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University of Utah Financial Services · 1 month ago

Assistant Librarian for James E. Faust Law Library

Salt Lake City, UT

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

$88K/yr - $95K/yr

The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law invites applications for the position of Head of Reference and Instruction Services, a tenure track law library faculty position. The role involves managing reference services, training librarians, and providing legal research instruction to library patrons.

Financial Services

Responsibilities

Manage reference services including scheduling and coordinating reference desk coverage

Train, mentor, and evaluate librarians providing reference and instructional services

Provide approximately 6-10 hours per week of reference services to library patrons

Maintain and analyze reference statistics to assess service effectiveness

Teach two credit hours of legal research annually (basic, advanced, specialized, or FCIL)

Provide individualized and group instruction using a wide range of educational technologies

Participate in the liaison program providing research services to law faculty and training and support of student research assistants

Collaborate with faculty to integrate legal research into the curriculum

Participate with the collection development team to recommend new databases, print resources, or research tools

Prepare and maintain research guides

Serve on Law Library/Law School, University of Utah governance, and other professional committees as appropriate

Perform other duties as assigned

Engage as a member of the Law Library team and work to further the overall goals of the Law Library

Qualification

J.D. from ABA-accredited law schoolMaster’s in library scienceReference services managementLegal research instructionService orientationCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsTeamwork skillsAdaptability