The Reference Librarian reports directly to the Director of Library Services and is responsible for reference service, circulation and administrative support. The successful candidate will provide enthusiastic and creative reference services including instruction and assistance to library users, reference service, collection development, and general participation on the reference team. Responsibilities include: Remaining informed and up-to-date on relevant trends in instructional and reference services; provide and promote reference services to all library patrons; explore and develop opportunities to integrate library resources and services into campus curriculum; collaborate with librarians and staff to develop instructional materials, orientations, workshops, and classes; assist in developing, teaching, and evaluating information literacy and library instruction sessions and associated material. Evening and weekend shifts are required.

Masters degree in Library Science and a minimum of three years library experience required. Experience with instruction and reference services (traditional and electronic) is highly desirable. Computer experience should include HTML, Microsoft Office software, and familiarity with Web 2.0 library related resources. Candidate must have solid communications skills and a commitment to customer service. Physical Requirements: Varied walking, standing, sitting and bending with the ability to lift up to 50 lbs of books, library materials and/or related office equipment and supplies. All candidates are subject to a Criminal Background Investigation prior to any offer of employment.

Open Until Filled

Interested applicants must submit a San Juan College application for employment; a letter of application indicating how the candidate meets the above listed qualification requirements; a current resume; a copy of transcripts of all academic work; and three current letters of reference.

San Juan College Human Resources
4601 College Blvd.
Farmington, NM 87402
Phone: 505-566-3215 Fax: 505-566-3521
www.sanjuancollege.edu/HR

To be eligible for funding, a project must benefit migratory birds and their habitats. The program supports projects that protect, restore, or manage habitats for migratory birds; benefit declining, threatened, or endangered species; generate measurable outcomes; and provide opportunities for employee participation and volunteerism. Special consideration will be given to projects that focus on American Oystercatcher, Red Knot, Gunnison Sage-grouse, and waterfowl and shorebirds in areas where ConocoPhillips has an operating presence.

Eligible applicants include nonprofit 501(c) organizations, educational institutions, and local and state units of governments.

A total of $600,000 in grants is available. Typical grant awards will range from $25,000 to $200,000 each.

The complete Request for Proposals is available at the NFWF Web site.

In evaluating grant applications, priority will be given to programs that emphasize one or more of the following: educational focus or curricular/program integration; nutrition or plant-to-food connections; environmental awareness/education; entrepreneurship; and social aspects of gardening such as leadership development, team building, community support, or service-learning.

Schools, youth groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities, and intergenerational groups in the United States are eligible to apply. Applicants must plan to garden with at least fifteen children between the ages of 3 and 18. Previous Youth Garden Grant winners who wish to reapply may do so but must wait one year and have significantly expanded their garden programs.

This year a hundred recipients will receive a $500 gift card from program sponsor the Home Depot and educational materials from the National Gardening Association.

The top five winners will also receive a $500 gift certificate to Gardening With Kids.

Visit the Gardening With Kids Web site for complete program information and application guidelines.

Eligible researchers will have earned their doctoral degrees within the last fifteen years and be full-time, tenure-track faculty members at a U.S. college or university. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or its equivalent in one of the behavioral and social sciences or in an allied professional field (e.g., public policy, public health, education, social work, nursing, medicine). Please note that tenure-equivalent positions are not eligible for the fellowship.

Three to four fellowships of up to $150,000 each for use over one to three years (and in rare cases, up to five years) will be awarded competitively.

Visit the Foundation for Child Development Web site for complete program information.

Through this opportunity, NCFL and Better World Books will reward and enhance existing family programming and expand literacy-building practices of families in library settings. Grants will help connect more families to their local libraries and expand their literacy efforts in new and innovative ways.

NCFL anticipates awarding three $10,000 grant awards, one in each of the following three categories: local friends of the library programs, public/academic libraries, and urban libraries.

In addition, award recipients will receive scholarships to attend the National Conference on Family Literacy in 2011.

Nominees must be existing family library programs. Applications must be submitted by the program director or coordinator — someone who is familiar with the nominated program and the effects of the program on families and the community.

Responding to increased demand for adult literacy services, the new grant program is designed to help nonprofit adult literacy organizations remedy their waiting list issues and get more students involved in educational programs sooner. The waiting list reduction grant will help literacy programs find ways to immediately engage potential students in learning activities.

To be eligible, nonprofit organizations must provide direct service to adults in need of literacy assistance in one of the following instructional areas: adult basic education, GED diploma preparation, or English as a second language. Applicant organizations must be located in and provide direct service within Dollar General’s 35-state market area.

The maximum grant amount is $10,000.

For program information and application, visit the Dollar General Literacy Foundation Web site.

The fellowship provides $25,000 to candidates for the doctoral degree at a graduate school in the United States. Applicants need not be citizens of the United States. Although the dissertation topic must concern education, graduate study may be in any academic discipline.

Visit the Spencer Foundation Web site for more information; the application form will be posted there in mid-August.

The Heroes program is a service-learning, health literacy initiative designed to encourage young people to partner with schools and nonprofits to create and implement local hands-on programs to fight childhood obesity.

Now in its third year, the Heroes grants have funded 361 programs, engaged more than 20,000 youth, and contributed more than 436,000 volunteer hours. Youth participants will raise awareness around their work by culminating their service projects on Global Youth Service Day, April 15-17, 2011, an international day of service that occurs in all fifty states and in more than a hundred countries.

Educators, nonprofit leaders, and students are encouraged to apply for grants of up to $1,000 each to engage youth in all fifty states and the District of Columbia.

Grant guidelines and application are available at the YSA Web site.

The award program invites library users across the United States to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college, and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their community.

Each nominee must be a librarian with a master’s degree from a program accredited by the American Library Association in library and information studies or a master’s degree with a specialty in school library media from an educational unit accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. Nominees must be currently working in the U.S. in a public library, a library at an accredited two- or four-year college or university, or at an accredited K-12 school.

Up to ten librarians will receive a $5,000 cash award, a plaque, and a $500 travel stipend to attend an awards ceremony and reception in New York City in December 2010.

Guidelines are available and nominations may be submitted at the I Love Libraries Web site.

The National Endowment for the Humanities and the Humanities Department of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Coordinación de Humanidades de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México — (UNAM) are cooperating to foster the exchange of information and advance research in the humanities. The endowment is inviting applications for scholarly conferences through the Collaborative Research program.

United States nonprofit institutions and organizations are encouraged to apply for funding for a conference that aims to further humanities scholarship and includes participation by scholars from the United States and UNAM. Participants may also include other scholars from Mexico and other countries who are conducting research pertinent to the topic. A conference application, for example, may focus on the current status of research in a particular humanities field or fields that are of interest to a wide scholarly audience or focus on a single issue of binational scholarly concern.

Applications must be submitted by U.S. nonprofit organizations or institutions with IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, by U.S. state and local governments or tribal governments, or by project directors without an institutional affiliation (i.e., U.S. citizens or foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least three years immediately preceding the application deadline); the conference itself, however, may include participants from Mexico and other countries.

NEH expects to award one cooperative agreement of up to $100,000 for support of the conference. The cooperative agreement must be at least twelve months in length.