STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: DIRECTOR OF LEARNING RESOURCES
Class Code: 3487-23
Date Established: 04-05-89
Occupational Code: 7-3-5
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To coordinate and review college
learning resource needs and to provide instruction, materials, and research
assistance to a college community.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Reviews information
needs of students, faculty, and college administration to develop library
audio-visual, and electronic work procedures and formats.
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Works with college
faculty in planning for the systematic instruction of students, faculty and
staff, as well as the general public on procedures for using library materials
for research, term papers and media production.
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Develops long range
goals, plans and budget requests for the learning resource center; prepares
applications for library grants.
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Develops, organizes
and maintains collections of educational resource materials.
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Works with college
departments in planning and implementing special library programs to assist
students in improving research skills.
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Makes recommendations
and serves on college, faculty, and related system committees.
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Serves as liaison with
local, state and out-of-state libraries in the exchange and borrowing of
library materials.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in developing formats
and procedures for special applications OR in investigating and reviewing the
use of equipment and data for a specialized function.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific
expertise to resolve problems of a specialized or professional nature in a wide
range of applications.
Impact: Requires responsibility for achieving
direct service objectives by assessing agency service needs and making
preliminary recommendations for the development of alternative short-term
program policies or procedures.
Errors at this level result in incomplete assessments or misleading
recommendations causing a disruption of agency programs or policies.
Supervision: Requires direct supervision of programs
or of employees doing work which differs from the supervisor, including
disciplining employees, solving personnel problems, recommending hiring and
firing employees, and developing work methods. The supervisor in this position manages a working unit or
section with responsibility for employee performance appraisal.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions under good conditions in a safe working environment.
Physical Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires summarizing data, preparing
reports and making recommendations based on findings which contribute to
solving problems and achieving work objectives. This level also requires presenting information for use by
administrative-level managers in making decisions.
Complexity: Requires coordinating a combination of
diverse job functions in order to integrate professional and technical agency
goals. This level also requires
considerable judgment to implement a sequence of operations or actions.
Independent Action: Requires objective assessment in
analyzing and developing new work methods and procedures subject to periodic
review and in making decisions according to established technical, professional
or administrative standards.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Possession of a Master's degree from an
accredited college or university with a major study in Library Science,
including course work in Educational Media and Technology. Each additional year of approved formal
education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.
Experience: Four years' experience in professional
library work.
License/Certification: Eligibility for New Hampshire driver's
license if necessary for performing job accountabilities. Any license requirement must be stated
on the supplemental job description and approved by the Division of Personnel
prior to posting at the agency level.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of modern library
organization, procedure, policy, aims and services. Knowledge of up-to-date applications of information
technology. Skill in developing
and monitoring library automation and library information systems. Ability to coordinate workflow within
the library, and to train and supervise library staff. Ability to establish and maintain
harmonious working relationships with subordinates, professional and
non-professional employees as well as with the student body. Must be willing to maintain appearance
appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency
appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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