Description: The Reference Librarian will work with other members of the reference staff to provide extensive reference and research assistance to faculty, students, staff, the local bar, and the public. General duties include serving as a liaison to faculty, departments, and student organizations; conducting research consultations with faculty and students; staffing library service points; providing lectures on library and research topics; maintaining scholarly publications on the digital repository; training faculty research assistants; creating materials to assist with research, including research guides and instructional videos; developing and marketing library services; planning library events; participating in collection development; supervising student workers; and liaising with vendors of legal databases. In addition, all reference librarians will teach the research portion of a section of Legal Research of Persuasion, with the potential to teach advanced research classes. The Reference Librarian also will contribute to law librarianship by participating presenting at conferences.
Qualifications: Juris Doctor Degree from an ABA approved law school and an Master of Library Science from and ALA accredited institution. Generally this individual has 0-1 year of experience in the field. Required knowledge and skills include an understanding of legal research materials in all formats and some teaching/training experience.