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The Art of Education

Library Services Specialist

Osage, IA · Remote

$14.50 - $19/hr

Library Services Specialist Do you excel at helping learners gain confidence and forward momentum ... Conduct 1:1 research consultations with graduate students to support action research, scholarly ...

Valliant Consulting Group

Library Assistant

Nambe, NM · On-site

$16 - $20/hr

The Library Assistant is expected to represent the library within the community, assist to develop programs, develop collections, and manage the library facilities. Follow Guidelines including ...

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As of Jul 14, 2026, the average hourly pay for library consultant in the United States is $27.91, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $25.00 and $31.97 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are some common challenges faced by Library Consultants when implementing new technologies in libraries?

Library Consultants often encounter challenges such as staff resistance to change, limited budgets, and varying levels of technical expertise among library personnel. Successfully implementing new technologies requires effective communication, tailored training sessions, and collaborative planning with library stakeholders. Addressing these challenges proactively helps ensure smooth transitions and maximizes the benefits of technology improvements for both staff and patrons.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Library Consultant, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Library Consultant, you need expertise in library science, strategic planning, and information management, typically supported by an MLIS degree and professional experience. Familiarity with integrated library systems (ILS), data analysis tools, and accreditation standards is often required. Strong communication, project management, and problem-solving skills enable effective collaboration with library stakeholders and clients. These competencies are crucial for delivering tailored, sustainable solutions that improve library services and operations.

What does a Library Consultant do?

A Library Consultant is a professional who provides expert advice and guidance to libraries or related organizations. Their role typically involves assessing library operations, recommending improvements, helping with strategic planning, and offering solutions for challenges such as technology integration, space planning, or community engagement. Library Consultants may work on specific projects, such as designing new library spaces, implementing new technologies, or developing staff training programs. They often have extensive experience in library science and stay current with trends and best practices to help libraries better serve their communities.

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AspectLibrary ConsultantLibrary Technician
Required CredentialsBachelor's degree in Library Science or related field; often additional certificationsAssociate's degree or diploma in Library Technology or related field
Work EnvironmentConsulting firms, libraries, educational institutions, project-based settingsPublic, academic, or special libraries; on-site support roles
Employer & Industry UsageLibraries, educational institutions, government agencies, private consulting firmsPublic and academic libraries, archives, information centers

Library Consultants typically provide expert advice, strategic planning, and project management for libraries, often working on a contract basis. Library Technicians support daily library operations, cataloging, and customer service. While both roles require library-related credentials, Consultants focus on advisory and planning services, whereas Technicians handle hands-on operational tasks.

What Does a Library Consultant Do?

A library consultant performs a variety of job duties related to setting up a new library project or helping to increase the efficiency or usability of an existing library. As a consultant, you may work for a library system or an independent consulting company. You are responsible for meeting with clients to determine the scope and goals of the project, analyze key features, and provide advice and direction for completing the project. You may specialize in a specific area, such as information technology or user experience to design book displays or other visual aspects of the library.

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Library Media Specialist

Library Media Specialist

Kemper County School District

De Kalb, MS • On-site

$36K - $47K/yr

Full-time

Re-posted 9 days ago

Job description

Position Type:
Support Staff/Librarian
Date Posted:
2/5/2026
Location:
Kemper County School DistrictLIBRARIAN
TITLE: Librarian
QUALIFICATIONS: Certificate, license, or other legal credential required
Degree(s) required and area of major study.
Kind and amount of prior job experience required.
Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
REPORTS TO: Principal and Assistant Principal
JOB GOALS: To provide all students with an enriched library environment containing a wide variety of materials that will invite intellectual growth, and to aid all students in acquiring the skills needed to take full advantage of media center resources.
Performance Responsibilities:
Mission and Goal
  1. Works with the superintendent and those whom he/she supervises to articulate and promote the school's vision of teaching, learning and reading.
  2. Monitors and evaluates progress toward accomplishment of system goals and objectives.
  3. Uses student data to identify program needs.
  4. Develops goals and objectives programs and operations.
  5. Ensures that library plans are consistent with school plans.
  6. Seeks out, encourages, and supports innovative ideas to enhance learning.
  7. Organizes daily, monthly and yearly schedules to facilitate reading and learning in the school.
  8. Communicates high expectations of students, staff and parents.
  9. Creates and supports innovative ideas that in turn support reading and learning.
  10. Interprets to the staff, administration and the public the objectives and facilities of the audiovisual program.
  11. Organizes and implements an audiovisual aids program for general circulation, such a program to include use of films, filmstrips, recordings, transcriptions, tapes, slides, exhibits, posters, and other audio visual instructional materials and equipment.
  12. Follows established procedures in the Mississippi Public Schools Accountability Standards and other applicable federal and state regulations.

Management of Educational Resources
  1. Operates and supervises the media center to which assigned.
  2. Evaluates, selects, and requisitions new media center materials.
  3. Assists teachers in the selection of books and other instructional materials, and makes media center materials available to supplement the instructional program.
  4. Maintains a comprehensive and efficient system for cataloging all media center materials and instructs teachers and students on use of the system.
  5. Works with teachers in planning those assignments likely to lead to extended use of media center resources.
  6. Informs teachers and other staff members concerning new materials the media center acquires.
  7. Arranges for interlibrary loan of materials or interest or use to teachers.
  8. Serves as a consultant to principals and teachers as that they may be properly instructed as to materials and equipment available, their mechanical care and operation, and their educational use, as well as to help them develop and use audiovisual materials of their own creation.
  9. Serves as a consultant to all curriculum committees.
  10. Works with building principals and department heads to stimulate better and more effective use of items from the center.
  11. Arranges frequently changing book-related displays and exhibits likely to interest the media center's patrons.
  12. Conducts at least one annual in-service workshop on the creation and design of the audiovisual materials, and conducts such other in-service programs as may from time to time appear to the curriculum director as necessary or valuable.
  13. Exposes students to computer literacy and other types of educational software programs (i.e. Excel, PowerPoint, etc).
Student Performance and Deportment
  1. Promotes appropriate conduct of students using media center facilities.
  2. Helps students to develop habits of independent reference work and to develop skill in the use of reference materials in relation to planned assignments.
  3. Presents and discusses materials with a class studying a particular topic, on the invitation of the teacher.
  4. Counsels with and gives reading guidance to students who have special reading problems or unusual intellectual interests.
  5. Monitors attendance in the media center and keeps attendance records.
  6. Helps students locate reference materials and other instructional materials.
  7. Reads to small groups of students. (elementary school centers only)
  8. Supervises the Accelerated Reader program.
  9. Teaches library literacy skills.
Fiscal Management and Fixed Assets
  1. Purchases books and supplies as required by Mississippi Public School Standards.
  2. Maintains Fixed Asset Inventory as required by district.
  3. Maintains files of catalog cards, vertical file material, and publishers' catalogs.
  4. Removes obsolete and worn materials from the library/media center collection.
  5. Prepares and administers the media center budget.
  6. Conducts the annual inventory of media center materials and the preparation of missing materials and materials to be discarded.
  7. Supervises the clerical routines necessary for the smooth operation of the media center.
  8. Shelves incoming materials.
  9. Maintains current inventory of supplies and suggests items for acquisition as needed.
  10. Establishes efficient procedures for processing of requests for materials and for the maintenance of equipment.
  11. Recommends purchase of, organizes, and catalogs all instructional materials and audiovisual equipment.
  12. Assumes responsibility for the inventory and maintenance of instructional materials and audiovisual equipment.
  13. Conducts a continuous evaluation of materials and equipment so that purchases may be made on an increasingly selective basis.
  14. Spends at least 75% of time on non-administrative activities.
  15. Performs all other duties assigned by Principal or Superintendent.
Management
  1. Providing a welcome and respectful climate in the school library.
  2. Developing a vision, a mission, and goals (both long and short range) for the school library program with input from administrators, teachers, and students.
  3. Developing a scheduling policy which provides open and flexible access for all students and teachers.
  4. Ensuring that students have access to the library for class-related research, individual investigation, independent reading, and personal inquiry.
  5. Working with the technology coordinator to implement the technology plan for the school.
  6. Working with technology personnel to maintain working and up-to-date computers, Internet access, and other technology peripherals.
  7. Establishing budget priorities based on assessment of needs, status of library collection, technology needed, library plan for improvement, input from the library advisory committee, and industry trends.
  8. Maintaining budget and expenditure records proficiently.
  9. Maintaining fair and consistent circulation and use policies.
  10. Developing a policies and procedures manual for the library that is approved by the local board of education.
  11. Documenting, reporting, and maintaining records showing the use of library resources.
Organization and Maintenance
  1. Providing access to a balanced, up-to-date collection of both print/non-print and digital formats materials, including technology, that meet the needs of students and teachers.
  2. Establishing, maintaining, and updating an automated catalog and organizing the collection using the Dewey Decimal System or other standard library classification system.
  3. Arranging the library for a variety of uses by large group, small groups, and individuals.
  4. Managing the library staff and volunteers.
  5. Providing professional development for teachers and administrators based on assessed needs to demonstrate how technology and information skills can be used to support the curriculum and instruction.
Instructional Consultant
  1. Providing orientation and instruction for students and faculty in the use of the library's materials and equipment.
  2. Collaborating with teachers to plan and implement instructional units integrating the resources of the library with the classroom curriculum.
  3. Providing instruction and resources to reach diverse student needs.
  4. Encouraging reading by maintaining an awareness of students' reading interests and by providing guidance in the selection of appropriate materials.
  5. Developing and implementing reading initiatives to motivate and engage each student in independent reading.
  6. Collaborating with teachers to integrate inquiry, 21st Century Learning Standards, and technology skills into the school curriculum.
  7. Having knowledge of state and school-wide test results with respect to proficiency in library and Information literacy skills.
  8. Implementing the use of technology into the school library program management and instruction.
  9. Participating in school curriculum planning meetings.
  10. Providing professional development to faculty/staff on the use of new and emerging technologies and instructional resources to enhance teaching and learning.

Communication
  1. Communicating regularly with administrators, teachers, students, and parents about library resources and programs in various forms (e.g., staff meetings newsletters, student newspaper, displays, web page).
  2. Promoting use of the library to students, teachers, and parents to ensure that the library is a vital and active center of learning for the entire school community.
  3. Developing an ongoing advocacy program for the library.
  4. Working collaboratively with parent organizations and community partners in planning and implementing special projects and seeking outside funding.
Professional Growth
  1. Attending local, state, and national professional development workshops and meetings geared to school librarians.
  2. Reading professional library journals to stay abreast of outstanding print and digital formatted materials and current trends in school library programs.
  3. Staying current on the latest technologies and their use for teaching and learning.

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