Technical Services and Reference 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 Technical Services and Reference Librarian.

Reporting primarily to the Associate Director of Operations and Collections, the Technical Services and Reference 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. 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 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!

Specific Responsibilities

The Technical Services and Reference Librarian:

1. Provides legal research, reference assistance and instruction.
2. Provides collection services for all legal materials.
3. Assists the Assistant Director for Operations and Collections with vendor relations, collection development, cataloguing, and processing materials.
4. Serves as a reference librarian at the PMLL Reference Desk for approximately sixteen (16) hours per week.
5. Conducts workshops and research instruction on legal research topics.
6. Instructs and supports students and faculty in use of Westlaw, Lexis, TWEN, LMS, and other web and databases resources.
7. Prepares and promotes innovative technology services for library and law school use, assisting law faculty with using these tools to enhance the classroom learning or scholarly communications experience.
8. Participate in the Law Library Faculty Liaison Program, assisting with their research, teaching and scholarship projects.
9. Maintains the institutional repository, including liaising with College of Law staff and faculty to keep the repository up to date.
10. Prepares statistical and other reports as assigned.
11. Serves on local, regional, and national law library related organizations and committees.
12. Performs other duties as assigned or required.

It should be noted that in order to best serve the library’s patrons, the Technical Services and Reference Librarian’s responsibilities are not limited to the specific job functions described above.  The Technical Services and Reference Librarian will perform tasks assigned by supervisor(s) and will be available, visible, and accessible to faculty, students and patrons.

Marginal Job Functions      

The successful candidate should have:

1. Ability to work weekend and evening hours and some holidays is required.
2. Demonstrated experience with technology tools, social networking sites, and law library software and databases.
3. Facility with Westlaw, Lexis, other research databases, HTML, CSS, RSS, and AV editing software.
4. Advanced knowledge of MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook; database and data entry skills.
5. Decision-making, problem solving and analytical skills.
6. Ability to maintain confidentiality in all aspects of duties and responsibilities.
7. Excellent organization, planning and customer services skills.
8. Excellent written and oral communication skills.
9. Ability to work cooperatively with colleagues and supervisory staff at all levels.
10. May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
11 May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to pens, pencils and computer keyboards.

Requirements

Specific Job Requirements:  

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.
-OR-
Current enrollment in a M.L.S./M.L.I.S. program AND completion of said program 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 two (2) years of related law library or legal research experience, or relevant coursework.

Desired Experience

The successful candidate should have one (1) to two (2) years of experience providing reference services in a law library.