Special Election: ALA Councilor-Elect – Missouri Library Association

Voting in MLA’s election of our next ALA Councilor-Elect begins Thursday, April 21^st.

For candidate photos, biographies and candidate statements, see the Special Election page.

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Wanting to photograph the upcoming solar eclipse with your smart phone? Do it with care, professional photographer Reed Hoffmann says.

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3 days ago

Position Posting:

LSTA Grants Officer, Missouri State Library, Jefferson City, MO

Job Description: The Missouri State Library, Library Development Division seeks a skilled, motivated, innovative, and highly organized individual to serve as LSTA Grants Officer. This position is responsible for providing leadership and technical assistance in the areas of grant application and administration of the Library and Services Technology Act (LSTA) federal grant program to meet Missouri library service goals and comply with federal requirements.

Job Duties: The Grants Officer facilitates the development of a broad five-year plan as well as more specific single year plans for how funds will be used. Projects must address LSTA priorities and Missouri State Library goals and can be statewide projects or competitive grants to individual libraries.

This position takes the lead in the application review, award and monitoring of all competitive subgrants with assistance from the Library Development team.

This individual provides training on grant application and management with a strong emphasis placed on outcome-based evaluation reporting.

This position does require travel.

A more complete list of job responsibilities is at sosmo.applicantpro.com/jobs/620094.html.

Salary Range: $1,782.50 to $1,883 semi-monthly.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Experience in grant application and management; basic knowledge of operation of all types of libraries, but particularly public libraries; excellent verbal and written communication skills; outstanding ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines; and strong ability to lead and work within a team

Qualifications: A Masters Degree in Library Science from an ALA accredited program, or a Masters Degree in Business, or other applicable area is required. A minimum of three years of experience in a responsible, professional position, either as a department or program director, director of a library, or equivalent experience is desired. Experience or formal education in long range planning, financial analysis and budgeting, evaluation processes preferred.

Application Instructions: Apply online at sosmo.applicantpro.com/jobs/620094.html

Minimum Application Deadline: August 30, 2017

For further information contact: Debbie Musselman at debbie.musselman@sos.mo.gov or (573) 751-2679.

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Grants Officer - Jefferson City, MO

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Definition: Administers Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant program to meet Missouri library service goals and comply with federal requirements. Job Functions and/or General Responsibilities: Serve as liaison with Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Administers LSTA...

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3 days ago

Position Posting: Adjunct Faculty Reference Librarian, St. Louis Community College, Ferguson, MO

Position Duties and Responsibilities
*Reference assistance to students, staff, faculty and community users
*Evaluation and selection of materials for the library collection
*Preparation of research guides
*Planning, organizing and conducting formal and informal library orientations
*Assisting in the general maintenance of the library catalogs
*Consultation with classroom faculty on the integration of library services into the learning process

Required Qualifications
MA in Library or Information Science and Learning Technologies

Preferred Qualifications
*College level teaching experience
*2 years of higher education library experience
*Advanced computer and technology skills

Special Instructions to Applicants
This posting is to create a pool of applicants for potential openings at the Meramec, Forest Park, and Florissant Valley campuses for various academic semesters throughout the school year.

To apply, please visit www.stlcc.edu

Job posted 8/7/2017

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a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization operating to promote library service, the profession of librarianship, and cooperation among all types of libraries and organizations concerned with library service in the State of Missouri. Founded in 1900, MLA is proudly beginning a second century of…

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Sung by libraries in Missouri: Once upon a time there were books in my life But now there's only love of glasses for the dark Nothing I can say A total eclipse of the heart

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Johnathan Shoff

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Sung by libraries in Missouri:

Once upon a time there were books in my life
But now there's only love of glasses for the dark
Nothing I can say
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