Librarian 1

Librarian - Digital Branch
New Westminster, British Columbia

Number of Openings: 1

Hours per Week: 35 hours per week.

Employee Group:
CUPE, Local 387

Location:

Public Library: 716 Sixth Ave

Competition #: 276

Additional Details:

About New Westminster Public Library

• The City of New Westminster is a socially, economically and culturally diverse community of approximately 82,000 residents. As a core civic service, New Westminster Public Library aims to engage, strengthen and connect the community by inspiring exploration, imagination, creativity and lifelong learning. We emphasize the development and delivery of innovative programs and services that reflect our commitment to the principles of social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion, delivered through the lens of antiracist and antioppressive practice. We are committed to reconciliation with First Nations and urban indigenous communities. We seek to constantly learn, evolve and adapt our practice to the changing needs of our community, seeking always to identify and remove barriers to service.

Who we are looking for:

Reporting to the Manager of Community, Programs and Engagement the Digital Branch Librarian coordinates and continuously works to improve the library's digital branch.

This includes managing and updating the library's website, and ensuring the library's social media channels and monthly electronic newsletter continually engage, inspire and build awareness of NWPL's products, services and community initiatives.

You understand that online library collections, resources and communications channels form a distinct service point, or 'digital branch' that must continually strive to address the needs of a broad range of audiences throughout the City of New Westminster.

This position is also a member of the library's public services team, planning and delivering library programming in your focus area.

This may include programs related to ebooks, digital media stations and a range of emerging technologies.

The Digital Branch Librarian will also provide general information services at service desks and may participate in community meetings and working groups.

As well as playing a key communications and information service role, the Digital Branch Librarian actively seeks ways to collaborate in a workplace dedicated to the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion through the lenses of a socially just and anti-oppressive framework.

Primary responsibilities include:

Digital Branch Coordination

• Maintain and always seek to improve
  , the library website, its related sites/pages and modules, while monitoring and responding to website inquiries and feedback as required.
• Assist in deploying a range of strategies to optimize website access and user experience.
• Liaise with staff who contribute to digital collections, resources, and content.
• Create engaging social media posts using a variety of media, hashtags and other engagement and networking tools; moderate and maintain follower audiences, social inboxes and comments across all library social media channels.
• Create, write and edit text content across a range of online/digital channels including social media, website, electronic newsletter content, news releases and other promotional items as needed.
• Collaborate with other communications staff in creating and developing various communications and awareness assets/campaigns (print and digital) as needed.

Public Services

• Provide excellent public services at library information service desks as required.
• Provide 1:1 and group instruction in use of various online resources and digital technology as needed.
• Assist with collection development tasks, as assigned.
• Participate on library committees and working groups as assigned.
• Participate in collection development in an assigned collection area.
• Collect and regularly maintain statistics related to digital platforms, online engagement as well as program and information services provided.

Details (hours of work):

• This is a permanent, fulltime position, 35 hours/week.
• Library staff may participate in the City of New Westminster's Compressed Day Off program.

Required Qualifications:

• MILS from an ALA accredited institution.
• Previous experience in managing digital communication channels and assets (e.g. websites, social media platforms, electronic newsletters).
• Demonstrated ability to create and deploy website content (text, graphics, formatting) using a content management system such as WordPress, Joomla or Drupal, as well as through the use of a variety of coding techniques through languages such as HTML, XML, Javascript.
• Aware of emerging trends in public libraries related to website design, and digital communications.
• Demonstrated experience preparing text copy specifically for websites, blogs, social media and/or eNewsletters.
• Possess impeccable copyediting skills that will allow

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