Senior Librarian, California State Library

Job Description and Duties

Are you a librarian interested in applying and developing your skill sets and experience in a challenging and professionally rewarding position providing research and information services to the California State Legislature and the Governor’s Office? 

As a team, we value intersectionality, and we apply the core concepts of equity, inclusion, and accessibility to our work product and the way we treat each other. We communicate collaboratively to meet one another’s needs regardless of social positioning or privilege, and we respect each other’s time, effort, skill, and perspective. We approach challenges as learning opportunities for all. We promote a sense of belonging by treating one another with fairness and honesty.

Under the direction of the CRB Principal Librarian (Assistant Director), the incumbent is responsible for researching and responding to assigned requests with a focus on accuracy, consistently high customer service, and timeliness; to identify and champion the adoption of appropriate tools, systems, training and best practices related to the management of research data, including but not limited to, data acquisition, archiving, and preservation for re-use.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Position Details

Job Code #: JC-438902

Position #(s): 175-100-2943-005

Working Title: Senior Research Data Librarian

Classification: SENIOR LIBRARIAN ($4,910.00 – $7,374.00)

# of Positions: 1

Work Location: Sacramento County

Telework: Hybrid

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

Department Information

Pending Budget Approval.

The California State Library serves the people of California in several ways and is made up of the Administrative Services Bureau, the California Research Bureau, State Library Services, the Information Technology Bureau and Library Development Services. 

These bureaus ensure that the California State Library is the central reference and research library for state government and the Legislature and provides non-partisan research to the Legislature and the Governor.  The California State Library collects, preserves, generates and disseminates information ranging from California’s priceless historical items to today’s online texts, and it advises, consults with, and provides technical assistance to California’s public libraries, all while directing state and federal funds to support local public libraries and statewide library programs, and services. 

The State Library is home to public reading rooms including Information Services, Government Publications, the Law Library, the Braille and Talking Book Library, and the California History Room. It also plays host to Night at the State Library, annual community events like Juneteenth, the Archives Crawl, Museum Day and exhibits you won’t find anywhere else! Learn more by visiting California State Library website.

The California Research Bureau (CRB) at the California State Library ensures that the Governor and members of the Legislature have their policy inquiries met with top-tier nonpartisan research. The mission of the California Research Bureau is to provide nonpartisan and confidential public policy research for the Governor’s Office and the State Legislature and to advance equitable access via statewide initiatives, including CRB Nexus and the California Homeless Youth Project.

Parking information can be found at: DGS managed parking facilities City of Sacramento parking map 

Library Programs Consultant, California State Library

Job Description and Duties

Would you like to support tribal and rural libraries, plan and implement statewide tribal and rural library programs and partnerships? Then this might be the job for you!

Under the general direction of the Library Development Services Assistant Bureau Chief, the Library Programs Consultant (Tribal and Rural Libraries) is responsible for planning and implementing the State Library’s statewide tribal and rural library programs and partnerships, connecting tribal and rural libraries to federal grant programs and opportunities, and implementing related programs, grants, and partnerships.

Pending Budget Approval

Position Details

Job Code #: JC-435196

Position #(s): 175-200-2958-010

Working Title: Library Programs Consultant

Classification: LIBRARY PROGRAMS CONSULTANT ($7,764.00 – $9,718.00 A)

# of Positions: 1

Work Location: Sacramento County

Telework: Telework

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

Department Information

The mission of the California State Library is to empower the people of the nation’s most diverse and populous state by: 

• Providing credible information services to all Californians, especially those in state government and the Legislature, libraries, academia, and persons with disabilities; 
• Leading and establishing partnerships with California libraries through funding, program development, and support; 
• Preserving and providing access to California’s unique history to enrich the lives of current and future generations. 

The California State Library serves the people of California in several ways and is made up of the Administrative Services Bureau, the California Research Bureau, State Library Services, the Information Technology Bureau and Library Development Services. 

These bureaus ensure that the California State Library is the central reference and research library for state government and the Legislature and provides non-partisan research to the Legislature and the Governor.  The California State Library collects, preserves, generates and disseminates information ranging from California’s priceless historical items to today’s online texts, and it advises, consults with, and provides technical assistance to California’s public libraries, all while directing state and federal funds to support local public libraries and statewide library programs, and services. 

The State Library is home to public reading rooms including Information Services, Government Publications, the Law Library, the Braille and Talking Book Library, and the California History Room. It also plays host to Night at the State Library, annual community events like Juneteenth, the Archives Crawl, Museum Day and exhibits you won’t find anywhere else! 

Parking information can be found at: DGS managed parking facilities City of Sacramento parking map 

Library Technical Assistant I
California State Library

Position Details

Job Code #: JC-438486

Position #(s): 175-108-1307-001

Working Title: Library Technical Assistant I

Classification: LIBRARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANT I ($3,760.00 – $4,853.00)

# of Positions: 1

Work Location: San Francisco County

Telework: Hybrid

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

Department Information

Pending Budget Approval.

The mission of the California State Library is to empower the people of the nation’s most diverse and populous state by: 

Providing credible information services to all Californians, especially those in state government and the Legislature, libraries, academia, and persons with disabilities; Leading and establishing partnerships with California libraries through funding, program development, and support; Preserving and providing access to California’s unique history to enrich the lives of current and future generations. 

Sitting on the edge of the Pacific Ocean and on a vibrant CSU campus, the Sutro Library holds the remaining materials from Adolph Sutro’s historic collection of rare books and manuscripts. Our collections span all time periods and all regions of the globe with particular strengths in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Yemenite Hebraica, English social history, and one of the most comprehensive collections on the Mexican Republic in the world.

Although not part of the original Adolph Sutro collection, there is large genealogy collection which is one of the largest genealogy collections in the U.S.

For further information, go to the Department Website: http://www.library.ca.gov

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