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Employment Opportunity: University of District of Columbia Law School Electronic Services/Reference Librarian

By David Badertscher, PLL

University of the

(UDC) - Position Announcement

Position: Electronic Services/Reference Librarian

Announcement Number: 08-10

: AD-1410 06/01 $62,746 Per Annum

Location: Van Ness Campus Date: 01-07-08

Areas of Consideration: Nationwide

Closing Date: Open Until Filled

Responsible to: Director of Law Library

of Law

Vice President, Academic Affairs

Brief Description of Duties

Assists in the analysis and evaluation of the technology needs of the law library and law school.

Provides direction and support for uses of technology throughout the

, including Web design.

Participates in a rotating reference desk schedule with other librarians, up to 20 hours per week.

Provides training in use of electronic reference resources as needed to faculty and students.

Provides patron assistance at the Circulation Desk, including the charging and return of library materials, retrieving temporary, permanent and file reserve materials, answers the telephone and answers reference and directions questions.

Qualifications Required

A master?s degree or two full academic years of graduate study in Library Science and one year of specialized experience is required. The one year of specialist must be equivalent to at lest the next lower grade level. Specialized experience is experience that included the performance. Supervision, or administration of one or more functional areas of librarianship (i.e., selection, acquisitions, cataloging and classification of materials, bibliographic and readers? advisory services, reference and literature searching services, library management, systems planning, or development and strengthening of library services,) Juris Doctor degree with experience in a law library is highly preferred.

University of the

is an equal opportunity employer

All candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, disability, source of income, place of residence or business.

The Residency Preference Amendment Act of 1988, D.C. Law 7-203, created a system which provides that any applicant for employment in the Career or Educational Services who is a bona fide resident of the

may claim a residency preference at the time of application. An applicant selected for appointment based on District residency will be required to submit proof of bona fide District residency. Bona fide District residency must be maintained from the date of appointment to the position for five consecutive years.

This position is in the collective bargaining unit.

Please submit UDC application and résumé to:

Ms. Isabelle McMillian

University of the

Office of Human Resources

Building 38,

301-9

,

Complete job posting and application information available at http://www.udc.edu/employment.htm

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on January 25, 2008 (boomark / email).