REFERENCE & INSTRUCTIONAL LIBRARIAN I or II / UMKC School of Law Library

About the role

The Leon E. Bloch Law Library at the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law seeks an Instructional and Reference Librarian. This position will provide reference and research services to the law school students, faculty, and the surrounding community and will be an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to further their skills in teaching legal research through both synchronous and asynchronous instruction.

Responsibilities

• Provide reference and research support for students, faculty, and patrons from the surrounding community
• Deliver legal research instruction to students in the JD program
• Develop legal research instructional materials to support LLM and MLS programs, and upper-level courses with research and writing requirements
• Develop expertise in digital resource management, including the Law Library’s databases, institutional repositories, and digital exhibits
• Develop and maintain legal research guides to support students and faculty
• Participate in strategic planning for the Law Library
• Cultivate strong working relationships with Law School students, faculty, and staff, UMKC library staff and faculty, and the wider law library professional community
• Serve on Law School, library, or other committees as appointed
• Pursue professional development opportunities to stay informed of current and emerging trends in law librarianship
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications: JD from an ABA accredited law school, or professional experience demonstrating legal research expertise in a law firm, court, government, or academic law library setting; and MLIS from an ALA accredited program, or current enrollment in an ALA-accredited program with an anticipated completion date.
• Core Competencies: Good written and oral communication skills, customer service skills including active listening and conflict resolution, effective problem solving, analytical, and organizational skills, innovative thinking to contribute and implement ideas for overall library improvement, knowledge of legal research techniques and tools including Westlaw and Lexis, proficiency in MS Office and online searching
• Candidates Will Be Evaluated On: Experience providing reference services (academic library preferred), experience with formal instruction and the creation of instructional materials, experience working in a library

Opportunity for promotion provided

Higher education transcripts will be required for candidates advancing as finalists

A Criminal Background Check is required prior to hire