Director/Law Associate Librarian

at University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, United States

Job Description

Position Overview
The University of Kansas School of Law invites applications for a tenure track associate librarian to serve as director of the Wheat Law Library. The director/associate librarian is responsible for all aspects of library operations including management and operations; budget, financial, and purchasing activities, supervision of personnel, collection development, oversight of technology needs, strategic planning with respect to the future growth and development of the law library, physical plant and initiating and monitoring library programs and services.

This is a full-time, 12-month, tenure-track faculty position. As director, the position reports to and serves at the pleasure of the dean of the school of law, although the tenure and rank considerations are governed by the University Libraries promotion and tenure procedures. While not tenured through the law school, the library director holds the same voting rights as the law faculty.

Responsibilities

1. Director/ Library Administration (60%)
   Administrative responsibilities include management of fiscal resources, personnel, collection development plans and activities to ensure that the law library's collection and resources are sufficient to meet the primary goal of supporting the teaching and research needs of the school of law's faculty staff and students, technology and computer services, physical plant, and short- and long-range strategic planning.
2. Teaching, research, scholarship (15%)
   Develop and participate in instructional programming as a library liaison for first year lawyering classes. Teach Advanced Legal Research and the Kansas Supreme Court Research Practicum as needed and/or required by the Dean/Associate Dean. Define and establish an area of particular professional interests and engage in teaching, research, publishing articles and chapters, and presenting at conferences and in other academic/peer settings.
3. Faculty liaison (15%)
   Provide direct liaison support to designated law school faculty. Conduct research and collection development to fit their curriculum and research needs.
4. Service and other duties (10%)
   Represent the KU law library, as an active participant, within the law school, the KU community, to professional organizations, and to other groups. Perform other duties as may be assigned that enhance the services, programs, resources and overall operations of the law library.

Required Qualifications

1. Applicants must possess a J.D. from an ABA accredited law school and an MLS or MLIS or equivalent from an ALA accredited institution.
2. Minimum of four years of professional experience at the rank of assistant librarian.
3. Documented evidence of professional library expertise and a record of research and service.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Post JD experience working in a law library.
2. Experience using automated library systems.
3. Experience with emerging technologies.

The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, and genetic information in the university's programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy.