and maintain its’ Family Place program as well as develop and implement new programs and services for children under the age of 12. The qualified candidate must possess a genuine interest in inspiring children to become life-long library users; have the ability to read and interact with a diverse group of children and their parents in a meaningful and positive manner; and be enthusiastic and flexible. Candidate should also work well with fellow employees and the general public. Computer skills are essential.
Preferred candidate would possess a background in early childhood or elementary education or equivalent experience working with children. In addition, possess a high comfort level with technology and Web 2.0 tools.
The schedule includes nights and weekends; 30-35 hrs per week; mini mum staring salary $12.
Interested candidates can contact Diane Demko, Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Manager, at ddemko@albright.org or 570.207.0764.
The Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library is a certified Family Place Library.
The core components of a Family Place Library can be found on their web site. www.familyplacelibraries.org
The concept of a Family Place Library is to expand the traditional role of children’s services found in libraries. The library environment is redesigned to be welcoming and appropriate for children beginning at birth; connect parents with the resources, programs and services offered at the library and other family service agencies; and reach out to non-traditional library users. The Library’s Head of Children’s Services collaborates with the Branch Manager to ensure that the overall goals are being meet for Family Place.
Listed below are examples of the tasks and responsibilities:
Specific to Family Place:
*Planning and maintaining the calendar for Family Place Workshops. (5-week sessions twice a year for two groups, infants to 3-year-olds and 4-5-year-olds)
*Contacting and scheduling guest speakers and hiring new guest speakers (includes sending thank-you notes to guest speakers)
*Providing a story and craft to reflect or enhance the guest speaker’s topic
*Ensuring activities meet with organizational requirements
*Advertising and promoting Family Place, however and wherever possible (includes creating calendars and updating on-line calendars, designing brochures and fliers, word-of-mouth promotion within the library, contacting local publications such as Happenings and Today's Child)
*Completing annual evaluations for Family Place
*Pursuing outreach to new and non-traditional library users, especially parents and very young children
*Coalition-building with community agencies that serve families and young children to connect parents to community resources
*Training may include overnight stays once or twice a year.
*Specific to Nancy Kay Holmes Children's Programs:
*Providing a story time twice a week as well as a craft that ties in with the story read
*Scheduling and organizing various special events throughout the month
*Contacting and contracting performers
*Promoting events through fliers, local publications, and word of mouth
*Maintaining on-line calendars, Nancy Kay Holmes website, Flickr account, and the Scranton district website
*Contributing to Nancy Kay Holmes branch blog
*Overseeing Winter and Summer Reading programs
*Conducting outreach story times monthly – such as at Head Start in Dunmore.
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