College Librarian

Position: 12 month - College Librarian
Location: Brunswick

Title:

12 month - College Librarian

Agency:
Southside Va Community College

Location:

Brunswick - 025

FLSA:
Exempt

Hiring Range: $68,293.00 minimum - Commensurate with education, experience and VCCS guidelines

Full Time or Part Time:
Full Time

Additional Detail

Job Description:

Established in 1970, Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC) is one of 23 colleges in the Virginia Community College System, with seven locations across several counties, including Brunswick, Charlotte, Nottoway, Mecklenburg, Greensville, and Halifax. SVCC serves the largest community college region in the state, covering ten counties and one city.

SVCC is located in a beautiful rural region renowned for its rolling hills, pine and hardwood forests, and farmland, and is home to two popular lakes:
Gaston and Kerr. We offer a welcoming learning environment and are accredited to award associate degrees. The college offers a diverse range of programs, including developmental studies, academic, technical, and lifelong education. SVCC empowers students to build skills, knowledge, and leadership, preparing them to thrive in a changing society.

Thank you for considering employment with Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC). We are dedicated to attracting and retaining a talented workforce, which has earned us recognition as a Great College to Work For by The Chronicle of Higher Education for several consecutive years. Committed to ensuring equal educational opportunities for all students, SVCC values the diverse backgrounds and perspectives of our students, faculty, staff, and the communities we serve.

For more information, please visit southside.edu

You want to transform the student library experience - be the vision for our library, champion knowledge, guide lifelong learning, inspire innovation, and create opportunities for growth across campus.

Southside Virginia Community College is seeking a College Librarian.

The College Librarian provides leadership and oversight for library services across Southside Virginia Community College, supporting student learning, academic success, faculty instruction, and institutional effectiveness. The position oversees library collections, instruction, academic support services, and daily operations at multiple campus locations, while supervising library staff, tutors, and work-study students. The College Librarian plays a key role in promoting information literacy, supporting retention and completion efforts, and ensuring library services align with institutional goals.

SVCC strives to maintain a culture of care for all students; accordingly, the College Librarian provides student-centered leadership that supports, promotes, and sustains a Culture of Care through accessible, inclusive, and responsive library services.

The College Librarian shall have the following responsibilities:

Library Leadership & Operations

* Oversees the development, maintenance, and evaluation of print and non-print library collections to support academic programs, faculty professional development, and student engagement.

Administers the Library Collection Development Policy, including budget oversight, selection, evaluation, and weeding of materials

* Ensures materials are cataloged and maintained using current Library of Congress cataloging standards and classification systems

* Maintains organized, accessible library spaces, including stack maintenance and oversight of audiovisual and instructional equipment

* Manages inter-campus and interlibrary loan services for students, faculty, staff, and community patrons

Supervision & Staffing

* Provides leadership and supervision for library personnel, including:

* Two full-time Library Specialists

* Part-time tutors assigned to library-based academic support

* Work-study students (up to 20 hours per week)

* Oversees hiring recommendations, training, scheduling, task assignments, and ongoing performance feedback

* Ensures compliance with work-study guidelines, timekeeping requirements, and institutional policies

* Fosters a service-oriented, student-centered library environment

Instruction & Student Support

* Provides information literacy and research instruction through College Success…