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Adult Services Librarian Interview Questions

1. How do your background, education, and work experiences qualify you for the position of Adult Librarian?
2. What is your philosophy of Public Libraries? How does your vision of the Public library fall within this philosophy?
3. How would you integrate technology and information literacy skills into your work with Adults?
4. How do you connect what you did in your last position with a Small Library System As ours?
5. What do you see as the role of the Adult Services librarian and what do you hope to bring to this library?
6. What kind of library attracts students, parents and our aging population?
• Library should be a central hub for student achievement and independent learning
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What is library automation? How do you use and maintain a library automation system?
• Automation is a software package used to assist building level librarians with the management of the library catalog (OPAC-Online Public Access Catalog), circulation, material and patron activity, as well as the production of a variety of reports and statistics
• There are many automation programs, some of which are Web-based and others of which are only accessible at the library
• Librarian should have a basic understanding of the automation process, maintenance of a library automation program, importation and deletion of material records, preserving the integrity of catalog records, the regular back up of data, the use of the system to monitor and prepare reports of library circulation and usage
8. How would you promote reading and Adult Services?
• Librarian should provide a wide variety of programming (e.g., author visits, author chats, displays, book talks, summer reading) to promote reading throughout the school
• Librarian should use technology to promote reading (e.g., Web-based catalog, author Websites, wikis,

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