Associate Director Law Library Public Services - 527800
About The Position
The Associate Director of the Law Library Public Services oversees all law library public services initiatives, including reference and circulation operations. Serves as a member of the library administrative team. Manages and coordinates circulation and reference services within the Law Library. Establishes, executes, and regularly assesses library policies, procedures, and workflows. Provides exceptional reference services to students, faculty, staff, attorneys, and the public. Hires, trains, and supervises staff and student workers dedicated to circulation, course reserves, document delivery and interlibrary loan, outreach, and reference. Teaches or co-teaches legal research sessions and/or guest lectures within the law school. Assists with strategic planning and budgeting related to law library programs, initiatives, and services. Additional Department Summary: Provides direct supervision of full- and part-time staff members and indirect supervision for multiple student workers, providing leadership, guidance, and support. Participates in collection development activities. Coordinates promotion and outreach initiatives related to library services and collections, including training materials. Collaborates to ensure library spaces and collections meet user needs. As part of a team, designs, implements, and maintains content for formal and informal legal research instruction and activities.
Requirements
- Juris doctorate, master's degree in library science, and four (4) years of public service library or archival experience.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team-based setting where consultation, flexibility, collaboration, cooperation, and resilience are essential.
- Enthusiasm for working closely with student populations.
- Project management skills and/or formal training in project management or workflow optimization/evaluation.
- Ability to manage projects and balance competing priorities.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience providing reference service or research assistance in a library setting.
- Experience teaching or training law, graduate, or undergraduate students.
- Experience working at a service/circulation desk or in customer service.
- Supervisory experience.
Responsibilities
- Oversees all law library public services initiatives, including reference and circulation operations.
- Serves as a member of the library administrative team.
- Manages and coordinates circulation and reference services within the Law Library.
- Establishes, executes, and regularly assesses library policies, procedures, and workflows.
- Provides exceptional reference services to students, faculty, staff, attorneys, and the public.
- Hires, trains, and supervises staff and student workers dedicated to circulation, course reserves, document delivery and interlibrary loan, outreach, and reference.
- Teaches or co-teaches legal research sessions and/or guest lectures within the law school.
- Assists with strategic planning and budgeting related to law library programs, initiatives, and services.
- Provides direct supervision of full- and part-time staff members and indirect supervision for multiple student workers, providing leadership, guidance, and support.
- Participates in collection development activities.
- Coordinates promotion and outreach initiatives related to library services and collections, including training materials.
- Collaborates to ensure library spaces and collections meet user needs.
- Designs, implements, and maintains content for formal and informal legal research instruction and activities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Industry
Educational Services
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
