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Oconee County library relists youth services librarian; board urged to lobby county for higher pay
Summary
Library director said a previously vetted candidate declined in November because the salary was insufficient for local housing costs; the library has relisted the youth services librarian position and a Friends member urged the board to press county council for a higher salary range.
The Oconee County Library has relisted its youth services librarian position after a candidate who had completed vetting declined an offer in November, the library director said at the board’s Jan. 28 meeting. The director cited the offered salary and local housing costs as the decisive factors in the candidate’s decision.
A representative reading a note from a Friends of the Library member urged the board to lobby Oconee County Council to increase the salary range for the youth services librarian. The note, read into the record by the director, said the position’s pay makes recruitment difficult and emphasized the library’s role in children’s education and civic literacy.
Director Blair Henson told the board the position requires a master’s degree in library and information science (MLIS)…
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