Research & Faculty Services Librarian - Law Library - 500493

SUMMARY:

The Research & Faculty Services Librarian provides reference, research, and instructional services across the law school community, with a focus on services for faculty to support their scholarship and teaching. The librarian manages a program of support and partnership with faculty to enable their research for effective teaching and productive scholarship. The librarian teaches a mix of required and upper-level courses, including research for our foreign and international students, especially in the LL.M. program. The teaching requirements include developing and delivering informal and formal upper-level legal research training. The librarian evaluates law-related electronic and print resources to guide students in their use for scholarship and skills development. This position creates library publications including library news, research guides, and video tutorials.

Professional librarians hold faculty status. Faculty status allows both voice and vote in University faculty meetings, eligibility to serve on faculty committees, to serve as a student advisor, and to participate in the Program for Enhancing Teaching Effectiveness (PETE); and it acknowledges that those individuals play an active role in the intellectual activities of the University. Faculty status does not carry with it eligibility for tenure or sabbatical, nor does it automatically carry with it faculty rank (Professor, Associate, Assistant Professor, or Instructor), since faculty rank is in a specific academic department, nor does it carry eligibility for other benefits normally assigned to full-time teaching faculty.

RESPONSIBILITIES:Legal Research Instruction

• Teach upper-level legal research classes as assigned
• Teach American legal research to students in the LLM program
• Teach first-year legal research as assigned
• Train students in legal research sources and techniques for doctrinal courses through lectures and research guides
• Prepare students for practice by teaching in the library’s annual legal research instruction tailored to prepare students for summer practice work
• Develop and present legal research training for Law School faculty and staff

Research and Reference Services

• Provide synchronous and scheduled reference assistance, including assistance with library materials, databases, and scholarly research agendas
• Provide reference and research assistance to faculty as part of the library’s liaison program
• Develop written and recorded legal research instructional guides and tutorials
• Create and adapt research resources tailored for seminar papers and other research-intensive curricular offerings
• Provide library information and instructional tours

Faculty Services Development and Dissemination

• Develop, oversee and manage direct services for faculty to support research and scholarship.
• Hire and manage a group of law student research assistants to support faculty research projects and initiatives, overseeing student work and mentoring students on research projects.
• Promote faculty scholarship through regular and custom reports of their scholarship, including annual bibliographies and profiles.
• Coordinate with the Dean’s office staff the annual Order of the Coif program.
• Alert faculty to new developments in the library and its collections
• Act as a liaison with the Virginia State Bar in order to obtain CLE credits for law school programs
• Manage, facilitate and promote the library’s faculty liaison program, providing direct connections for all full-time faculty.

Collection Development

• Evaluate library print and electronic resources to advise the Collection Development committee

University Service

• Serve as a member of Law Library, Law School, and University committees, as appointed and assigned
• Serve as a faculty advisor to students, as assigned
• Assume an active role in the law school community by participating in faculty workshops, colloquies and related events
• Recommend reference and public service policies and procedures to the Director of Public and Instructional Services and the Associate Dean for Library & Information Services

Professional Service

• Participate in local, state, and national law library and library organizations and associations by attending professional meetings and activities
• Write articles and/or presentations for various law and library related publications and associations.

Other Duties as Assigned QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledge of legal resources, print and electronic, and computer-assisted legal research systems
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to interact positively with students, faculty, and other users
• Strong teaching skills and demonstrated effectiveness in conveying legal information in classroom and other instructional settings

Education & experience:

• J.D. from ABA-accredited law school
• Master’s degree in Library and/or Information Science from ALA-accredited institution
• Reference or public services library experience required
• Law library experience required

WORK HOURS:

• Full-time, exempt position
• Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; 7.75 hrs./day; 38.75 hrs./week
• Occasional evening and weekend work; will be required on a rotating basis

SALARY STRUCTURE:
Pay Grade 7 (Hiring Range $52,829.00 to $69,999.00 annually)

COVID-19:

The University of Richmond requires COVID-19 vaccinations for all students, faculty, and staff. The University allows exemptions to this requirement for religious, medical and strong personal conviction reasons. All newly hired employees must report their status within the first two weeks of employment.

ABOUT UR:

At the University of Richmond, we’re creative, inclusive, and determined. We’re Spiders, and our mission is to create positive change in the UR community and beyond. Located minutes from downtown Richmond, Virginia, the University of Richmond (www.richmond.edu) blends the intimacy of a small college with exceptional academic, research, and cultural opportunities usually found only at large institutions. There’s only one place like Richmond.

UR is committed to developing a diverse faculty, staff and student body, and to modeling an inclusive campus community which values the expression of differences in ways that promote excellence in teaching, learning, personal development and institutional success. In keeping with this commitment, our academic community welcomes candidates from diverse backgrounds and candidates who support diversity. EOE