Associate Librarian, Children

Salary: $22.85 - $35.29 Hourly

Department: Library

Closing Date: March 11th, 2026

This position could be located at any of our Davis County Locations.

Davis County Libraryis currently hiring for Associate Librarian, Children. This position is fulltime working day and evening shifts, and rotating Saturdays and performs paraprofessional library duties.

In addition to competitive pay and our upbeat culture, we offer the following benefits day one:

• Affordable Medical, dental, and vision coverage DAY ONE!
• 13 vacation days and 12 paid sick leave days
• 3 paid personal preference days and 12 paid holidays
• 4 weeks of paid parental leave after 6 months
• Full pension retirement
• Annual performance increases up to 2.5%
• 401k match of 2%

Our Ideal Candidate Requirements

• Graduation from a college or university with a Bachelor's Degree.

Preference for experience in a city or county library system.

Day to Day Duties

• Under the direct oversight and supervision of the Branch Manager provides children's services at the assigned location including developing paraprofessional expertise regarding child-related information sources, planning and conducting storytimes, scheduling and conducting outreach such as tours, school visits, and library programs.
• Participates in children's programming and outreach for the library system under the direction of the assigned administrator; works closely with Program Outreach Manager to identify groups within service area and generates plan to actively engage in outreach activities.
• Creates, plans, implements and promotes system-wide programs as a member of the children's committee.
• Performs in depth collection analysis under the direction of the Collection Development Manager; monitors collection use and generates statistical reports for this purpose; responsible for the development and maintenance of children's collections at the assigned location.
• Provides assistance and guidance to library patrons by responding to reference questions; locates information sources; provides guidance regarding specific books and authors; researches reference questions using the library's electronic information services; provides technical support for staff and patrons; instructs patrons in the use of the library, the public access catalog, and other electronic resources.

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Associate Librarian, Children

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