Associate Law Library Director
Location: MIAMI GARDENS, FL 33054 · Type: Full Time
St. Thomas University - College of Law
Summary
Under the direction of the Law Library Director, this staff member will be
primarily responsible to oversee the overall functioning of the Law Library
with direct supervision over the heads of all Law Library functions and staff.
They will assist the Law Library Director on all administrative library
workflow matters and responsible for the administration of the Law Library in
the Director's absence.
Essential Functions
Associate Librarian Duties
In collaboration with the Law Library Director, provide strategic guidance
on how the law library can be most effective in teaching, research, and
providing services to the College of Law, the University, and other
constituents.
Assist in developing the law library's mission, vision, and values, to
support the College of Law's mission and strategic plan as well as the
University's mission and strategic plan.
Assist with the development of all law library policies.
Assist the Director in library administration and coordination of
interdepartmental activities withinthe library.
Supervise the law library in the director's absence.
Implement and oversee the law library's human resources policies,
including recruitment, hiring, evaluation and training. Oversee and
coordinate Law Library staff vacation requests and absence reports. Direct
the hiring of student assistants
Interview and participate in the selection of assigned staff; conduct performance appraisals and suggest professional development opportunities in accordance with university policies and procedures.
Assist the Director by in coordinating all facilities management services
and issues dealing with the Office of Physical Plantand all
telecommunications needs with the Law School Administration.
Coordinate Law Library membership in the different cooperating consortia,
professional organizations, or any other groups to which the Law Library
belongs to.
Maintain and provide information an d s t at is t ic s an d assist with
preparing reports for ABA, SEFLIN, SACS, Department of Education, and
other accrediting agencies.
Monitor the expenses of the faculty book account in consultation with the
Faculty Services and Scholarly Communications Librarian and communicate
with the faculty when necessary.
Recommend the organizational structure, staffing and functional
responsibilities of the law library.
Assist the director in communications with library vendors and Collection
Management Services to ensure proper resources are made available.
Assist the Director with strategic planning and long-term initiatives with
the Law Library and University Library system.
Assist the Director in oversight of the STU Audiovisual department with
regard to law school classroom technologies and support.
Public Services Duties
Provide research and reference support to all library patrons.
Lead the development and maintenance of research guides, bibliographic
tools, the law library webpage
Coordinate and teach guest lectures, lunch and learns, and other
curricular and extra-curricular programming that involves general and
specialized legal research.
Prepare instructional material and training sessions and participate in
legal research instructional programs as requested or needed by law school
faculty or student organizations.
Assist with collection development with emphasis on non-print material.
Keep statistics on special project and assignments.
In the absence of the Faculty Services Librarian, provide direct support
to the Law School faculty for research, materials, and training requests
including Canvas, Westlaw/TWEN, LexisNexis/Lexis Classroom, Bloomberg Law
and other law school technologies and resources.
Participates in general Reference & Research services as part of regular
workflow, including regular shifts at the reference desk.
Other duties
Represent the Law Library in local, regional, and national meetings as
requested.
Serve on University and/or Law School Committees and participate in
University and Law School events as requested.
Keep informed of new trends in access services and the law profession.
Recommend materials and services to Library Administration based upon
current trends in use amongst faculty and students.
Teach courses in legal research and legal writing as needed in
coordination with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and the Director
of Legal Writing.
Competencies
Strong and effective communication skills, both oral and written.
Strong supervisory skills with the ability to manage and develop staff.
Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to work effectively with
students and faculty from a wide diversity of background and educational
experiences.
Organizational, planning, and administrative skills including the ability
to work effectively on broad as well as detailed projects.
Ability to work in a network environment including working with an
integrated library system.
Knowledge and ability to work with legal databases and common law school
and educational technologies, and the ability to design library
instructional tools.
Strong technical skills, interest in technology, and the ability to
troubleshoot simple technology problems, failures, or deficiencies-
expertise with law school technologies such as TWEN, Lexis Classroom,
Canvas, is essential.
Ability to understand library system technology that can be used to
improve services, instruction efforts and workflows.
Strong service orientation and effective problem-solving skills.
Be flexible with work assignments and work hours.
Supervisory Responsibility
This position has direct supervision of law librarians and heads of Law
Library sub-units. This position indirectly supervises any staff, including
work-study students, engaged by these departments.
Work Environment/Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be
met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this
job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required
to stand, walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; push library
carts full of books; climb on stands to shelf books. The employee must
occasionally lift or move library materials and supplies, up to 30 pounds.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through
Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. This position occasionally requires schedule changes
with weekend/evening hours.
Travel
Travel is primarily for Professional Development. The employee will be asked
to represent the Law Library in local, regional, and national meetings as
requested by the Library Director.
Qualifications
Education and Experience
M.L.S. from an A.L.A. accredited library school program is required.
J.D. from an accredited ABA institution is required. Previous academic law
library experience is required.
Three or more years of experience in law libraries is preferred. One or
more years of supervisory experience is required.
Previous library administration experience strongly preferred.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a
comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are
required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and
activities may change at any time with or without notice.
