A Master's of Library Science degree from an American Library Association-approved library school is required.
At least two years of professional librarian experience in a legal setting is required.
The candidate must demonstrate the ability to manage complex expectations.
The candidate must have comprehensive knowledge and professional experience with legal bibliography and legal research.
The candidate must have a proven background providing sophisticated reference services using print and electronic sources in a major research library.
The candidate must understand foreign and international legal research.
The candidate must have a proven background providing library outreach to diverse clientele, including faculty and law students.
The candidate must be able and committed to implementing information technology.
The candidate must demonstrate a strong service orientation and collegial work style.
Responsibilities
Coordinate reference and research requests from law school faculty as a primary point of contact.
Assist library patrons with the collection, equipment, and electronic resources through individual and virtual consultations, group presentations, classes, workshops, telephone support, and email support.
Coordinate the training and management of 1–2 student research assistants supporting comprehensive faculty research projects.
Provide guidance and support to research assistants employed directly by faculty.
Maintain regular contact with faculty to understand their scholarship interests and requirements.
Manage comprehensive faculty research projects and provide guidance on citation management tools such as Zotero.
Coordinate the publication process for faculty work.
Develop programs to track and promote the impact of the law school's academic research, including expanding use of ORCID and SSRN.
Administer digital learning platforms, including TWEN and Brightspace, to support faculty teaching and course preparation.
Administer library course reserves to enable student access.
Compile the Bibliography of Faculty Scholarship and the CUA Law Scholarship brochure annually.
Maintain and administer the institutional repository, including loading articles and events.
Work with Law Review and Journal staff to identify and troubleshoot institutional repository issues.
Identify collection gaps based on emerging faculty research interests and law school curricular needs.
Provide feedback on electronic subscriptions and print series to help prioritize the library budget.
Organize outreach and marketing materials, including the faculty newsletter published nine times per calendar year.
Manage faculty events promoting library services, including one-on-one instructional sessions.
Provide instruction in legal research resources and techniques in law school courses.
Teach assigned research classes and the American Law Program in Krakow, Poland.
Provide specialized legal research instruction in upper-level subject-area courses such as Conflict of Laws.
Provide basic and advanced instruction on Lexis, Westlaw, and other subscription and non-subscription electronic legal resources.
Develop and maintain customized reports for the Law Library's annual statistical obligations concerning faculty scholarship and services.
Organize and distribute a biennial faculty survey.
Desired Qualifications
An ABA-accredited Juris Doctor degree is preferred.
Posting Title
Faculty Scholarship & Services Librarian
Overview
The Faculty Scholarship and Services Librarian:
-provides proactive faculty scholarship support and advanced reference services to law faculty, students, and other members of the law school community. -
-oversees the institutional repository, provides research assistance for faculty publications, and develops programs to track and promote the impact of the law school’s academic research.
-manages faculty research initiatives, including the supervision of the research assistants program to provide training and continued assistance for complex scholarly projects.
The Faculty Scholarship and Services Librarian also plays a lead role in collection development and resource management to ensure the library's materials effectively support the teaching and research interests of the institution.
The projected salary range for this position, which represents the full range of anticipated compensation, is: $70,000-80,000.
To apply, please complete an online application. In addition, please upload a resume and cover letter that details your use of primary and secondary legal materials, and experience with project management. We would welcome applications from law firm librarians looking to transition to a collaborative academic setting, or law librarians who wish to shift into a new focus.
Responsibilities
1. Coordinates reference and research requests from all law school faculty, as a primarypoint of contact.
2. Works with the Reference Services team to help library patrons in all aspects ofusing the library’s collection, equipment, and electronic resources. This may includeresponding to students, faculty, and visitor questions about the techniques of legalresearch in a variety of instructional settings including, but not limited to, one-to-onein-person and virtual consultations, small group presentations, formal classes andworkshops, telephone and email help.
2. Coordinates the training and management of 1-2 student research assistants assignedto the library who support comprehensive faculty research projects. Additionally,this role ensures that research assistants directly employed by the faculty receive thenecessary guidance and support to facilitate high-level scholarship.
3. Supports faculty scholarship by initiating regular contact to stay current on specificresearch interests and requirements. This role involves managing comprehensiveresearch projects, providing guidance on citation management tools such as Zotero,and coordinating the publication process to ensure faculty work meets the higheststandards of academic excellence. Develops programs to track and promote theimpact of the law school’s academic research, expanding use of ORCHID, SSRN,etc.
4. Supports faculty teaching by and course preparation though the administration ofdigital learning platforms with TWEN and Brightspace. This role ensures seamlessintegration of library course reserves to enable student access.
5. Responsible for compiling The Bibliography of Faculty Scholarship and the CUALaw Scholarship brochure on an annual basis. The bibliography identifies the knownpublished scholarship of current, emeritus and retired faculty members, while theannual brochure highlights the scholarship achievements of the faculty and studentsover the past 12 months. Responsible for maintaining and acting as theadministrator to the institutional repository which includes loading articles andevents. With the Access Services Librarian, works with Law Review and Journalstaff identifying and troubleshooting any issues with the repository.
6. Identifies gaps in the collection based on emerging faculty research interests and lawschool curricular needs. Provides direct feedback to the Assistant Directors ofResearch Services and Collection Services regarding which electronic subscriptionsor print series are most utilized by, or most important to the faculty to help prioritizethe library’s budget.
7. Organizes outreach and marketing materials, including being responsible for thefaculty newsletter, published nine times per calendar year. Manages faculty eventspromoting library services, including one-on-one instructional sessions.
8. Provide instruction in legal research resources and techniques in law school courses.Teach research classes as assigned and the American Law Program in Krakow,Poland. Provide instruction in specialized legal research in subject area upper-levelcourses (e.g. Conflict of Laws). Provide basic and advanced instruction on usingLexis, Westlaw, as well as other subscription and non-subscription electronic legalresources in both individual and small group settings.
9. Supports Law Library yearly statistical obligations by developing and maintainingcustomized reports specific to faculty scholarship and services. This includesorganizing and distributing a biennial faculty survey.
Qualifications
Master’s of Library Science (M.L.S.) degree from an A.L.A. approved library school. required. ABAaccredited Juris Doctor degree preferred.
Two years minimum working as a professional librarian in a legal setting.Proven ability to manage complex expectations.
Comprehensive knowledge and professional experience with legal bibliography and legal research.
Proven background in providing sophisticated reference services incorporating both print and electronic sourcesemployed in a major research library.
Understanding of foreign and international legal research.
Proven background in providing library outreach through working with a diverse clientele, including faculty, and law students.
Ability and commitment to implementing information technology.
Strong service orientation and collegial work style.