*/Be a Connector and a Connection for Cromaine District Library!/* */Cromaine is The Place to Connect to--/* *Learn *- technology, online education, new interest *Enjoy*– discovery, enrichment, cultural and leisure activities *People *– expertise, gatherings and groups, friends, legacy We believe we are the place to connect—with warm and friendly staff, the Web, and the community. If that’s your desire, interest, and future vision, too, then we need you! We have a rare full-time opening for an *Youth Services Manager.* Jeanne Smith will retire this June and has held the combined position of Adult & Youth Services Manager, the combining being a finance-driven decision four years ago. A Staffing & Compensation Study led to the decision to again separate the two roles and responsibilities. (Look separately for the Adult Services Manager position, also full-time.) The Youth Services Manager will also take on coordination of the event calendar, publicity and public relations—always a challenge but always rewarding at Cromaine. 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. Cromaine-Village (built in 1927 and expanded in 1980) is the main library with the largest collection and programming space, but we also offer a popular collection and an increasing number of programs at the Crossroads Branch, in a strip mall, established 2005. (At this writing, a May 5 ballot proposal’s success or failure determines the continuation of the Crossroads Branch.) Cromaine wins grants, including National Endowment for the Arts’ The Big Read--our seventh year’ series, including a visit by author Tobias Wolff, was just completed. Grants for technology in Youth, local business sponsorships for a 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. We offer Color Nooks and Kindles loaded with bestsellers for check-out; IPads, tablets, and laptops (in addition to desktops) for use in the building. We are an OverDrive (TLN’s Download Destination) plus Advantage, hoopla and Zinio library. $21.11 per hour to start, 40 hours per week; includes some evenings and weekends. MLA membership and national conference attendance (in rotation) paid. After successful completion of the 90-day introductory period, an increase to $22.50 is planned. Paid benefits include vacation, sick and business time; health insurance for employee; life and disability insurance for employee, as well as health savings accounts, immediately vested retirement, and employee-paid AFLAC programs. Share your love for new technologies and public service with a community that loves its library and its library staff even more. Send your application (available at www.cromaine.org--Cromaine News & Info--Forms), resume and a cover letter to “Youth Services Manager” at Cromaine or e-mail (preferred to be “green”) to brentola@cromaine.org <mailto:brentola@cromaine.org> by May 8, 2015—position applications accepted until filled. We hope, however, you’ll begin June 2 for a month’s overlap and training.