This page includes regionally-based job listings for the following states: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.
See also the listings for individual libraries located in one of these states.

Advanced Information Management

  • Scope: California library positions: Los Angeles, Mountain View, San Francisco.
  • Updated: Whenever new positions are available
  • Sponsor: AIM: Information and Library Personnel Staffing Services
  • Instructions: In order to apply for these positions, you will have to contact AIM directly (the specific libraries offering the positions are not listed).

Alaska Library Association Jobs

  • Scope: Library positions in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest
  • Updated: Monthly, or whenever new jobs are posted (which may be less frequently)
  • Sponsor: Alaska Library Association

BayNet Libraries: Position Vacancies

  • Scope: Positions available at libraries which are members of BayNet, a library network in the San Francisco Bay area
  • Updated: Whenever new positions are available.
  • Sponsor: BayNet

California Library Association: JOBMART

  • Scope: Positions at libraries in California, searchable by job category, type of library, salary, and county.  Includes occasional postings from other states, though California jobs predominate. Also has a resume posting/search service.  This is a secure site.
  • Updated: Weekly; every Friday.
  • Sponsor: California Library Association

California School Library Association: CSLA Job Hotline

  • Scope: School library media positions in California. 
  • Updated: Whenever new jobs are available.
  • Sponsor: California School Library Association

Fort Vancouver Regional Library District

  • Scope: Library services through 13 branches serving Clark, Skamania and Klickitat Counties, and the city of Woodland and Yale Valley in Cowlitz County, all located in southwest Washington state.
  • Updated: Whenever new openings are available.
  • Sponsor: Fort Vancouver Regional Library District

Hawaii Library Association Jobline

  • Scope: Links to library job resources in Hawaii.  HLA doesn't seem to have their own job site any longer.
  • Updated: n/a
  • Sponsor: Hawaii Library Association

King County (WA) Library Employment Opportunities

  • Scope: Jobs (management, professional, paraprofessional) within the King County, Washington, Library System
  • Updated: Whenever new positions are available.
  • Sponsor: King County Library System (33 community libraries in Washington State)

Library Associates

  • Scope: Current jobs available through Library Associates, a library staffing and recruitment firm established in 1986.  Their focus is national in scope, with offices in California, Denver, and Washington, DC. Government positions are a specialty.  Library Associates welcomes resumes from new and experienced library personnel.  (Cross listed under All Libraries, Federal Libraries, Pacific, Western, and Atlantic States; many new positions will also appear on the Combined Job Postings page.)
  • Updated: Whenever new positions are available. Jobs remain listed until filled.
  • Sponsor: Library Associates

Library Positions in Washington State

  • Scope: Librarian and school library media specialist positions in Washington State.
  • Updated: See News on home page for the latest details.  (There doesn't seem to be much here, but maybe you will find something listed)
  • Sponsor: Washington Library Media Association

Northern California Chapter of COLT Jobline

  • Scope: Contains links to other joblines in the state and around the country.
  • Updated: n/a
  • Sponsor: Council on Library/Media Technicians, Northern California Chapter

North Olympic Library System Employment Opportunities

  • Scope: Library positions (all levels) in Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks, and Clallam Bay, Washington, all in Clallam County.
  • Updated: Whenever new listings are available
  • Sponsor: North Olympic Library System

Oregon State Library Jobline

  • Scope: Current openings in Oregon libraries
  • Updated: Not stated
  • Sponsor: Oregon State Library

Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA) Jobs

  • Scope: Jobs available in libraries in the Pacific Northwest, with some coverage of other Western states
  • Updated: Whenever new jobs are posted.
  • Sponsor: Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA)

Peninsula Library System Job Opportunities

  • Scope: Positions (professional and paraprofessional) at libraries in the Peninsula Library System, California, "a consortium of 32 city, county, and community college libraries in San Mateo County."
  • Updated: Not stated
  • Sponsor: Peninsula Library System

Pierce County Library System Employment Opportunities

  • Scope: Positions (professional, paraprofessional, and other) at libraries in the Pierce County Library System, Tacoma, Washington.
  • Updated: Whenever new openings are available.
  • Sponsor: Pierce County Library System

San Andreas / San Francisco Bay Area Region Chapters Jobline

  • Scope: Library positions in the San Andreas / San Francisco Bay Region
  • Updated: Weekly
  • Sponsor: San Andreas and San Francisco Bay Region Chapters of SLA; Knight-Ridder Information, Inc.

Sno-Isle Regional Library System Job Opportunities

  • Scope: Libraries within 20 branches in Snohomish and Island Counties, Washington State.
  • Updated: Weekly on Wednesdays or as new positions occur.
  • Sponsor: Sno-Isle Regional Library System

Sonoma County Library

  • Scope: Libraries within the Sonoma County Library system, headquartered in Santa Rosa, California
  • Updated: Whenever new jobs are available.

Southern California SLA Chapter

  • Scope: Positions received by SLA Southern California Chapter; mostly if not all in southern CA
  • Updated: Weekly, on Fridays
  • Sponsor: SLA Southern CA Chapter

Spokane County Library District Employment

  • Scope: Library services through 10 branches and outreach services to suburban and rural Spokane County outside the City of Spokane.
  • Updated: Biweekly, or as new positions occur.
  • Sponsor: Spokane County Library District.

Stevens County Rural Library District

  • Scope: Libraries in Stevens County, Washington
  • Updated: Whenever new jobs are available.

Taylor & Associates

  • Scope: A library placement service focusing on the San Francisco Bay Area. Also useful are some example resumes.
  • Updated:  Job listings aren't online; contact Taylor & Associates for more information on their services.
  • Sponsor: Taylor & Associates, San Francisco and Albany, California

University of Washington iSchool Employment

  • Scope: Describes two mailing lists (one for student jobs, one for professional positions) which you can sign up for via a web form.
  • Updated: n/a
  • Sponsor: University of Washington Information School

Whatcom County Library System Job and Volunteer Opportunities

  • Scope: All open positions (including volunteer) within the Whatcom County Library System.  Choose "Jobs and Volunteers" at top of page.
  • Updated: Whenever new postings are available.
  • Sponsor: Whatcom County Library System, headquartered in Bellingham, Washington

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