What are the responsibilities and job description for the School Library System Director position at Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES?
POSITION: School Library System Director
LOCATION: Within FEH BOCES Region
Duties
STARTING DATE: August 1, 2026
SALARY: $80,000 - $90,000 based on experience
Benefits: Membership in the appropriate Retirement system. Excellent health insurance, paid time off, and vision/dental insurance available.
Queries Should Be Directed To
Candace Poitras - Administrative Assistant
Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES
P.O. Box 28, Malone, New York, 12953
(518) 483-6420
Email: cpoitras@fehb.org
LOCATION: Within FEH BOCES Region
Duties
- Oversee the daily operations of the School Library System through CoSers 508 and 510, including supervision of staff
- Plan, coordinate, and provide professional development opportunities for school librarians among the component school districts
- Work with SLS Council, CC/Liaisons and SLS committees to assure that student, teacher, and administrative needs are being met
- Oversee interlibrary loan throughout the SLS, including revision of policies, procedures, and forms as needed, keeping of statistics, solving problems, and communicating as needed; provide access to a variety of information resources to districts, including online resources, and to BOCES programs in need of that information
- Oversee the Library Automation program through CoSer 510, offering as much equity and diversity of service as possible. Plan new services as needed/requested/available, and communicate as changes are made
- Oversee the continual building of the electronically-based Union Catalog of library holdings, including the addition of new materials, deletion of old materials, and general improvements to the quality of the Union Catalog
- Oversee development and administration of the SLS grant-funded budget
- Maintain professional affiliations with the New York Library Association (NYLA/SLMS), American Library Association (ALA/AASL) and the School Library Systems Association of NYS (SLSA); attend SLSA, NYLA/SLMS and ALA/AASL meetings and conferences, as feasible
STARTING DATE: August 1, 2026
SALARY: $80,000 - $90,000 based on experience
Benefits: Membership in the appropriate Retirement system. Excellent health insurance, paid time off, and vision/dental insurance available.
Queries Should Be Directed To
Candace Poitras - Administrative Assistant
Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES
P.O. Box 28, Malone, New York, 12953
(518) 483-6420
Email: cpoitras@fehb.org
Salary : $80,000 - $90,000