Children's Librarian

JOB DESCRIPTION

 Using the talents and skills of a small flexible staff, the Dover Free Library serves people of all ages, and from all walks of life. All employees are responsible for offering quality library services to the public, as well as technical and clerical work behind the scenes. The Children's Librarian reports to the Library Director.

Basic Responsibilities:

• Plan, budget and supervise children's library services and programs on a weekly basis.
• Serve as part of the library's management team to assure coordination with library

  administration and other staff.

• Work closely with Library Director to develop goals and objectives for children's

  services as part of the overall library plan.

• Advocate and evaluate services to children within the community.
• Review, develop and manage children's book collection, supplies and materials.
• Provide reader's advisory services to children and young adults.
• Technology Representative, Program Coordinator, Public Relations and advertisement

Basic Requirements:

• Broad knowledge of children's needs, and a genuine caring respect for children.
• Attain a broad knowledge of children's literature.
• Ability to plan and carry out all aspects of children's programming.
• Ability to work well with people of all ages, from all walks of life.
• Ability and willingness to promote children's services and work with other

  agencies serving the needs of children in the community.

• Creativity, problem-solving skills, and an attention to detail.
• Ability to plan, manage, and evaluate services.
• Knowledge of basic library services and tools, and a willingness to learn more.
• Proficiency in the use of computers and office machines.
• Flexibility aiid willingness to adapt to an environment which is changing rapidly,

• Bachelor's degree and some formal library, or child-related experience.
• A Vermont Public Library Certificate, or MLS, or a willingness to obtain one or   

  the other within five years from the date of employment.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to lift 20 pounds.
• Read, write and speak English fluently.

Before Entering the Library's Theater 

Must Be Fully Vaccinated.  Proof Required.  Have Met the Two Week Quarantine Requirement After Your Second Shot.  Masks Required.  Space Limited.  Call to Reserve a Seat: 802-348-7488

Monday, May 17, 5:00 PM   

Sweet Country

Starring: Anni Finsterer, Bryan Brown, Ewen Leslie, Gibson John, Hamilton Morris, Lachlan J. Modrzynski, Matt Day, Natassia Gorey Furber, Sam Neill, Tremayne Doolan, Trevon Doolan

Summary: Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works for a preacher in the outback of Australia’s Northern Territory. When Harry, a bitter war veteran, moves into a neighbouring outpost, the preacher sends Sam and his family to help Harry renovate his cattle yards. But Sam’s relationship with the cruel and ill-tempered Harry quickly deteriorates, culminating in a violent shootout in which Sam kills Harry in self-defence. As a result, Sam becomes a wanted criminal for the murder of a white man, and is forced to flee with his wife across the deadly outback, through glorious but harsh desert country. A hunting party led by the local lawman Sergeant Fletcher is formed to track Sam down. But as the true details of the killing start to surface, the community begins to question whether justice is really being served. Collapse

Director: Warwick Thornton

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, Crime, Western

Rating: R

Runtime: 113 min

Former Dirty Jobs star Rowe serves up a few dozen brief human-interest stories.

Building on his popular podcast, the author “tells some true stories you probably don’t know, about some famous people you probably do.” Some of those stories, he allows, have been subject to correction, just as on his TV show he was “corrected on windmills and oil derricks, coal mines and construction sites, frack tanks, pig farms, slime lines, and lumber mills.” Still, it’s clear that he takes pains to get things right even if he’s not above a few too-obvious groaners, writing about erections (of skyscrapers, that is, and, less elegantly, of pigs) here and Joan Rivers (“the Bonnie Parker of comedy”) there, working the likes of Bob Dylan, William Randolph Hearst, and John Wayne into the discourse. The most charming pieces play on Rowe’s own foibles. In one, he writes of having taken a soft job as a “caretaker”—in quotes—of a country estate with few clear lines of responsibility save, as he reveals, humoring the resident ghost. As the author notes on his website, being a TV host gave him great skills in “talking for long periods without saying anything of substance,” and some of his stories are more filler than compelling narrative. In others, though, he digs deeper, as when he writes of Jason Everman, a rock guitarist who walked away from two spectacularly successful bands (Nirvana and Soundgarden) in order to serve as a special forces operative: “If you thought that Pete Best blew his chance with the Beatles, consider this: the first band Jason bungled sold 30 million records in a single year.” Speaking of rock stars, Rowe does a good job with the oft-repeated matter of Charlie Manson’s brief career as a songwriter: “No one can say if having his song stolen by the Beach Boys pushed Charlie over the edge,” writes the author, but it can’t have helped.

Never especially challenging or provocative but pleasant enough light reading.

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