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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Pickerington Public Library Director<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Board of the Pickerington Public Library (Pickerington, OH) seeks an energetic, proactive leader with creative service ideas for ever-changing user needs.
  As Director,<span style="color:red"> </span>you will be expected to plan and implement an aggressive strategy for the library’s offerings and facility. </span><span style="font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Director must be a highly visible leader in the library, its service area and consortia, and within the Ohio library community.  You will be expected to form new partnerships, nurture the many which already
 exist, successfully utilize technological advances, and maintain a culture of excellence and teamwork.  You will be involved in conducting a facility utilization review, and implementing a plan for future service outlet growth and current facility revision.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> The Board will require strategic planning which shows an understanding of social trends and their influence on new service implementation and service refinement.  Pickerington Public Library needs someone who
 is comfortable with traditional services, yet very willing to experiment with the unusual or untried.  A well founded grasp of fiscal process, grant writing, levy campaigns and best practices is a must. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Qualified applicants will have 5 years relevant library experiences, with at least 2 in a management position and an MLS/MLIS. Salary range from
 $70k, negotiable based on experience.  Excellent health and retirement benefits. 
<span style="color:black">Pickerington is a suburb of</span> Columbus, Ohio and is a wonderful location for those looking for a smaller city near a metropolitan area.   </span><span style="font-family:"Times","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Letters of interest and resumes with references may be sent to:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Carol Pelz, Pelz Library Group,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">at </span>
<a href="mailto:pelzlibrarygroup@icloud.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">pelzlibrarygroup@icloud.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Or PO Box 159, Galloway, Ohio 43119.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Deadline for applications</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">: April 1, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Interviews will be held</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> the week of June 8<sup>th</sup> 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Successful candidate will begin work</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> by early August, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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