DOC Western IL CC Adult Education Librarian I

Job Requisition ID: 49481 
Closing Date: 09/16/2025
​Agency: Department of Corrections
Class Title: LIBRARIAN I - 23401 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary is $5,615 a month. CBA Applies; Full Range $5,615- $7,980 a month
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Brown
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC063 Professional Employees, Educators,Juvenile Justice School Counselors and Special Education Resources Coordinators,and Physicians AFSCME

 

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

 

All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

 

 

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Position Overview

If you desire to create and support lifelong reading, learning, and enjoyment then the IL Department of Corrections (IDOC) has an exciting opportunity for you! The IDOC is looking for a motivated individual to join their team as a Librarian I. This position performs professional library functions pertaining to the maintenance of the general and law libraries. In addition, the Librarian supports facility programs and services, manages collection development, provides reference services, supervises Individual in Custody clerks, and maintains library order and security. The ideal candidate for this position will be a team-oriented individual who is able to adapt to the changing needs of a dynamic, institutional library; be a self-starter and innovative thinker; and have a passion for Public Service. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.

Essential Functions

• Conducts and supervises the activities of the institutions law and general libraries.
• Maintains and develops the library collection.
• Prepares/reviews Order for Delivery and Request for Payment forms according to Shared Services provided business procedures and submits paperwork for Educational Facility Administrator’s signature.
• Examines, interprets, and fills user requests for materials using the institutional library or through inter-library loans.
• Prepares and updates list of reading materials and other library services.
• Promotes library services.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to the completion of a master's degree from an accredited college or university in library science, history, information science, English, criminal justice, psychology, education, or a related field of study.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers at least three (3) years of work experience using professional library techniques, systems, and/or procedures.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of work experience with research and/or reference procedures, including legal research.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of work experience with acquisition, classification, cataloging, and indexin