Davis - UC Davis - Research & Digital Initiatives Librarian

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RECRUITMENT PERIOD
Open date: January 25th, 2018
Next review date: February 28th, 2018
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: March 31st, 2018
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

DESCRIPTION
The UCDavis Mabie Law Library is recruiting for a full-time career Librarian.

The Mabie Law Library is an integral part of the UC Davis School of Law, and provides services that support the teaching, research, and scholarship of its students and faculty. The Library’s collection and staff are housed in Martin Luther King Jr. Hall on the Davis campus. The Library has access to more than 10,000 databases which are provided through its library licenses, campus, and UC-wide license agreements.

Position Duties:
Collaborate with research and reference librarians to plan and deliver library services to law students, faculty and other patrons of the Law Library. Work as part of the research team to plan, support and deliver library services in support of the scholarship, teaching and research mission of the School of Law. Help develop programs to deliver resources to students, faculty and others through library orientation, reference desk assistance, training programs, and overall library functions. Assist with preparing training materials and teaching legal research applications to students in various clinics and doctrinal classes, as well as RA’s, journal students, externs, interns, etc. Participate in regularly taught legal research courses such as Advanced Legal Research. Assist in the development of programs to deliver and support empirical research and scholarship for faculty and students. Have regularly scheduled hours on the reference desk.

Participate in the instructional commitments of law librarians in the law school curriculum. Support the continuing efforts to improve existing courses, and assist with the development of specialized research courses such as short courses on Intellectual Property, Environmental Law, International Law, and other certificate subjects.

Work in collaboration with Technical Services department to create and maintain standards for digital materials. Develop efficient methods for creating and preserving long term digital library content. Revise and establish procedures for archival collection description and expansion of archival materials. Explore new methods of accessing and creating library metadata for use in a variety of discovery platforms. Implement advances in metadata and cataloguing to mmaximize intellectual access to collection information. Provide remote and onsite support for users of library digital content. Keep abreast of technological changes in the library profession to promote the library’s mission.

Contribute to overall planning, strategy, policies, collections, problem-solving and daily operations. Participate in the planning, development and evaluation of library services. The position reports to the Research Services and Content and Collection Services department heads.

The position is represented by a collective bargaining unit and will work some evening and weekend hours.

Qualifications:
• ABA-accredited JD and ALA-accredited MLS degree.
• Demonstrated experience in using basic legal sources, both print and electronic materials.
• Proficient experience with computerized applications (particularly legal research and library systems, library or archival management, or database management).
• Demonstrated knowledge of bibliographic record principles and ILS operations.
• Relevant work experience in an academic law library or professional legal experience.
• A strong service orientation toward all library patrons with special attention to law faculty and students.
• Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work with initiative and flexibility in order to respond effectively to changing information needs.
• Collegiality which fosters team building among librarians and staff so as to constantly improve service.
• Active participation in the intellectual and administrative life of the Law School.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.

REQUIREMENTS / DOCUMENTS
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Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

Statement of Contributions to Diversity - Diversity contributions documented in the application file will be used to evaluate applicants. Visit http://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/diversity/equity_inclusion/index.html for guidelines about writing a diversity statement and why one is requested.

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