Librarian, Reference, Instructional Services and Technology - 997983

About the role

Nova Southeastern University (NSU) was founded in 1964 and is a not-for-profit, independent university known for academic excellence and innovation. NSU offers competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package including tuition waiver, retirement plan, excellent medical and dental plans, and more. NSU is a tobacco-free university that cares about the health and welfare of its students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors.

Responsibilities

• Provides outreach and reference services and creates, enhances, and furthers services offered to faculty, students, alumni, the local bar, and the public.
• Serves as a technologically mediated platform for institutional repository services, web, and LMS outreach.
• Provides legal research, reference assistance, and instruction both in-person and virtually.
• Manages collection services for all legal materials, primarily through the Collection Development Committee.
• Learns and stays current with best practices in legal research methods, strategies, teaching, and learning theories and follows law practice trends and technology developments.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills and leadership qualities, including the ability to effectively communicate with students to help them achieve their educational goals.
• Promotes library resources and services to students and faculty in support of the mission of the College of Law.
• Promotes student engagement with the library by providing classroom guest lectures upon request, participating in orientation, working with co-curricular organizations, and conducting workshops and research instruction on legal research topics.
• Instructs and supports students and faculty in the use of Westlaw, Lexis, learning management systems and other electronic resources.
• Leverages innovative and emerging technologies for library and law school use, assisting law faculty with using these tools to enhance classroom and experiential learning or the scholarly communications experience.
• Develops instructional modules in a variety of formats, including creating and maintaining assigned research guides and tutorials in the law library’s online collection.
• Serves on local, regional, and national law library related organizations and committees.

Requirements

• Ability to work weekend and evening hours and some holidays is required.
• Demonstrated experience with technology tools, social networking sites, and law library software and databases.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook; database and data entry skills.
• Decision-making, problem solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in all aspects of duties and responsibilities.
• Excellent organization, planning and customer services skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work cooperatively with colleagues and supervisory staff at all levels.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from an ABA Accredited Law School.
• Master of Library Science (M.L.S.)/ Master of Library and Information Science (M.L.I.S.) degree from an ALA Accredited Library School (preferred); OR current enrollment in a M.L.S./M.L.I.S. program and completion 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.
• One (1) to two (2) years of related law library or legal research experience, or relevant coursework.

Skills

• Knowledge of Westlaw, Lexis, other research databases, HTML, CSS, RSS, and AV editing software.

Benefits

NSU offers a comprehensive benefits package including tuition waiver, retirement plan, excellent medical and dental plans, and much more.

Pay

Pay is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The position requires weekend and evening hours and some holidays.