Reference, Instructional Services and Technology Librarian

Description

Come and work with us at NSU’s Shepard Broad College of Law – Panza Maurer Law Library! We are excited to announce that we currently seeking applications for the position of Librarian – Reference, Instructional Services and Technology.

Reporting primarily to the Associate Director of Research and Reference Services, the Reference, Instructional Services and Technology Librarian supports the Law Library and College of Law’s faculty, students and patrons. 

Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) was founded in 1964, and is a not-for-profit, independent university with a reputation for academic excellence and innovation. The law school is located in the tropical garden-like main campus of NSU-Florida that is mere minutes from the Fort Lauderdale airport, world-famous Fort Lauderdale Beach and the Everglades National Park.

Nova Southeastern University offers competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package including tuition waiver, retirement plan, excellent medical and dental plans and much more. NSU is also competitive nationally in paid time off.  In addition to traditional paid holidays, new employees in this position will accrue up to 15 vacation days during their first year (increasing to 22 days thereafter), and 3 personal days annually.  After one year of service, NSU also offers employees a generous 10% match of the employee 4% contribution to a tax deferred 401(k) that you can select from a range of different investment options.

Visit https://www.nova.edu/hr/benefits/index.html for more information, and to apply, please submit both a resume and cover letter to the link below.

NSU is an equal opportunity employer. NSU considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status or any other legally protected status.

Thank you for your interest in a career with Nova Southeastern University. We are excited that you are considering joining us!

The first priority of all members of the Law Library team is to serve the Law Library and College of Law's faculty, students, and patrons. Each team member will not be limited by this job description in an effort to assist our constituency, but will perform tasks assigned by supervisor(s). Team members will be readily available, visible, and accessible to faculty, students and patrons, and if unable to answer an inquiry, they will ensure assistance is provided by another member of the Law Library team. The Law Library team seeks to exceed expectations as an essential support for students and faculty and to provide an outstanding level of value-added service to the College of Law. 

The successful candidate will:

1. Provide legal research, reference assistance and instruction both in-person and virtually.
2. Provide 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. Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and leadership qualities, including the ability to effectively communicate with students to help them achieve their educational goals.
5. Take an active role in promoting library resources and services to students and faculty in support of the mission of the College of Law.
6. Promote 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. Instruct and supports students and faculty in the use of Westlaw, Lexis, learning management systems and other electronic resources.
8. Leverage 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. Develop instructional modules in a variety of formats, including creating and maintaining assigned research guides and tutorials in the law library’s online collection.
10. Participate in the Law Library Faculty Liaison Program, assisting with their research, teaching and scholarship projects.
11. Serve on local, regional, and national law library related organizations and committees.
12. Perform other duties as assigned or required.

Marginal Job Functions:

The successful candidate will:

1. Have an opportunity to teach Advanced Legal Research Techniques, an upper-level course in the College of Law.
2. Participate in password creation, management, maintenance and assistance for Bloomberg, Lexis, Westlaw and other law library databases.
3. Assist the Institutional Repository Librarian with maintaining the institutional repository, including liaising with College of Law staff and faculty to keep the repository up to date.
4. Assist the Associate Director for Operations & Collections with vendor relations.
5. Prepare statistical and other reports as assigned.

Requirements

Specific Job Requirements:  

The successful candidate will have

1. Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from an ABA Accredited Law School.
2. Master of Library Science (M.L.S.)/ Master of Library and Information Science (M.L.I.S.) degree from an ALA Accredited Library School (preferred); OR current enrollment in a M.L.S./M.L.I.S. program and completion within two (2) years of date of hire; OR successful application to and enrollment in a M.L.S./M.L.I.S. program within six (6) months of date of hire AND completion of said program within two (2) years of enrollment.
3. One (1) to (2) years of related law library or legal research experience, or relevant coursework.