Fairview Library
Public Library · Bergen County
Fairview Library, a public library in Bergen County, operates under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system rather than setting its own hiring rules independently.
Within Bergen County, 50 local government entities in total carry this same confirmed status.
About public libraries in New Jersey
Many New Jersey public libraries are set up as legally separate entities from the municipality that funds them, with their own board and their own personnel decisions. That separation is why a town and its library can end up with different civil service status even though most residents think of them as the same organization.
See all 50 civil service jurisdictions in Bergen County, or browse the full employer directory.
Pension and salary data for Fairview Library
Fairview Library's staff appear on Fairview's pension rolls: 72 enrolled members, a median pensionable salary of $71,434 and a median 12 years of credited service. Only 15 of New Jersey's library systems report as their own pension employer, so a library's payroll is usually inside its municipality's.
See every civil service jurisdiction in Bergen County for the ones that do report, or how we compile this.
Other public employers in Fairview Borough
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Fairview Borough. Each is its own employer for pension purposes, and only some are civil service jurisdictions — school boards, charter schools and parking authorities are ordinary public employers that were never part of Title 11A. Names link only where the body appears in this directory.
| Employer | Enrolled members |
|---|---|
| FAIRVIEW BORO BD OF ED | 190 |
| FAIRVIEW BOROUGH | 72 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Fairview Library
A New Jersey public library is usually a legally separate employer from the town that funds it, run by its own board of trustees, with its own director and its own hiring. That separation is why a library and its municipality can end up on opposite sides of the civil service line even though residents think of them as one government.
The library ladder is defined statewide. Librarian 1 through Librarian 4 are the professional titles, and they carry a real credential floor: a master's degree from an ALA-accredited library school plus a New Jersey Professional Librarian Certificate. Below that line sit the library assistant, library associate and library page titles, where education and experience take the place of the MLS.
Permanent employees carry layoff rights. In a layoff, rights are determined by permanent status and seniority within the affected unit, displacement into another title can be available, and laid-off employees go onto a special reemployment list that takes priority when the title is filled again. None of that applies to provisional or temporary service.
Your title, not your assignment, defines what you are supposed to be doing. If the duties you actually perform drift outside the specification for the title you hold, that is a classification question rather than a management preference, and an employee can ask for the position to be reviewed and reclassified. It is one of the quieter protections in the system and one of the least used.
Civil service employers in Fairview Borough
Fairview Library serves Fairview Borough, a borough in Bergen County, but it is in the listing as a public library on its own account rather than as part of the borough government.
The Fairview Borough government is listed too: Fairview. Both run under Title 11A, and both certify their own appointments, so applying to one tells you nothing about openings at the other.
Civil service titles used by New Jersey public libraries
Real classifications that New Jersey public libraries draw on, each linked to its official specification: the definition of the work, the requirements, and any licence the title depends on. A sample of the system rather than a roster or a list of openings.
Civil service coverage across Bergen County
Bergen County holds 50 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 21 municipalities, 20 public libraries, 4 boards of health, 1 board of social services, 1 county government, 1 housing authority, 1 school district, and 1 municipal utilities authority.
21 of the county's 70 municipalities are among them.
Bergen County is a jurisdiction too, though a county's decision does not bind the towns, authorities, libraries or districts inside it.
Also in the directory: Fair Lawn Library, Fairview, Fort Lee, Fort Lee Library, Garfield, Garfield Library, Hackensack, Hackensack Library. See all 50 in Bergen County.
Common questions about Fairview Library
Is Fairview Library a civil service employer?
Yes. Fairview Library appears in the New Jersey Civil Service Commission's listing of local civil service system jurisdictions as of July 2024, which makes it an appointing authority under Title 11A. Permanent appointments to competitive titles there come from eligible lists the Commission certifies, rather than from purely local hiring.
Does civil service status at Fairview Library cover the rest of Fairview Borough?
No. Fairview Borough has more than one employer in the listing, and each holds its own status, runs its own examinations and keeps its own eligible lists. Seniority and permanent status earned at one do not transfer automatically to another, even inside the same town.
Do veterans get a preference on these lists?
Yes, and in New Jersey it is unusually strong. On an open competitive list, disabled veterans who pass are ranked ahead of all other candidates, and other veterans who pass are ranked ahead of non-veterans, regardless of score. Preference has to be claimed and verified in advance, and it does not carry over to promotional examinations.
Does the state salary schedule apply to local jobs?
No. The salary schedules in the Compensation Compendium cover state employees. A local employer sets its own pay through ordinance and its own collective bargaining, so two towns using the identical civil service title can pay very differently. The title specification is statewide; the money attached to it is local.