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Employment Opportunities At the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library

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Current Employment Opportunities

Public Services Specialist, half-time

Do you have your Bachelor’s Degree and want to put it to good use? Have you ever considered a career in libraries? Perhaps the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library is the place for you. We are looking for motivated, innovative people to help realize our library’s mission of providing excellent public service to our community—both in-person and online. In [...]

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Collection Development Professional

Summary: A collection development professional develops and maintains a portion of the collections of the library in order to provide a current, high-quality, well-rounded collection to meet the community’s informational, educational, and recreational needs. Monitors expenditures and encumbrances to ensure that budgeted funds are being expended at an appropriate rate. Scans reviews in vendor databases, journals, catalogs, [...]

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To be considered for employment at Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, an official TSCPL employment application must be completed. Some job postings may have further application requirements, so please check each job announcement for additional/specific application requirements (i.e.: cover letter, resume, etc.).

Regardless of the application requirements it is recommended that applicants attach a cover letter and resume to the completed TSCPL job application. A TSCPL employment application may be picked up in the Library at the Circulation desk, Information desk, or by downloading it here. (Application is in Acrobat PDF format. Don't have it? Get it at the Adobe website.)

Employment Application

Supplemental Employment History

Application materials maybe mailed, handed in, faxed, or emailed.

Mail the completed and signed job application, and any other required application materials to:

Human Resources
Topeka & Shawnee County
Public Library
1515 SW 10th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66604

Application materials may be handed in at the Human Resources Office on the second floor of the library. Human Resource office hours are M-F, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. If the HR office is not open, applications may be dropped off at the Information Desk or the Circulation Desk.

Application materials may be faxed to 785-580-4496.

Application materials may be emailed to employ@tscpl.org. Please put the title of the position for which you are applying in the subject line.

For further inquiries, please contact Human Resources at: 785-580-4492 or send e-mail to: employ@tscpl.org

A completed and signed TSCPL job application is required for consideration. Please review the job posting for the job closing date to assure timely arrival of the application. Mailed applications will be accepted if they are postmarked on or before the closing date. Applications are kept on file for 30 days.