A properly completed Supplemental Questionnaire must be submitted with each application. Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 4:30 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Postmarks are not accepted. Failure to submit the Supplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.

QUALIFIED BILINGUAL PERSONS ARE ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL BI-WEEKLY COMPENSATION FOR PERSONS IN POSITIONS DESIGNATED BILINGUAL.

THE POSITION(S): This is the entry level position in the professional librarian series. Librarians I assist adults, young adults, and children in finding specific information and personal reading resources; assist patrons in the use of web-based and CD-ROM reference resources; classify and catalog library materials; and assist in collection development. The Librarian I eligible list will be used to fill full-time, part-time and services-as-needed positions.

PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: Librarian I is a flexibly staffed position and may advance after a satisfactory probationary period to: Librarian II - $1791.25 - Current Bi-weekly Maximum

THE REQUIREMENTS: These are entrance requirements for admission to the examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. A candidate's performance in the examination will be judged in comparison with the performance of other candidates.

EDUCATION: Possession of a Master's Degree in Library Science awarded by a school of librarianship accredited by the American Library Association.

EXPERIENCE: The equivalent of two years of full-time experience as a Library Assistant II in the Alameda County Library system.

THE EXAMINATION: THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination will cancel any existing list and will last approximately one year, but may be extended.

The examination may include but may not be limited to: KNOWLEDGE OF contemporary principles and practices of librarianship including bibliographic entry, reference work and cataloging; public library programs and their relationship to community needs; books, periodicals in general use, CD-Roms, on-line reference and bibliographic sources and reference books and common indexing services; electronic information sources; library business methods, practices and procedures. ABILITY TO analyze patrons' information needs and help them in the choice of books and library materials; direct the reading interests of children and young adults; work harmoniously and effectively with the public and staff members; classify and catalog library materials; give presentations on the library and library materials and resources to diverse patron groups.

THE EXAMINATION MAY CONSIST OF the following steps: A review of candidates' applications to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process, a screening of applications and/or Supplemental Questionnaires to select the best qualified candidates who will move on to the next step in the examination process. The remaining steps in the exam process and the weight assigned to each step are yet to be determined. Candidates will be notified of these prior to commencement of the examination. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO ANNOUNCED EXAMINATION STEPS.