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<p><strong>Coos Bay Public Library Director</strong></p>
<p>The City of <strong>Coos Bay</strong> seeks an enthusiastic, innovative, visionary leader able to build on past successes and lead the Coos Bay Public Library to new levels of excellence. The library director is responsible for managing a city library serving 24,509 people as part of a countywide library district enjoying long-time public and governmental support and stable funding under the district’s dedicated tax base. The Coos Bay library director works collaboratively with other county directors for provision and development of shared district library services. The library is located on the magnificent southern Oregon coast, the region’s commercial, retail, educational, and cultural center. The library director supervises a staff of 11 FTE in a 25,872-foot facility slated for future expansion.</p>
<p>Minimum qualifications include an MLS from an ALA-accredited institution of higher education, five years of progressively responsible library experience including three years in a supervisory/administrative capacity.</p>
<p>Salary range $5,685-$7,254 plus excellent benefits.</p>
<p>Application deadline is 5:00 p.m. August 5, 2011. Application packet available at <a href="http://www.coosbay.org/">www.coosbay.org</a>. Information about the library and community available at the library’s web site, <a href="http://www.bay.cooslibraries.org/">www.bay.cooslibraries.org</a>.</p>
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<pre><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Ellen Thompson, Assistant Library Director
Coos Bay Public Library
541.269.1101 x228</span></strong></pre>
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