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The Community Library Association is comprised of The Community Library, The Gold Mine Thrift and Consign Stores, and the Center for Regional History, which includes the Regional History Museum, Reading Room, and the Ernest and Mary Hemingway House and Preserve.
We believe it is within all of us to inspire, motivate, facilitate, and challenge one another to new thinking. Passionately.
Volunteer Opportunities
If you are interested in volunteering for The Community Library, Regional History Museum, or The Gold Mine Thrift Store, start here!
Community Library Association Employment Benefits
All employees are eligible for:
- Voluntary vision and dental insurance
- Employee discount at The Gold Mine Thrift Store
- Professional development stipend ($200/year for part-time employees, $400/year for full-time employees)
Full-time employees are eligible for:
- Health insurance: the CLA pays for 85% of a Regence Gold 800 plan, or the employee can choose to apply the dollar amount of that coverage to a Regence Platinum 500 plan, Regence Gold 1500 plan, Regence Gold 2500 plan, or a Regence Silver HSA 5100.
- Retirement plan: the CLA offers an employer-sponsored retirement plan and up to a 4% match on an employee’s gross earnings.
- Paid time off: the CLA annually offers 11 holidays, 10 vacation days (15 after 3 years), 6 sick days, 5 days bereavement (per loss, not per year), and jury duty/witness pay (up to two weeks, after that at the discretion of the organization).
- Life Insurance: the CLA pays for a $10,000 AD&D policy for each full time employee.
Full-Time Job Openings
Outreach & Bookmobile Librarian
Full-time, year-round, exempt position.
Full-Time Benefits: Paid time off, 85% of health insurance premium paid by employer, retirement plan
with 4% match, employer-paid AD&D policy, voluntary vision, short-term disability, and dental plans.
Special Instructions: Successful applicants must complete a criminal background check.
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The Outreach Librarian is charged with expanding reading, writing, and learning activities throughout Blaine County, connecting more people with The Community Library’s resources. The person in this position manages The Community Library’s Bookmobile and bookmobile activities, traveling with the bookmobile to locations, circulating books and developing children’s activities at each location. This position also supervises approximately 2-3 teen interns (seasonally). The Outreach Librarian will be an ambassador for The Community Library at a wide range of community events and will be asked to collaborate with other organizations, such as schools, other libraries, and nonprofits. This outreach position requires bilingual skills in English and Spanish, and will include a wide range of communication strategies, including social media. This position is intended to be a position that develops new ways of advancing the library’s mission, particularly among children, families, youth, seniors, community partners and educators. This person will be tasked with identifying, prioritizing, and establishing year-round bookmobile routes to service the Wood River Vally and beyond.
Part-Time Job Openings
There are no long-term part-time positions currently available at this time.
Seasonal Employment
The Patricia Crandall Lane Trailing of the Sheep Festival Archives Intern
Jeanne Rodger Lane Center for Regional History
Part-time, seasonal, non-exempt position; starting and ending dates to be defined between June 1 and August 30, 2025. Compensation: $20.00/hour with a cap of 175 hours. The number of hours per week is to be arranged. Benefits: None. Special Instructions: Successful applicants must complete a criminal background check.
The Community Library’s Jeanne Rodger Lane Center for Regional History seeks a part-time summer intern to work on The Patricia Crandall Lane Trailing of the Sheep Festival (TOTS) Archives. The Center received the archive in 2019 and is currently processing it and making it accessible for researchers and the public. The archive contains the record of the Ketchum-based TOTS organization that formed twenty-nine years ago to celebrate the history of the multi-faceted expressions of sheep ranching in central Idaho. The internship’s outcome will be a curated media project that can be shared or exhibited at the 2025 Festival Headquarters. The archive has many interview recordings that the Folk & Traditional Arts Director of the Idaho Commission on the Arts made from 2014-2023. The ideal candidate is excited about working as part of a team and also working independently to discover rich stories about sheepherding and ranching. Interest in U.S. history, public history, storytelling, agriculture, cultural heritage, and/or library and museum studies is a big plus. The intern position is funded by the Trailing of the Sheep Festival non-profit organization.
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Hemingway House Preservation Intern
Jeanne Rodger Lane Center for Regional History
Part-time, non-exempt, seasonal position; Compensation: $16/hour; Benefits: none. Special Instructions: Successful candidates must complete a criminal background check.
The Community Library’s Center for Regional History in Ketchum, Idaho, seeks a summer intern to work in
collections research and care specifically in our Hemingway House collections. The Library stewards the Ernest and Mary Hemingway House and Preserve, and the Center for Regional History’s goal is to complete an inventory of the House collections in the next two years. The intern’s work will directly advance this goal. Photo documentation is part of the process. The intern will have the opportunity to learn how to take museum quality photos. The preservation work on the historic house makes a substantial difference in our ability to interpret Mary and Ernest Hemingway’s relationship with Idaho and Idahoans.
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Wood River Museum of History + Culture Summer Intern
Jeanne Rodger Lane Center for Regional History
Part-time, seasonal, non-exempt position; Compensation: $16/hour; Benefits: none; Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, including some evenings. Special Instructions: successful applicants must complete a criminal background check.
The Community Library seeks apart-time summer intern for the Wood River Museum of History + Culture
to assist with programs, exhibit development, and collections management, connecting the community with the Museum’s offerings. The intern will work with the Regional History staff as part of a team. Duties include the study of central Idaho history to inform the public about the current exhibits; lead a tour about Ketchum history; and perform daily museum operations. The intern will also work with the collections specialist to further the organization of the Museum’s collections. The ideal candidate has educational interests in history, storytelling, forensics, and/or public service, in addition to excellent communication skills. This is a 20-hour/week position, from approximately June 10 through mid-August.
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Hemingway in Idaho Research Fellow
Jeanne Rodger Lane Center for Regional History
Part-time, seasonal, non-exempt position; Compensation: $600/week, minimum 4 weeks ($2,400), maximum 10 weeks ($6,000). Benefits: none. Special Instructions: Successful applicants must complete a criminal background check.
The Community Library Center for Regional History welcomes applications from current graduate students in the humanities, literature, museum studies, library and information studies, preservation, or a related program for its professional fellowship program. The program has been designed to provide practical experience to graduate students interested in pursuing a career in a special collections and cultural heritage setting. The fellow will contribute to the current interpretive and preservation work. The fellow will have a unique learning opportunity through the setting and history of the Hemingway House
as a cultural heritage landmark. The fellow’s work will contribute to the story of Hemingway in Idaho.
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