Job Description Example - Library Manager: Position Title: Position Statement
Job Description Example - Library Manager: Position Title: Position Statement
Job Description Example - Library Manager: Position Title: Position Statement
Introductory note: There are many different formats for Job Descriptions, and so we
suggest you align your school’s documentation for school library positions to whatever
format your school uses.
The Performance Measures described in the Job Description provide a very useful link
to the objectives you set during the Performance Appraisal and development process.
Check how the various delegations are allocated in your school, so that the
responsibilities outlined in the Job Descriptions for your school library positions are
accurate.
For schools who elect not to have a Teacher with Library Responsibility (TLR), check the
responsibilities in the TLR Job Description to ensure that key liaison and collaboration
with teaching staff is included within the Library Manager’s role.
1. Inquiry Learning
Promote the role of the All teachers and students Staff and students are
library, and the range of receive appropriate able to access
resources students can coaching and assistance appropriate information
access through the to access and use print and resources
library, to support inquiry and online resources to
and develop information support inquiry learning The school library is
literacy across all year regarded by teachers and
levels and all curriculum Library users gain in skills students as a key source
areas and confidence using of information to support
online and print inquiry
Collaborate with staff to resources relevant to
plan inquiry units and their inquiry
identify appropriate
resourcing and
scaffolding to support
students’ research
Plan and implement the Staff and students are Informal feedback from
library orientation confident library users users indicates
programme satisfaction with
assistance received
2. Library Management
3. Resources
4. Library ICT
Maintain close liaison Library ICT facilities are Library ICT is upgraded
with school ICT team so adequate to support the as part of the school’s
that library ICT facilities research needs of ICT planning
are able to cater for students
increasing online Liaison with technical
research needs of Library ICT experiences support ensures minimal
students minimal down-time, and disruption to library
technical support is services
provided in a timely
manner
Liaise and collaborate Library is seen and used Regularly promote library
with teaching staff and as a key resource to resources and services
literacy specialists support reading and
research Evidence of positive
results for promotional
activities
Liaise with external Relationships are Regular contact is made
agencies and support developed and with network groups,
groups e.g. National maintained so that including online networks
Library of New Zealand, sources of professional accessed through the
SLANZA, school library development and support School Library Horizons
networks are used effectively website [hyperlink]
Qualifications:
Personal qualities:
Signed: