Search is on for bigger staff as system expands

Bob Cox was first in with Good News out of Florida, where the race is on to find staff for a new Main Library twice the size of the one it will replace, plus finding employees for six new and 12 renovated libraries in Jacksonville.

The human resources manager for the Jacksonville Public Library has to find 135 new employees to help staff libraries where construction is set to finish in the next year. Library records show 52 of those positions are for professional librarians, which means at least a master’s degree is required.

There isn’t a local program to educate librarians, however, so the majority of Moser’s searching happens outside the city.