[Dtb-talk] Job announcement-Philadelphia Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
David Andrews
dandrews at visi.com
Tue Mar 30 21:33:57 UTC 2010
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>From: Laskowski, Nancy [mailto:LaskowskiN at freelibrary.org]
>Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 1:59 PM
>To: Maurer, Patricia; info at acb.org
>Cc: McPeak, Joseph; Packman, Hedra
>Subject: Job announcement--Philadelphia Regional
>Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
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>Please post this announcement for your members.
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>Thank you.
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>The Free Library of Philadelphia has an opening
>for the position of Library Administrator for
>the Philadelphia Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
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>Applications will be accepted until April 23,
>2010. The application along with full job
>description, qualifications, and salary
>information is available at
><http://www.phila.gov/personnel/announce/current/jol_open.html>http://www.phila.gov/personnel/announce/current/jol_open.html.
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>Start date of July 1, 2010 is anticipated.
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>This is a civil service position with a Philadelphia residency requirement.
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>The Administrator is in charge of the Library
>for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, a
>leased facility of 30,000 sq. ft. The LBPH is
>funded by Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania
>with an annual budget of $1.4 million. The
>Philadelphia Regional LBPH works closely with
>the Carnegie Library of Pittsburghs Regional LBPH.
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>There are more than 1 million items in the
>Philadelphia collection: large print, braille,
>cassette, and digital. There are about 13,000
>registered readers. The LBPH uses CUL software
>(Consortium of User Libraries) for its integrated library system.
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>The staff consists of 25 FTEs; there is an active volunteer program as well.
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>The applicant must have a fifth year degree from
>an accredited school of library science, five
>years of librarian experience providing public
>service, which has included at least two years
>providing library services for the blind and
>physically handicapped and at least two years in
>a second supervisory level capacity (supervisor
>of supervisors) in a large public
>library. Ability to read braille is a plus (additional advantage).
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>Feel free to share this announcement.
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>If you have any questions or would like more
>information about this position, please contact
>me. We are very excited about finding a great
>candidate for this important position. Thanks,
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>Nancy Laskowski
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>Chief, Access Services Division
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>Free Library of Philadelphia
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>1901 Vine Street, Annex, Room 201
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>Philadelphia, PA 19103-1189
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>TEL: 215-686-5412
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>MOBILE: 215-317-0908
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>FAX: 215-567-4352
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><mailto:laskowskin at freelibrary.org>laskowskin at freelibrary.org
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>TEL at LBPH: 215-683-3213
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