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Librarian – Reference, Instructional Services and Technology - 997983

Job Number: 506423
Work Type: Full Time with Full Benefits
Location: Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida
Department: Law-Library Admin
Categories: Library Services

Essential Job Functions:

1. Provides legal research, reference assistance and instruction both in-person and virtually.
2. Provides collection services for all legal materials primarily by serving on the Collection Development Committee.
3. Learns and stays current with best practices in legal research methods, strategies, teaching, and learning theories and follows law practice trends and technology developments.
4. Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills and leadership qualities, including the ability to effectively communicate with students to help them achieve their educational goals.
5. Takes an active role in promoting library resources and services to students and faculty in support of the mission of the College of Law.
6. Promotes student engagement with the library by providing classroom guest lectures upon request, participating in orientation, working with co-curricular organizations, and conducting workshops and research instruction on legal research topics.
7. Instructs and supports students and faculty in the use of Westlaw, Lexis, learning management systems and other electronic resources.
8. Leverages innovative and emerging technologies for library and law school use, assisting law faculty with using these tools to enhance classroom and experiential learning or the scholarly communications experience.
9. Develops instructional modules in a variety of formats, including creating and maintaining assigned research guides and tutorials in the law library’s online collection.
10. Participates in the Law Library Faculty Liaison Program, assisting with their research, teaching and scholarship projects.
11. Serves on local, regional, and national law library related organizations and committees.
12. Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

1. Ability to work weekend and evening hours and some holidays is required.
2. Demonstrated experience with technology tools, social networking sites, and law library software and databases.
3. Facility with Westlaw, Lexis, other research databases, HTML, CSS, RSS, and AV editing software.
4. Advanced knowledge of MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook; database and data entry skills.
5. Decision-making, problem solving and analytical skills.
6. Ability to maintain confidentiality in all aspects of duties and responsibilities.
7. Excellent organization, planning and customer services skills.
8. Excellent written and oral communication skills.
9. Ability to work cooperatively with colleagues and supervisory staff at all