Hi, all.

Three things have changed for the Civil Service Librarian titles.

·         The Civil Service Commission recently consolidated Librarian titles (see attached and following).

·         CSC made the entry level Librarian title noncompetitive as of 7/27/2013 (see attached).

·         Title language has been changed to reflect the 21st Century skills required of librarians in today’s environment.

The language update is long overdue, and we were delighted to join NJLA and CSC in pursuing this goal. The attached job descriptions were produced by building on the work of IMLS, ALA and NJLA. You may review these source documents at:

http://www.imls.gov/pdf/21stCenturySkills.pdf

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/resources/guidelines/professional.cfm

Thanks to all of you who helped bring this project to a successful conclusion.

Best wishes,

Victoria

Victoria Rosch

Deputy State Librarian for Library Support Services

vrosch@PROTECTED 

609.278.2640 ext.157

Civil Service Commission memo of March 23, 2011 To local appointing authorities:

Several library/museum titles possessing similar duties, responsibilities and experience requirements have been identified for title consolidation. 

These titles are all in some capacity involved in library/museum operations.  The core function, providing library/museum services, is consistent throughout the title series regardless of the area of specialization.  Thus, we plan to consolidate the specialty areas into the corresponding generic base title at each level (e.g. Librarian, Children (07570) into Librarian (07569). 

The titles, Museum Assistant (02538) and Library Exhibit Artist (02284) will be consolidated into the titles, Museum Attendant (02539) and Exhibit Artist respectively based on similar duties and requirements.

The dual title, Senior Librarian Reference/Technical Support Specialist 2 (06942) will be designated archaic.  This means the title will remain in a restricted status until unencumbered.  The title will be inactivated once unencumbered. 

The title, Medical Librarian (02467) will be inactivated because no incumbents currently reside in the title. 

The definitions, requirements, knowledge, skills and abilities sections of the title specifications for the base titles (Librarian, Senior Librarian, etc.) will be modified to accommodate this proposal.  As a result, the title specifications will be broader and more general, allowing for greater flexibility of assignment.

The levels within each series will be numbered in accordance with current practices, with the numerical suffix “1” representing the lowest level (entry level) to “4” representing the highest level (supervisory level).  

Employees involved in this transaction will experience no change in their current status or seniority.  The title change will be processed as a mass transaction, thus no work will be required of the Appointing Authority.   

Upon successful completion of the consolidation process, the consolidated titles involved will be inactivated.

PROPOSED CONSOLIDATIONS

FROM:                                  TO:        

TITLE CODE         TITLE NAME (current)                    TITLE CODE         TITLE NAME (new)

07570    Librarian, Children’s                        07569    Librarian 1 (Librarian)

07571    Librarian, Reference                                      

07572    Librarian, Technical Services                                       

03410    Senior Librarian, Children’s                          03406    Librarian 2 (Senior Librarian)

03413    Senior Librarian, Reference                                        

03415    Senior Librarian, Technical Services                                         

04507    Principal Librarian, Children’s                      02820    Librarian 3 (Principal Librarian)

04872    Principal Librarian, Music & Art                                  

02821    Principal Librarian, Reference                                    

04552    Principal Librarian, Technical Services                                     

04549    Supervising Librarian, Children                   03902    Librarian 4 (Supervising Librarian)

04595    Supervising Librarian, Reference                                              

03903    Supervising Librarian, Technical Services                                               

FROM:                                  TO:        

TITLE CODE         TITLE NAME                        TITLE CODE         TITLE NAME

02538    Museum Assistant                          02539    Museum Attendant