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Senior Librarian/Librarian/Library Technical Assistant, California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (CDCR), Sacramento, CA

Posted March 31, 2017

Would you like a rewarding job as a Senior Librarian, Librarian or Library Technical Assistant for the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (CDCR)? Great benefits include: health, dental and vision plans, CALPERS retirement and avenues for salary advancement! OCE is expanding programming and need library staff to provide a variety of services to inmates within the prisons. The libraries provide legal resources, recreation and education materials. Come join the OCE team!

Library Services

Library services provide offenders with an extensive collection of recreational fiction and non-fiction books including: high interest books, self-help, and periodicals. Librarians provide legal research materials (as required by the courts) and rehabilitative support services that include, resources on employment, community reentry, and life skills. The libraries contain reference reading materials, periodicals, encyclopedias and books and materials to support academic, career technical and college programs. To learn more visit: http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/rehabilitation/oce/hiring.html.

Minimum Qualifications

Library Technical Assistant: AA in Library Science OR 2 years of library experience.

Librarian: BA plus one year in library science master’s degree program.

Senior Librarian: BA plus one year in library science master’s degree program AND Two years of CDCR Librarian experience OR Three years of non-CDCR Librarian experience

For questions or more information contact: [email protected]

How to Apply:

  1. For placement on CDCR’s employment list for Library Staff go to: www.cdcr.ca.gov.
  2. Under “Careers & Exams” arrow cursor down to “Education”.
  3. Click on rectangle named “Education/Librarian Career Bulletins” in the lower part of the screen.
  4. Select “Teacher (Adult and /or Juvenile facilities)” and click on the specific teacher title in “Exam Bulletins” to view.
  5. Return to previous screen and click on “QA” for a specific teacher title; print and fill out form along with the State application (STD. 678) found at: https://jobs.ca.gov/pdf/std678.pdf.
  6. Scan both copies and email to: [email protected].
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