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Currently Available Employee Positions

Librarian Assistant I. Application period ends August 7, 2010.

 

Employee Composition

Every member of the library district’s staff is a part-time employee. There currently are 9 employees on the staff. The staff consists of a library director, manager of library services, administrative assistant, library assistants, catalogers, and literacy program coordinators.

District Librarian

By state of California law, every library must have a certificated librarian on the staff. The Library Director of the Lassen Library District is a shared position with a librarian at another library. Currently, this person is also the librarian of High Desert State Prison. The Library Director reports directly to the Board of Library Trustees and is responsible for relations with the California State Library, long range planning, advising on District policies and identifying/acquiring funding. The Library Director is a management position at the library.

Manager of Library Services

This position reports to the Library Director and the Board of Library Trustees and has overall responsibility for library operations, including library employee supervision, materials acquisition and public relations. The Manager of Library Services is a management position at the library.

Administrative Assistant

This position reports to the Library Director and the Manager of Library Services and is responsible for bookkeeping, administrative and facilities support of the district. The Administrative Assistant is a management position at the library.

Librarian Assistant

Librarian assistants report to the Manager of Library Services and are responsible for the daily operation of the library. They man the circulation desk, assist patrons in their use of library services and products and maintain the physical appearance of the library. They also perform various administrative and programming support tasks as may be assigned.

Librarian Assistant - Youth Services

The Youth Services Librarian Assistant reports to the Manager of Library Services and is reponsible for the planning, preparation and conduct of the library's programs for children and teens.

Cataloger

Catalogers report to the Manager of Library Services and are responsible for preparing and entering newly received materials into the library’s online catalog system and removing materials that are to be disposed of.

Literacy Coordinator 

The Literacy Coordinator is a grant-funded position and reports to the Board of Library Trustees. This employee is responsible for obtaining grant funding for the literacy programs and for providing literacy services funded by the grant(s). View the Adult Literacy page for more information about this program.

Families for Literacy Coordinator

The Families for Literacy Coordinator is a grant-funded position and reports to the Board of Library Trustees. This employee is responsible for obtaining grant funding for this literacy program and for providing the literacy services funded by the grant(s). View the Family Literacy page for more information about this program.

Library Location

The library is located at 1618 Main Street
Susanville, Lassen County, California

Next to the Susanville Grocery Outlet.

Hours of Operation

How to contact us:

530-251-8127 Circulation Desk

530-257-8113 Library Manager, business office, cataloging personnel

530-257-8115 FAX 

530-257-8021 Literacy programs coordinators

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Our mailing address is:

Lassen Library District
1618 Main Street
Susanville, CA 96130-4505

Budget Planning Schedule

The Lassen Library District fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30.
The budgetary schedule of events is as follows:

The Fiscal Year 2008 - 2009 Budget

At the beginning of the year the Board of Library Trustees approved an operating budget that was expected to be about $2,717 in deficit. The majority of the excess in spending over income is due to expected expenses for an election initiative to raise the library's special tax assessment. As is the practice with all initial budgets this budget assumes worst case situations for utilities, payroll and other expenses which a dependent on the weather and economic factors beyond our control. Mid-year budget revisions usually present a more accurate assessment of the end-of-year budget situation. 

Long Term Budgetary Trend

The following chart depicts the actual audited income and expense figures at the end of each fiscal year since the District commenced operations in 1995. With the exception of the early years when funds were available to acquire, remodel and outfit the library's new building, the District has experienced declining income levels, and associated declining levels of expenditures. The trend for the last six years has been essentially flat.

The Library is a Special District

The Lassen Library District is a special district public library formed pursuant to library sections of the California Education code. As a special district the library is independent of other local governments and solely responsible for its policies and funding.

The Library District provides a single service, that of a library, to the residents of Lassen County and its visitors. The primary source of funding to finance its operations is a special district tax assessed on residential properties. 

To learn more about California special districts view the Citizen’s Guide to Special Districts or visit the Women League of Voters Guide to Government Web site.

Board of Library Trustees

As an independent special district, the governance of the district is vested in an elected administrative board of library trustees. The Lassen Library District Board of Library Trustees is comprised of five uncompensated members. These members were elected by voters living within the district’s initially established boundaries (encompassing the city limits of Susanville). The library trustees are responsible for setting the personnel, operations, patron and financial policies and the strategic direction of the library district.

Trustees are elected to four-year terms; three trustees are elected during one election cycle and the other two trustees are elected during the next election cycle. Elections are held in even numbered years during regularly held state and local general elections.

The current members of the Board of Library Trustees and their terms of service are:

The Board of Library Trustees holds regular, public monthly meetings in the library's conference room at 4 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.

Library District Staff

Every member of the library district’s staff is a part-time employee. The staff consists of a library director, manager of library services, administrative assistant, library assistants, catalogers, and literacy program coordinators.

Go to the Employment page for complete descriptions of the responsibilites and duties of each staff position.

Current staff members are:

District Librarian
John Flaherty

Manager of Library Services
{Position is currently vacant}

Literacy Programs Coordinator
Maureen Walsh

Administrative Assistant
Jeffrey Hawkins

Children's Programs
Annette Schofield

Teen Programs
Becky Terwilliger

Librarian Assistants 
Teresa Phillips
Cindy Ellena
Maria Richards

Catalogers
Amelia Semon

Friends of the Library

The Lassen Library Friends of the Library is a group of citizens who provide support to the library by donating time and materials for the library and its programs.

The group has a four-tier membership structure with annual membership fees. One hundred percent of money collected goes to the Lassen Library for the purchase of books, magazine subscriptions, to fund special equipment purchases, provide matching funds for grant applications, fund special projects and buy plants and provide upkeep for the garden boxes in front of the library.

The Friends of the Library meet the second Thursday quarterly at 4 p.m. at the library. The public is invited to attend and are invited to join the Friends of the Library. An application form can be obtained at the library.

Membership levels and annual dues are:

Regular Member.............$10
Family Member ..............$25
Benefactor Member.......$100
Foundation Member ..... $500