So you want to work at a California Community College Library?

Priorities Are Different ​

#1   Focus is on Teaching and Student Impact ​

#2   Job/Role Responsibilities in the Library ​

#3   Supporting the Campus 

• Participation in Governance ​

• Collaborations inside, outside, and across library districts with Staff, Faculty, Administration, Governance, Community at Large ​

•  Library Advocacy & Increasing Interest in Information Literacy ​

• Generally, you do not need to have a publication or conference presentation to be successful ​

• Highly competitive and saturated in California​

• Small staffing despite frequently large student bodies with varied and diverse responsibilities​

Technical Services  ​

• Management and effectiveness of ALMA-PrimoVE platform (used by all California Higher Education Libraries) ​

• Cataloging​

• Analytics ​

• Circulation/Access Services Acquisition​

• Digital Reserves

 Instruction / Pedagogy ​

• Teaching in the classroom (E.G. LIS course, one-shots, workshops, etc.)​

• Collaborating with faculty on supporting research assignments ​

• Finding and executing opportunities for information literacy/competency 

Reference / Research Support ​

• Generally, all librarians conduct reference interactions​

• Familiarity with chat reference, research consultations, or appointments

Collection Development / Electronic Resources / OER​

• Responsible for acquisition of materials (Books/eBooks/eResources/OER*)​

• Collaborating with faculty and staff to purchase or weed materials to support instruction​

• Working alongside Tech Services to manage access of the collections​

• Managing access through both AlmaPrimoVE and/or LibGuides ​
  of materials​

• OER focuses on faculty collaboration, advocacy, ​
  and grant funding 

Reference / Research Support ​

• Generally, all librarians conduct reference interactions ​

• Familiarity with chat reference, research consultations, or appointments 

Other (e.g. OER, Outreach, Web Services) ​

• OER is a common position focusing on faculty collaboration, advocacy, ​
  and grant funding ​

• Outreach focuses on library programming, managing social ​
  media channels, facilitating student and faculty collaborations, and planning events ​

• Archives and Special Collections​

• Assessment​

• DEIA, Speciality Programs​

• Maintains, updates and assesses the Library’s web presence. May work with Primo/VE.