
*Cromaine Is the Cultural Center of Hartland—our full-time Youth Services Librarian will be a vital contributor * A beautiful new addition has been completed, under budget, and we finally have spaces for our staff to continue to create new and innovate traditional library services and collections. As the Cultural Center of Hartland, Hartland’s Cromaine is expected by its community to offer music and art, as well as all of the science, engineering and technology engagement possible for all ages. *We have a full-time Youth Services Librarian position *available to join a staff responsible for collection and programming for youth and teens. *This position is an addition to our team of innovative experts. * Our community thrives on popular materials and community-based programming. If you have some special interests and skills, we’ll find a way for you to share those with our community, too! In 2017, Hartland’s Cromaine celebrated its 90th year of service with a big splash, including the grand opening of the new space. *A highly collaborative library-wide team will support you as we implement the newly-created Strategic Plan and explore how best to meet our community’s diverse interests with quality collections and services. * Cromaine District Library is located near the intersection of M-59 and US-23—easy to get to from Detroit, Lansing, Ann Arbor, and Flint. Hartland’s Cromaine (built in 1927, expanded in 1980, and again in 2017) has the elegant Community Room, a large physical collection and large digital collection, plus two new smaller meeting rooms, a Youth Program Room, and three new study rooms as a result of the little addition to this building. *We also have a serious commitment to outreach, participating in many events and exhibits beyond our walls* as well as finding new ways to be active outside this building in a busy community. Cromaine wins grants, including several National Endowment for the Arts’ The Big Read. Grants for technology in Youth, local business sponsorships for an expanded summer concert series, exhibits from the Smithsonian and to be a pilot for a national grant program—we are a place to connect to culture, music, technology, makers, as well as reading in every format. *Many of the grants support a very full event calendar* (check it out at WWW.CROMAINE.ORG). We are an OverDrive (TLN’s Download Destination) plus Advantage, hoopla, and Zinio library. We welcome new technologies and ways to improve collections and services, taking seriously every patron request. *We pay MLS librarians from $19.50 to $20.50 per hour to start*; 40 hours per week with half-hour paid lunch for each day over 6 hours. The postion requires some evenings and weekends with Sundays at time and one-half. MLA membership and national conference attendance (in rotation) paid. Full-time positions at Cromaine have paid vacation, sick, and business time, holiday pay, birthday, and bereavement leave. Health insurance (an HSA plan) is provided for the employee and the employee may purchase health insurance for dependents, including spouse, at the library’s rates. Dental insurance, optical coverage, life and ADD insurance, short- and long-term disability are all provided for the employee. You may purchase several AFLAC plans at the library’s rate with a pre-tax deduction. *TIAA-CREF defined contribution retirement is provided at 10% employer contribution and immediately vested with no required employee match. *Send your application (available at WWW.CROMAINE.ORG), resume and a cover letter to “Librarian” at Cromaine or e-mail (preferred to be “green”) to brentola@cromaine.org *by August 6, 2018*. Applications accepted until position filled. -- Cecilia Ann Marlow Library Director Cromaine District Library 810-632-5200, ext. 105