Associate Director - Ruth Lilly Law Library

Description

Position Summary

INDIANA UNIVERSITY ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW , RUTH LILLY LAW LIBRARY invites applications for an Associate Director , a tenure-track library faculty appointment, with a preferred start date of January 2025. Primary duties include supervision of Access Services and Collection Services departmental operations and personnel; leading the team teaching of the required legal research and responsible lawyering courses for the hybrid (evening) and in-person (day) degree programs; teaching upper-level research courses; planning research instruction in doctrinal courses; meeting promotion and tenure requirements including scholarship and participation in professional activities. Applicant must hold a J.D. and M.L.I.S. or equivalent degree and have law library employment experience. Preference will be given to candidates with supervisory experience.

The Indiana University McKinney School of Law offers competitive salary and generous benefits and is committed to being a welcoming community that reflects and enacts the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion that inform academic excellence. We seek candidates who will not only enhance our representational diversity but whose research, teaching, and community-engagement efforts contribute to diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning and working environments for our students, staff, and faculty. For details on our commitment to inclusion, see: https://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/about/diversity-inclusion/committment.html . For more information about the school, please visit http://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/ . We encourage applications from persons of color, women, persons with disabilities, the LGBTQ+ community, veterans, and members of other groups that are under-represented on university faculties.

Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on individual qualifications. Indiana University prohibits discrimination based on age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, disability status, or protected veteran status.

Indiana University-McKinney Law is located in Indianapolis, the state capital and the nation's 16th largest city by population, with a wide variety of restaurants, theaters, and music venues; substantial outdoor green space; an award-winning international airport; and professional football, basketball, baseball ( AAA ), and soccer ( USL ) teams. The McKinney School of Law is on Indiana University's main urban campus, located downtown between the state capital complex and the White River.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, with a cut-off date of September 30, 2024. To apply, please fill out the application at https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/25084 and submit a CV, letter of application and three references. For the detailed position description or more information, please contact Miriam Murphy, Director, Ruth Lilly Law Library, [email protected] , 317-274-1928.

Basic Qualifications

The Associate Director is a key part of library leadership working under the guidance of, and in collaboration with, the Library Director. The Associate Director is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the library, including the Access Services and Collection Services departments. Responsibilities include dealing with personnel management of library staff; assisting with supervision of library faculty; collection development planning; implementing new technologies; and assuring service excellence in meeting the goals of the law library and law school mission statements.

The Associate Director also heads the legal research instruction program; plans, implements and coordinates reference and circulation services including delivery of traditional and electronic reference; coordinates the faculty liaison program; and provides leadership, creativity and vision to promote and enhance teaching, research and library operations.


DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

1. Coordinates the operations of the library's Access Services and Collection Services departments; provides guidance to the Circulation Manager and the Head of Collection Services concerning departmental work flows.

2. Provides daily supervision over personnel in all library departments. Assists Library Director with library faculty personnel matters as well as library faculty mentoring, promotion, and tenure.

3. Provides leadership for, and participates in, the legal instruction and responsible lawyering course and creates legal research training opportunities for upper-class students, law review members, and other student groups. Implements current instructional methodologies and technologies.

4. Plans, implements, and participates in all reference programs, including the faculty liaison program, and continuously develops training and outreach programs for faculty and students, generates appropriate statistical reports, and coordinates library tours and training. Provides reference service, by participating in reference duty rotation and overseeing all reference activities.

5. Responsible for library and law faculty scholarship metrics; assists with collection data for assessment and statistical reports on library functions.

6. Oversees budgeting and planning for circulation functions including document delivery, interlibrary loan, and reserves. Coordinates with Collection Services on planning and budgeting for technical services functions including digital access projects, cataloging maintenance, and collection maintenance.

7. Assists in the review and creation of library policies and procedures, and provides guidance to faculty, staff, students, and other library patrons in the application and/or interpretation of library policies.

8. Provides guidance to Access Services personnel in library public relations, creating exhibits, developing tools for user education such as web resources, research guides, and bibliographies. Oversees maintenance of law library website.

9. Provides leadership in collection development by evaluating and selecting information resources in all formats and assuring that library resources meet the changing needs of the law school community as well as advances in technology.

10. Provide leadership for, and administration of, digitization projects. Such projects require coordination across internal library departments and with other Indiana University libraries.

11. Meet Indiana University (Indianapolis campus) promotion and tenure requirements including scholarship and participation in professional activities.

12. Administers the library in the Library Director's absence.

13. Other duties as assigned by the Library Director.

Department Contact for Questions

For the detailed position description or more information, please contact Miriam Murphy, Director, Ruth Lilly Law Library, [email protected] , 317-274-1928.