Jobs

The Job Announcement Board is provided by South Central Regional Library Council. To post an announcement please email: Diane Capalongo . Job announcements will be removed from our Jobs page thirty days after the day of posting unless the hiring institution requests otherwise.

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Find library jobs here for professionals and para-professionals in the Finger Lakes region, Southern Tier region, and other parts of Upstate New York.

Browse Current Job Postings:

Cayuga Community College - Learning Commons Director, Library

Alfred University - Public Services Coorinator

Binghamton University - Library Faculty Posistions (3 openings)

Syracuse University College of Law (2 positions) - Law Reference Librarian for Emerging Technologies, Law Reference Librarian - JDi

Charlotte Valley Central School - Library Media Specialist

Corning Museum of Glass - Metadata Supervisor

SUNY Oneonta - Discovery & Systems Librarian

Tompkins County Public Library - Library Director

Cayuga Community College

Learning Commons Director, Library

The Learning Commons Director, Library provides overall library leadership by aligning services, resources, facilities and collections with the College's mission, vision, values, strategic plan and policies. The position will lead the administration, operation, and development of the library functional area including but not limited to budget, instructional offerings, personnel, facilities, services and collection development to support both physical and online/remote environments.

Full job description and application process

Posted 5/28/2025

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Alfred University

Public Services Coordinator

The Alfred University Libraries seek a collaborative and forward-thinking Public Services Coordinator with an interest and passion for mentoring college students. We are looking for someone with a strong focus on customer service and a commitment to incorporating diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility practices, particularly anti-racism and anti-oppression, into their work.

The Public Services Coordinator based in Herrick Library plans, organizes, and supervises all day-to-day functions of Herrick Library Public Services. Works in partnership with the Public Services Coordinator based in Scholes Library, the evening part time Reference Assistant, and the Public Services Librarian to provide outstanding customer service to the campus community. Collaborates to ensure appropriate consistency in circulation policies and procedures between Scholes and Herrick Libraries. Hires, schedules, trains and supervises approximately 30-35 student workers. Schedules and maintains service desk hours and tracks use of student work study budget. Responsible for statistical collection, implementation of library policies and operating procedures. The Public Services Coordinator is expected to articulate a service philosophy in the context of Alfred University Libraries' mission, vision, and values that provides a framework and criteria for guiding Public Services decision-making, as well as exemplify the libraries' commitment to anti-racism and anti-oppression.

Salary/Rate: $18.00 - $19.00; 35 hours per week

Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree, or Associate's degree with 3-5 years of experience in a library, is required. A combination of education and significant, relevant customer service experience may be substituted in lieu of the education requirement.
Library experience or a combination of supervisory and customer service experience is required.

Application review will begin on June 16 and continue until the position is filled. Please follow this link to see the complete posting and to apply: AU Libraries Public Services Coordinator

Alfred University actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, and will not discriminate against any employee, student or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, marital status, genetic information, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Posted 5/20/2025

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Binghamton University

Director for Access Services (Open Rank, Sr. Assistant or Associate)
Sr Assistant Dean for Research, Learning and Access Services (Open Rank, Associate or Full)
Sr Assistant Dean for Collections and Technology Services (Open Rank, Associate or Full)

Posted 5/19/2025

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Syracuse University College of Law

Law Reference Librarian for Emerging Technologies

Syracuse University College of Law is excited to announce that we have a new job opening for a Law Reference Librarian for Emerging Technologies! This is a newly created position, so candidates will have a significant amount of freedom to develop it as they see fit.

The Law Reference Librarian for Emerging Technologies will be an integral part of our dynamic reference team, answering questions from students, faculty and members of the community. They will have the opportunity to present research sessions, create research guides, and develop their collection development skills, all while concentrating on the emerging technologies law students and new attorneys must be familiar with. Our library works closely with the university library system as well as the law school, doubling our opportunities for programs and support.

Are you interested but don’t meet every listed qualification? We are looking to hire the absolute best candidate, so if you are excited about this role, but your experience does not perfectly match every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be the perfect candidate we didn’t know we were looking for! Syracuse University has a remitted tuition benefit that can enable you to get that degree you lack at little to no cost.

Syracuse University is an international research university, with all the academic and culture opportunities that it entails. Syracuse itself is in the center of New York State, a four-hour drive from both New York City and Toronto. Syracuse also has an International Airport, making it easy to travel anywhere.

We look forward to your application!

Job Description and Application Information available here: https://www.sujobopps.com/postings/109494

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Law Reference Librarian, JDi

Syracuse University College of Law is excited to announce that we have a job opening for a Law Reference Librarian, JDi! JDi is our ABA-accredited hybrid online J.D. program; the nation’s premier online J.D. program for working professionals.

The Law Reference Librarian, JDi will be an integral part of our dynamic reference team, answering questions from both residential and online students, faculty and members of the community. They will have the opportunity to present research sessions, create research guides, and develop their collection development skills, all while concentrating on the unique needs of the online J.D. students. Our library works closely with the university library system as well as the law school, doubling our opportunities for programs and support.

We look forward to your application!

Job Description and Application Information available here: https://www.sujobopps.com/postings/109497

Posted 5/13/2025

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Charlotte Valley Central School

Library Media Specialist (1.0 FTE)

Charlotte Valley CSD is seeking a qualified individual to join our team as a Library Media Specialist. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in providing access to information in an educational setting as well as a passion for teaching and supporting students.

Charlotte Valley’s newly constructed library is scheduled to be opened on September 1, 2025. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to integrate this new space into the educational programs within the district.

Responsibilities include:
· Selecting and purchasing materials

· Cataloging and organizing resources

· Developing and implementing instructional programs

· Collaborate with teachers to integrate library resources into classroom instruction

· Promoting a love of reading

· Planning and delivering effective and engaging library lessons

· Assessing and monitoring student progress

· Providing timely feedback to students and their families

· Creating an inclusive classroom environment

· Providing opportunities to engage students outside of the classroom

Qualifications
Candidates shall possess or be on track to possess NYS teaching certification as a Library Media Specialist.

Compensation
The successful candidate will be provided a tenure track, four year probationary position. Starting salary is commensurate with experience, $49,455 to $68,226 plus contractual benefits.

Deadline
Please apply through OLAS. Application questions can be referred to Mrs. Jennifer Plante, Superintendent Secretary and District Clerk. Employment starting September 2, 2025. Open until filled.

Posted 5/6/2025

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Corning Museum of Glass

Metadata Supervisor

The Metadata Supervisor is a full-time (40 hours per week), onsite position, reporting to the Senior Manager, Library Operations and Collections Management and supervising the Cataloging Specialist, Foreign Languages and the Cataloging Specialist, Digital Collection, Serials and Multimedia (shared report).

The Metadata Supervisor provides leadership in advancing user-centered, future-facing metadata practices, manages cataloging and metadata standards and services. This individual has primary responsibility for bibliographic access to the Library’s collections as well as serving subject specialist and non-specialist communities. The position duties also include original and complex copy cataloging for materials in multiple languages and multiple formats, including print, video, special collections, rare books, and ephemera. The Metadata Supervisor works closely with other Library departments, including Acquisitions, Reference and Access Services, and Archives and Manuscripts, to ensure cataloging and metadata standards and needs are met. Collaboration with the Archives and Manuscripts team is required to create, maintain, and enhance subject and name authority records in the ArchivesSpace platform. Other main duties are to identify, plan, and implement database clean-up projects, ensuring database integrity, as well as to collect and report statistics for the unit, set cataloging priorities and workflows.

Full job description and application process: https://info.cmog.org/employment/available-positions/metadata-supervisor

Posted 5/2/2025

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SUNY Oneonta

Discovery & Systems Librarian

The James M. Milne Library at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oneonta invites applications for the position of Discovery & Systems Librarian. Working both independently and with a dynamic team of partners, the Discovery & Systems Librarian improves and sustains a variety of staff-facing and public-facing library systems to ensure reliable and low-barrier access to the library's collections and resources. The ideal candidate possesses a love of learning, the ability to think critically with a dash of ingenuity and enjoys learning new technology. The twelve-month, tenure-track librarian reports to the Dean of the Library and holds the rank of Senior Assistant Librarian, with an initial two-year appointment.

Full job description and application process: https://oneonta.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp;jsessionid=53EC2D7E1F02837B6D2F5A9F81915852?JOBID=185194

Posted 4/25/2025

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Tompkins County Public Library

Library Director

The Board of Trustees for Tompkins County Public Library, in cooperation with Tompkins County Civil Service, has launched a search for a new Director for the historic library in the heart of New York’s Finger Lakes.

The new Director will be tasked with shaping programs, service, and strategic direction for a library that was founded in 1864 by Ezra Cornell, with the goal of making knowledge freely available to everyone. At a time when libraries are under threat nationwide, the new Director will be critical to upholding the mission, cultural heritage and public trust for this vital institution.

Minimum qualifications:

Graduation from an ALA accredited school or program with a graduate degree in library or information studies
Possession of, or eligibility for, a New York State Public Librarian’s Professional Certificate
Eight years of satisfactory professional library experience in a library of recognized standing, two years of which must have been in an administrative capacity

The ideal candidate will also be a community builder, a strong communicator, and an innovative and visionary leader dedicated to upholding the principles of librarianship.

To be considered, candidates must apply through the Tompkins County Human Resources website by May 14, 2025 and complete a Civil Service examination.

The Board of Trustees is in the process of creating a selection committee which will be comprised of Trustees, Library Staff and other Library Stakeholders. The goal is to have a new director in place by October 1, 2025.

Apply at https://www.tompkinscivilservice.org/civilservice/apply/9091

Learn more about TCPL and the role at https://www.tcpl.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/2025%20TCPL%20Director%20Search%20Brochure.pdf

Tompkins County Public Library is committed to equity and inclusion. Those with similar values are encouraged to apply.

Posted 4/17/2025

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