Los Angeles Pierce College
It has been a busy and growing year for our library.
We will be hiring a new librarian for Fall 2015. Applications are due February 20th.
This is a Tenure track position and the closing date for applications is February 20, 2015.
The Library department currently includes five full-time faculty librarians and several adjunct librarians.
The link for the job description is: https://laccd.peopleadmin.com/postings/1799
There is also a current opening for a library adjunct position.
The adjunct librarian will be responsible for developing and running our one-on-one student success library consult program. Duties may include:
- Developing promotional materials
- Developing and implementing an outreach program
- Meeting w/Departments and Department Chairs to promote program
- Participating in Student Workshops/Education Fairs
- Consult appointments with students.
The position will involve approximately 14 hours per week during the college’s Spring and Fall semesters.
Applicants must have a master’s degree in Library Science or Library and Information Science from an accredited institution. For this position, please contact the Library Chair at paggipm@piercecollege.edu
Pierce library will also be hosting from October 25th – December 6th the exhibit War Comes Home: The Legacy. The exhibit is a partnership between Cal Humanities, the California State Library and Exhibit Envoy and it is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the BayTree Fund, The Whitman Fund, and the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act. This initiative seeks to promote greater understanding of veterans and explore how war shapes a community. The exhibit highlights private correspondence from almost every major conflict in U.S. history. The exhibition, with historic ad contemporary letters, offers an intimate perspective into the thoughts and emotions of veterans and their families upon a soldier’s homecoming.
More information about Exhibit Envoy is available at www.exhibitenvoy.org and Cal Humanities at www.calhum.org
Through Equity grant resources and working with the Engineering and Architecture departments, we are putting together a Makerspace program. This also is planned to begin in Fall 2015.