Anticipated Library Media Specialist

Library Media Specialist

Wildwood Elementary School Start Date - 08/24/26 NJDOE School Library Media Specialist Certification Required. Summary: The Media Specialist develops and coordinates educational media services and assists teachers and students in the effective use of the media center and information technology as a learning resource to support the school's curriculum and to develop students' information literacy skills.

Duties and Responsibilities: Responsible for the operation and supervision of the school media center. Maintains a comprehensive and efficient system for cataloging all media center materials and instructs teachers and students on use of the system. Coordinates library skills instruction with classroom instruction and works to achieve state curriculum content standards and district educational goals and objectives and collaborates with teachers to integrate information literacy competencies across the curricula. Assists teachers in the selection of books and other instructional materials and makes media center materials available to supplement the instructional program. Evaluates, selects, and requisitions new media center materials and informs teachers and other staff of new acquisitions. Provides a sequential program of library skills instruction and instructs students in the use of various types of materials and information technology. Helps students to develop habits of independent reference work and to develop skill in the use of reference material in relation to planned assignments. Conducts in-service education for teachers in the effective evaluation, selection and use of media and maintains professional library materials for teacher use. Presents and discusses materials with a class studying a particular topic at the request of the teacher. Prepares and administers the media center budget. Supervises the clerical activities necessary for the effective operation of the media center. Promotes relationships with external information sources and participates in electronic networks and resource sharing systems to expand the media center's capacity to access information globally. Maintains professional competence and continuous improvement through in-service education and other professional development activities. Performs such other related duties as may be assigned.