What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Research & Instruction Librarian/Senior Legal Research & Instruction Librarian position at Suffolk University?
The Legal Research & Instruction Librarians play an essential role in planning and implementing the law school’s legal research curriculum. They support the law school’s faculty and students in their research endeavors, teach stand-alone research classes, partner with Legal Practice Skills (LPS) faculty to teach legal research in the 1L curriculum, and provide assistance to patrons at the research desk.
Candidates with J.D., M.L.S., and 5 years of experience may be considered for appointment as Senior Legal Research & Instruction Librarian.
Responsibilities:
- Teach legal research to law students through stand-alone classes, the 1L LPS program, and presentations to upper-level electives by faculty invitation
- Provide research assistance, training, and reference support to law school students, alumni, and members of the bar
- Provide research support and training to law school faculty and serve as liaison to assigned faculty members
- Assist students, faculty, and staff in using subscription databases; participate in trials of new subscription resources
- Additional duties as assigned, such as maintaining and updating the library’s website, LibGuides and student writing portal; submitting articles to SSRN on behalf of faculty, providing Scholastica support, and assisting with the institutional repository; putting together the semi-annual Faculty Newsletter; or working with Suffolk journals to do trainings, and collect and archive author publication agreements
- Assist with collection development
- Develop and implement new library services and programs
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Library & Information Science completed or in the process of being completed. JD degree is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated relevant work experience
- Proficiency with LibGuides, Microsoft Office Suite, Zoom, and collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Commitment to providing the highest level of customer service and responsiveness
- Emotional and cultural intelligence with proven ability to work independently and as part of a diverse team
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Must be creative and proactive
- Standard hours of this position are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, M-F, but will include at least one evening per week until 6:00 pm and occasional weeknights and weekends for instruction and special events. Typically, the person in this hybrid position will have the opportunity to work remotely two days per week.
- Resume and cover letter must be submitted to be considered for this position
- Salary: $73,000.00-82,000.00
Salary : $73,000 - $82,000
