Librarian II - Unit Law Librarian - Bradshaw Unit (025525)

Texas Department of Criminal Justice • TX

110d

About The Position

Performs moderately complex library work. Work involves acquiring and organizing library resources; conducting research; providing information and materials in response to requests; and providing guidance to others. Works under general supervision with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited senior high school or equivalent or GED.
• Four years full-time, wage-earning criminal justice or library experience. Thirty semester hours from a college or university accredited by an organization recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or by the United States Department of Education (USDE) may be substituted for each year of experience on a year-for-year basis.
• Legal research experience preferred.
• Knowledge of library and reference tools, techniques, and services.
• Knowledge of primary and secondary sources in specialized subject area.
• Knowledge of legal publications and law library operations.
• Knowledge of applicable state and federal laws, rules, regulations, and statutes.
• Knowledge of computer software applications in libraries preferred.
• Knowledge of agency and departmental organizational structure, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations preferred.
• Skill to communicate ideas and instructions clearly and concisely.
• Skill to coordinate with other staff, departments, officials, agencies, organizations, and the public.
• Skill to interpret and apply rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Skill in problem-solving techniques.
• Skill in the use of computers and related equipment in a stand-alone or local area network environment.
• Skill to review technical data and prepare technical reports.
• Skill to plan work in order to meet established guidelines.
• Skill to train others.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of computer software applications in libraries preferred.
• Knowledge of agency and departmental organizational structure, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administers the unit Access to Courts Program to include Access to Courts rules and procedures and related agency policies and procedures; maintains files, records, and information systems; and ensures compliance with applicable requirements, laws, rules, and policies.
• Maintains and ensures unit law library holdings are kept current, present, and in good condition; assists in coordinating the inter-law library program; assists in coordinating the delivery and pickup of legal research material to inmates with indirect access to the unit law library; and schedules inmate law library attendance and other related services.
• Reviews and evaluates inmate requests for subsequent storage for legal and educational property; issues indigent supplies; reviews, investigates, and approves or denies inmate requests for inmate-to-inmate legal visits; and schedules inmate attorney legal visits and phone calls.
• Assists in conducting special library research projects; performs notary services; and trains unit law library staff in the unit law library administration and in records and information maintenance.
• Assists in maintaining the security of inmates in the law library; and maintains an accurate count of inmates present.
• Performs a variety of marginal duties not listed, to be determined and assigned as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: High school or GED