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Position Description
Join the Anoka County Library Team! Are you passionate about organizing information and making resources accessible to the community? Anoka County Library is seeking a detail-oriented and collaborative leader to oversee our cataloging operations. In this role, you’ll ensure that the Anoka County Library collection—spanning print, digital, and multimedia materials—is accurately cataloged and easy for patrons to discover. You’ll lead a dedicated staff, maintain high standards for metadata and classification, and help shape the way our library connects people to knowledge. The Library Supervisor, with a focus of cataloging, plays a key role in overseeing cataloging operations within the library department. This position ensures that materials are cataloged in a timely manner and establishes and implements procedures to enhance team efficiency and productivity. They provide expertise to ensure that bibliographic control activities result in maximum retrieval with minimum user effort.
If you thrive on precision, enjoy mentoring others, and want to make a meaningful impact in how thousands of patrons access information, this is the opportunity for you! This is a full-time, exempt, hybrid position. Interviews will take place the week of March 3rd, 2026, for those selected to move forward in the hiring process.
Pay & Benefits
Salary: $64,480 to $77,355.20 ($31.00 to $37.19 per hour).
Anoka County Salary Schedule Grade 32: $64,480 to $90,230.40 ($31.00 to $43.38 per hour).
24 days of paid flexible time off and up to 12.5 paid holidays.
Comprehensive insurance, including medical, dental, vision, flex benefits and more at https://www.anokacountymn.gov/benefits
Medical and dental clinic exclusive to employees, located at the Anoka County Government Center.
Pension plan and other retirement investment options.
Advancement/professional development opportunities.
Work Location
This position will work at Library Support Services located at 707 County Hwy 10 NE, Blaine, MN 55434.
Typical work hours are Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
These examples are not all inclusive and are intended to be illustrative of primary responsibilities of an Anoka County Supervisor, Library.
Create a welcoming environment for all by providing excellent customer service.
Hire, evaluate, train, develop, and provide work direction for employees and volunteers.
Supervise cataloging to ensure movement of materials is responsive to community needs. Responsible for catalog search training across all Anoka County Library locations.
Organize and maintain Anoka County’s collection and catalog of print, non-print, and digital materials.
Empower and connect patrons to appropriate resources.
Performs original and complex copy cataloging.
Ensures accuracy of the bibliographic database, including authority control.
Determine metrics to collect and review to improve operations.
Troubleshoot computer software and hardware issues. Identify and resolve issues following standard protocols.
Maintain current knowledge of county and library policies and procedures. Interpret and communicate policies to patrons and employees as needed.
Qualifications and Requirements:
Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Needed
Requires a bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of job-related experience
In lieu of the required education, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Needed
Previous supervisory experience
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Master’s degree in library and information studies from an ALA accredited institution
Degree in Library Science or related field
Experience performing complex copy and original cataloging using MARC and RDA standards
Experience maintaining authority records
Physical Demands and Work Conditions
Standard office environment, warehouse, or public library depending on assignment
Frequent distraction and multitasking
Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus, such as to work on computers. Ability to see colors, shades and brightness.
Hearing abilities required for general and phone communication, signals, and machine sounds
Assignments require several hours of varied physical activity in addition to viewing a computer screen, sitting at a desk, or walking/standing to assist patrons
Physical activity may include repeated bending, stooping, reaching, frequent wrist and finger manipulation to complete computer work, and occasionally pushing carts weighing over 300 lbs.
Occasional lifting of 20-50 lbs. while moving materials
Equipment used includes computers, phones, and standard office equipment
Occasional travel to other county work sites as needed
Travel between work sites may require driving a county vehicle and/or a personal vehicle
Work activities may require contact with uncooperative, angry, and sometimes hostile clients
May be required to use kick stools to reach items from high shelves
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions
Selection Process
It is important that your application show all the relevant education and experience you possess. This information will determine which candidates will proceed in the selection process. A submitted application is also used to verify the answers to any supplemental questions.
Pre-employment Requirements
Anoka County has determined that successfully passing a pre-employment criminal/driving background check, drug screen and DOT physical, and/or other qualifications checks may be necessary for certain positions. Applicants may be required to sign an informed consent form allowing the County to obtain to conduct such screenings and/or verify their qualifications in connection with the position sought. Applicants who do not sign the informed consent form will not be further considered for the position.
About Anoka County
As the fourth largest county in Minnesota, Anoka County thrives because of the diversity, dedication, determination, and innovation of our employees. United by our mission- Commitment to Excellence: Through collaborative efforts, we seek to improve lives and serve with care, integrity, and professionalism- we offer a wide range of career opportunities for people with a variety of personalities, abilities, knowledge, and life experiences. Together, we work toward a single purpose of serving Anoka County’s 369,000 citizens in a respectful, innovative, and fiscally responsible manner. If your career aspirations resonate with our mission, we invite you to Find Your Path with Anoka County! Hear from other Anoka County employees here.
Commitment to Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employment
Anoka County is committed to the principles of our Affirmative Action Plan and Equal Employment Opportunity. It is the policy of Anoka County to recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, marital status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, physical ability, sexual orientation, or age except where such status is a bona fide occupational qualification. It is the policy of Anoka County to make employment decisions in a manner that will further our Affirmative Action Plan and Equal Employment Opportunity.
If you require accommodations or have any other questions regarding this job posting, please call the Anoka County Human Resources Department at 763-324-4300 and reference the posting title and number. If you have questions about the hiring process, please visit: https://www.anokacountymn.gov/4411/Application-Process
Anoka County is an Equal Opportunity Employer, please see our EEO policy: https://www.anokacounty.us/401/Diversity-EEO
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