This page includes regionally-based job listings for the following states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
See also the listings for individual libraries located in one of these states.

C. Berger Group, Inc.

  • Scope: Professional and paraprofessional positions in libraries, information centers and records management departments, predominantly in the midwest.
  • Updated: Weekly, every Friday.
  • Sponsor: C. Berger Group, Inc., Carol Stream, IL.

CARLIjobs Mailing List

  • Scope: Jobs at member libraries belonging to CARLI, the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois
  • Updated: Whenever new jobs are posted.  Archives available to list members only.
  • Sponsor: CARLI, Champaign, Illinois.

Career Central: Metropolitan Library System

  • Scope: "A cooperative service that solicits and distributes resumes of qualified library personnel among five Chicago Metropolitan area library systems that serve public, academic, special and school libraries in the western, northern and southern suburbs and the city of Chicago."
  • Updated: As job postings are received.
  • Sponsor: Metropolitan Library System, Burr Ridge and Chicago, IL.

Corbus Library Consultants

  • Scope: Library director recruitment services for public libraries, mostly in Ohio and the Midwest.
  • Updated: Whenever new positions are open.  Filled positions are also listed.
  • Sponsor: Corbus Library Consultants, Chesterland, Ohio.

Current Library-Related Job Openings (Prairie Area Library System)

  • Scope: "Job openings are posted from all Illinois Library Systems."
  • Updated: Whenever new jobs are available.
  • Sponsor: Prairie Area Library System, Illinois.
  • Instructions: Select the type of position you're looking for from the links.

Daniel Boone Regional Library System Employment Opportunities

  • Scope: Positions at libraries within the Daniel Boone Regional Library (including Boone and Callaway counties in central Missouri).
  • Updated: Whenever new jobs are available.
  • Sponsor: Daniel Boone Regional Library, Columbia, MO.

DuPage Library System: Here and Now

  • Scope: Positions in libraries within the library system; members include "149 academic, public, school, and special libraries in 335 facilities, in parts of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, and Will counties."
  • Updated: Whenever new jobs are available (set up as a blog)
  • Sponsor: DuPage Library System

Hartzell-Mika Consulting, LLC

  • Scope: Library positions, predominantly in management
  • Updated: Whenever new postings are submitted. 
  • Sponsor: Hartzell-Mika Consulting, an "executive search firm focused solely on securing highly-qualified candidates for academic, public, and special library administrative and management positions."  Most are in Michigan.

Illinois Library Association Jobline

  • Scope: Library positions within Illinois
  • Updated: Whenever new jobs are available
  • Sponsor: Illinois Library Association

Indiana Libraries: Positions Open

  • Scope: Libraries within Indiana
  • Updated: At least biweekly.
  • Sponsor: State Library of Indiana

Indianhead Federated Library System Employment Opportunities

  • Scope: Library positions within the Indianhead Federated Library System, headquartered in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.  IFLS includes libraries in 10 west-central Wisconsin counties.
  • Updated: Whenever new positions are available.
  • Sponsor: Indianhead Federated Library System

Iowa Library Joblist

  • Scope: Jobs at Iowa libraries
  • Updated: Not stated
  • Sponsor: State Library of Iowa

John Keister & Associates

  • Scope: Executive search firm for public, academic, research, and special libraries.
  • Updated: As searches progress
  • Sponsor:  John Keister & Associates, Vernon Hills, Illinois

The Library Network: Job Opportunities

  • Scope: Professional and paraprofessional positions at libraries belonging to The Library Network, a consortium of libraries in southeast Michigan. The Library Network is the largest library consortium in Michigan, serving residents located throughout Wayne, Washtenaw, Oakland, St. Clair and Livingston counties.
  • Updated: Whenever new postings are available. Links to job pages at several individual libraries in TLN are also here.
  • Sponsor: The Library Network

Kansas City Metropolitan Library & Information Network: Library Job Link

  • Scope: Jobs at libraries belonging to KCMLIN, "a multi-type library consortium serving 40+ libraries on both sides of the Missouri/Kansas state line."
  • Updated: At least twice monthly; occasionally more often.
  • Sponsor: KCMLIN

Kansas Library Association: Help Wanted

  • Scope: Kansas-area libraries
  • Updated: As notices are received, at least once a month.
  • Sponsor: Kansas Library Association

Lincoln Trail Libraries System: Quick Connections

  • Scope: Positions at libraries in the Lincoln Trail Libraries System, which includes 119 academic, public, and special libraries in the area of Champaign/Urbana, Illinois.
  • Updated: Newsletter updated weekly.
  • Sponsor: Lincoln Trail Libraries System

Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME) Job Listing Service

  • Scope: School library media positions, predominantly within Michigan, though the job list occasionally lists positions in other states (and countries).
  • Updated: Monthly.
  • Sponsor: Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME)

Michigan Library Association Jobline

  • Scope: Michigan libraries only
  • Updated: Weekly
  • Sponsor: Michigan Library Association

Minnesota Library Association Job Postings

  • Scope: Library job ads from member organizations.
  • Updated: As available.
  • Sponsor: Minnesota Library Association

Minnesota Library Jobline

  • Scope: Job announcements for librarians, information specialists, and school media specialists in Minnesota. May include jobs from nearby states.
  • Updated: Weekly, as new postings are added. Listings may be added to the JobLine via a form.
  • Sponsor: Metronet (a library organization serving the Twin Cities).

Missouri Library Association Jobline

  • Scope:  Library positions are posted by both member libraries and non-member libraries
  • Updated:  Whenever new positions are available
  • Sponsor:  Missouri Library Association

Mountain Plains Library Association Jobline

  • Scope: Positions at libraries within the following states:   Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
  • Updated: Whenever new jobs are available, usually at least several times per week.  Joblines from other states (Arizona, Colorado) are posted here as well.
  • Sponsor: Mountain Plains Library Association

Nebraska Library-Related Jobs

  • Scope: Nebraska and surrounding area
  • Updated: Weekly
  • Sponsor: Nebraska State Library

NEO-RLS Employment Resources

  • Scope: Positions at member libraries and other educational institutions
  • Updated: As received.
  • Sponsor: Northeast Ohio Regional Library System (formerly Cleveland Area Metro Library System)

North Suburban Library System

  • Scope: Libraries belonging to the North Suburban Library System (public, academic, school, and special libraries), covering the north suburbs of Chicago
  • Updated: Whenever new jobs are available.
  • Sponsor: NSLS

Ohio Library Council: OLC Jobline

  • Scope: Positions currently available at Ohio libraries - all levels
  • Updated: Weekly
  • Sponsor: Ohio Library Council

Ohio Library Jobs

  • Scope: Libraries within Ohio
  • Updated: Not stated. Most recent jobs are listed last.
  • Sponsor: OHIONET, Columbus, OH. OHIONET is a not-for-profit membership organization that serves more than 370 libraries within the state.
  • Instructions Also contains openings at OHIONET itself, if positions are available.

Prairie Area Library System: Jobs

  • Scope: Positions at Illinois Libraries.
  • Updated: As jobs arrive; posting dates are listed.
  • Sponsor: Prairie Area Library System in northern Illinois.

Rolling Prairie Library System: Prairie News

  • Scope: Positions at libraries in the Rolling Prairie Library System, Decatur and Springfield area, Illinois.
  • Updated: Biweekly
  • Sponsor: Rolling Prairie Library System
  • Instructions: Choose "Prairie News" for the most recent two-week period. Within the newsletter, scroll down for the section on job announcements.

SLA Cleveland Chapter Job Postings

  • Scope: Special library positions in the Cleveland area.
  • Updated: Not stated.  Check dates; jobs aren't posted here very often.
  • Sponsor: Cleveland Chapter, Special Libraries Association

SLA Michigan Chapter: Job Postings

  • Scope: Special library positions in Michigan
  • Updated: Not stated
  • Sponsor: Michigan Chapter, Special Libraries Association

SLA Wisconsin Chapter: Job Postings

  • Scope: Special library positions in Wisconsin
  • Updated: Includes directions for signing up to an email list for job ads.
  • Sponsor: Wisconsin Chapter, Special Libraries Association

St. Charles City-County Library District Employment Opportunities

  • Scope: Libraries in St. Charles County, Missouri.
  • Updated: Not stated; weekly?
  • Sponsor: St. Charles City-County Library

South Dakota Library Positions

  • Scope: Library positions in South Dakota
  • Updated: Not stated
  • Sponsor: South Dakota Library Association

Southwest Ohio and Neighboring Libraries (SWON) Job Openings

  • Scope: Library positions in southern Ohio and northern Kentucky
  • Updated: As received
  • Sponsor: SWON Libraries (formerly Greater Cincinnati Library Consortium), which serves 46 public, academic, school, and special libraries in southern Ohio, and Cincinnati Area SLA.  RSS feed available.

State of Wisconsin: Library Positions

  • Scope: Academic, public, public library system, school media, and special library positions in Wisconsin.
  • Updated: Whenever new listings are available.
  • Sponsor: State of Wisconsin.  Try browsing this site under Education, or searching this site for the keywords "library" or "librarian".

Wisconsin Valley Library Service Job Opportunities

  • Scope: Libraries in Clark, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida and Taylor counties, Wisconsin.
  • Updated: Whenever new jobs are available.
  • Sponsor: WI Valley Library Service

WisLisJobs.com

  • Scope: Jobs in Wisconsin libraries, organized by library type.  Includes many links to individual library websites.
  • Updated: As received. Free job posting service for Wisconsin library jobs available.
  • Sponsor: Jess Bruckner

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