Librarian I-KDLA

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3/6/2026 (7:00 PM EST)

26-00937

Librarian I-KDLA

Salary

$3,273.74 Monthly

Employment Type

EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 37.5 HR/WK

Hiring Agency

Education & Labor Cabinet | Department for Libraries and Archives

Location

300 Coffee Tree Road
Frankfort, KY 40601 USA

Description

The Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet advances education, workforce development, and economic opportunity across the Commonwealth. The Cabinet provides education and training programs, employment and reemployment services, unemployment insurance, and disability determination services to help Kentuckians gain skills, find work, and maintain economic stability. It partners with education providers, workforce boards, and employers to align training with labor market needs and oversees labor programs that promote fair and safe workplaces.

It is the mission of the Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives to provide information access for the citizens, businesses, and agencies of the Commonwealth. To help the state maintain its competitive edge, the department offers comprehensive services which ensure that our clientele has access to information resources: virtual, physical, and human. As one of ten state agencies in the country to combine library, archival, and public records programs, the department is uniquely positioned to meet these needs.

We are seeking a Librarian I-KDLA to provide professional library services in the areas of circulation, interlibrary loan of materials, reference, and research assistance to designated client groups for the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives (KDLA).

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provide comprehensive professional reference and research services on a variety of subjects using complex search strategies - analyzing, interpreting, evaluating and summarizing results. Collaborate on reference questions with public library staff on occasion.
• Develop and present workshops or trainings online and face-to-face to public library staff, state employees and KDLA staff.
• Assist with the processing of interlibrary loan requests.
• Assist with circulation and pull audiobooks and large print as needed.
• Participate in selection and deselection of State Library materials.
• Maintain records and reports related to reference and research services, training, circulation activities, and interlibrary loan requests.

This position will have access to confidential and sensitive information. The successful candidate will be required to ensure the safeguarding and security of all confidential and sensitive information and will be required to complete trainings, sign acknowledgements, follow all policies and adhere to all statutes and requirements pertaining to the safeguarding and security of confidential and sensitive information while employed and after employment ends.

The Education and Labor Cabinet (ELC) participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States. EWDC will only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

For more information on E-Verify, or if you believe that ELC has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at 999-897-7781 or https://www.e-verify.gov/.

Minimum Requirements

Working Conditions

Typical work setting is an office/library.

Probationary Period

This job has an initial and promotional probationary period of 6 months, except as provided in KRS 18A.111.

If you have questions about this advertisement, please contact Deborah Hillbard at deborah.hibbard@ky.gov.

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D