Virginia
Research Services Librarian
Virginia, Arlington, Virginia, United States, 22201
Department:
Antonin Scalia Law School
Job Category: Administrative or Professional Faculty
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)
Location:
Arlington, VA
Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible
Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience
Criminal Background Check: Yes
About the Department:
The mission of George Mason University Law Library is to support the instructional, research, and service missions of the law school. Primarily a teaching and research center, the law library is the foremost means through which students and faculty gain access to organized information and knowledge. By fostering excellence in staff, development of the collection, and services offered to faculty and students, the law library performs a unique and indispensable function in the educational process.
About the Position:
The Research Services Librarian is responsible for providing library services to students, staff, faculty, and alumni. Duties include reference and research services, legal research instruction, liaison services to law faculty, and collection development.
Responsibilities:
Research & Reference:
Provides legal reference and research services to faculty, students, staff, and alumni;
Provides liaison support to designated law school faculty;
Regularly staffs the law library reference desk in collaboration with other librarians;
Develops and maintains legal research guides;
Provides back-up support for other reference staff duties as needed;
Ensures that reference and instruction statistics are collected, curated, preserved, and regularly provided to library administrators;
Participates in collection development with other librarians to identify, evaluate, and recommend legal research resources (print and electronic) for the law library collection; and
Occasionally participates in special projects related to collection development, such as serving on the Collection Development Committee on a rotating basis, reviewing and updating the collection development policy, and identifying resources for cancellation and de-accession.
Instruction:
Assists with legal research instruction to law students during orientation; Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis (LRWA); and Scholarly Writing;
Plans, organizes, and provides research workshops for law students;
Provides in-depth research consultations to law students; and
Plans and provides orientations and legal research instruction for the law graduate programs.
Other related duties as assigned:
Performs other related duties that help the department achieve its objectives and goals and/or support the mission of the Law School as determined by the employee’s supervisor; and
Other related duties include participating in professional development and contributing to the law librarian profession.
Required Qualifications:
Master’s degree in library and information science;
Some legal reference and research experience;
Some experience providing legal research instruction in a legal setting (academic, government, or private);
Some knowledge of legal bibliography and legal research tools and techniques in both print and electronic formats;
Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills;
Demonstrated organizational and time management skills;
Ability to teach legal research skills to law students;
Ability to learn new technological skills;
Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team; and
Service orientation and ability to work effectively with a variety of individuals and groups within an academic community.
Preferred Qualifications:
J.D.; and
Considerable legal reference and research experience.
Instructions to Applicants:
For full consideration, applicants must apply for
Research Services Librarian
at
https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a cover letter and resume.
Posting Open Date: July 15, 2024
For Full Consideration, Apply by:
August 25, 2024
Open Until Filled?: Yes
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Antonin Scalia Law School
Job Category: Administrative or Professional Faculty
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)
Location:
Arlington, VA
Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible
Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience
Criminal Background Check: Yes
About the Department:
The mission of George Mason University Law Library is to support the instructional, research, and service missions of the law school. Primarily a teaching and research center, the law library is the foremost means through which students and faculty gain access to organized information and knowledge. By fostering excellence in staff, development of the collection, and services offered to faculty and students, the law library performs a unique and indispensable function in the educational process.
About the Position:
The Research Services Librarian is responsible for providing library services to students, staff, faculty, and alumni. Duties include reference and research services, legal research instruction, liaison services to law faculty, and collection development.
Responsibilities:
Research & Reference:
Provides legal reference and research services to faculty, students, staff, and alumni;
Provides liaison support to designated law school faculty;
Regularly staffs the law library reference desk in collaboration with other librarians;
Develops and maintains legal research guides;
Provides back-up support for other reference staff duties as needed;
Ensures that reference and instruction statistics are collected, curated, preserved, and regularly provided to library administrators;
Participates in collection development with other librarians to identify, evaluate, and recommend legal research resources (print and electronic) for the law library collection; and
Occasionally participates in special projects related to collection development, such as serving on the Collection Development Committee on a rotating basis, reviewing and updating the collection development policy, and identifying resources for cancellation and de-accession.
Instruction:
Assists with legal research instruction to law students during orientation; Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis (LRWA); and Scholarly Writing;
Plans, organizes, and provides research workshops for law students;
Provides in-depth research consultations to law students; and
Plans and provides orientations and legal research instruction for the law graduate programs.
Other related duties as assigned:
Performs other related duties that help the department achieve its objectives and goals and/or support the mission of the Law School as determined by the employee’s supervisor; and
Other related duties include participating in professional development and contributing to the law librarian profession.
Required Qualifications:
Master’s degree in library and information science;
Some legal reference and research experience;
Some experience providing legal research instruction in a legal setting (academic, government, or private);
Some knowledge of legal bibliography and legal research tools and techniques in both print and electronic formats;
Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills;
Demonstrated organizational and time management skills;
Ability to teach legal research skills to law students;
Ability to learn new technological skills;
Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team; and
Service orientation and ability to work effectively with a variety of individuals and groups within an academic community.
Preferred Qualifications:
J.D.; and
Considerable legal reference and research experience.
Instructions to Applicants:
For full consideration, applicants must apply for
Research Services Librarian
at
https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a cover letter and resume.
Posting Open Date: July 15, 2024
For Full Consideration, Apply by:
August 25, 2024
Open Until Filled?: Yes
#J-18808-Ljbffr