Associate Director for Library Administration - Teaching Assistant Professor

Description

The Associate Director for Administration is a critical member of the Law Library management team and is responsible for supervising the day-to-day work of Civil Service employees, academic hourly employees, and student assistants in the Access and Technical Services units. Working with the Law Library Director, the Associate Director for Instruction and Legal Technology, the library faculty, and library staff, the Associate Director for Administration manages five primary areas of library administration and operations:

Coordinates Library faculty and staff hiring, training, advancement, and records approval and maintenance.
Manages library technical services operations, including purchasing and licensing of materials, library catalog and automated library systems, serials, metadata and cataloging, government documents, collection management, binding, circulation, and access to Law
Library materials in digital, print, micrographic, and other formats. Plans and leads projects to create new content through digitization and other modalities.
Co-manages the library’s acquisitions budget with the library director, the Associate Director for Instruction and Legal Technology, and the Assistant Director for Resources and Research Services.
Sets strategic priorities for space utilization, collection organization, signage, and renovation and revitalization of library space.
Teaches legal research courses, engages in faculty and student outreach, actively pursues professional development, and serves the law library, law school, university, and legal and law library professions.

Salary: $75,000 to $82,000. The Associate Director appointment would carry an additional annual stipend of $10,000. 

Requirements

Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school, and Master’s degree in Information or Library Science from an ALA-accredited institution or the equivalent. At least five years of experience in a law school library in a university setting with demonstrated experience supervising law library staff and academic professional-equivalent positions.