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Senior Law Librarian at the Utica Supreme Court Library, Utica, New
York. This is a competitive/provisional position in the New York State
Unified Court System. Base Salary is $48,180/annually.
An appointment will be made from this posting only in the event no
Permanent appointment is made from the existing civil service eligible
list. Under the existing rules for the Unified Court System, an
appointment may be made on a provisional basis if there is no eligible
list for the position. To be appointed on a permanent basis, you will
have take the exam and be among the top three acceptors.
Qualifications: One (1) year of permanent, competitive class service in
the Law Librarian title or Masters degree from an accredited school of
Library Science and three (3) years of work experience in a law library
or a library specializing in the social sciences, e.g., political
science, economics, business, criminal justice, sociology or Law Degree
from an accredited law school and three (3) years of work experience in
a law library or library specializing in social sciences, e.g.,
political science, economics, business, criminal justice, sociology or
An equivalent combination of education and experience. While these are
minimum qualifications for this title, consideration may be given to
education and experience directly related to the assignment.
Distinguishing Features of Work: Under supervision of the Principal Law
Librarian, Senior Law Librarians provide professional library services
by implementing policies, making acquisitions, performing original
cataloging and classifying materials using international computer-based
systems or manual systems based on standard library guidelines. They
coordinate and implement resource sharing. Assist in budget preparation
and resource allocation, and perform other related library and
administrative duties. Senior Law Librarians supervise Law Librarians
and clerical personnel. They may perform legal research, oversee
chambers collections. Senior Law Librarians generally have
responsibility for legal research collections that include legal
research materials relating to specialized areas of the law that are not
generally found in standard collections, that have on-site access to one
or more automated research systems used on a regular basis, and that
regularly serve a large number of judges. They may coordinate operations
of a few geographically separate legal research collections.
Assignment: Reviews and evaluates legal research materials in all
formats to identify items to be added or withdrawn from the collections.
Operates and helps evaluate library systems, manual and automated and
prepares summaries and reports of systems operations. Classifies and
originally catalogs new items in the collection according to library
classification schedule and established guidelines and constantly
monitors effectiveness of collection organization. Answers reference
queries from library users in person and by telephone using all
available library resources. Consults with judges and their staff on
legal problems and identifies research alternatives. Trains and
supervises subordinate staff, makes work assignments, monitors progress
and evaluates staff performance. Prepares reports and monitors
expenditures of legal research budgets for libraries and for chambers
collections and provides information for budget compilation or
monitoring.
General Information: The above statements are intended to describe the
general nature and level of work being performed by persons assigned to
this title. They do not include all job duties performed by employees in
this title and every position does not necessarily require the same
duties. Although a position is available and situated at a specific
location, the appointee may be subject to reassignment to any position
in the same title in this promotion unit dependent upon the needs of the
Unified Court System. All applications received from this announcement
may be used to fill any vacancies in this title that may occur in this
court or agency within the next three (3) months.
All interested persons meeting the minimum qualifications are encouraged
to submit a UCS-5 application for employment for (obtained from any
administrative office in a court building) and/or a resume to:
Frank T. Jordan, Executive Assistant
Fifth Judicial District Office
Onondaga County Office Building
600 South State Street, Room 105
Syracuse, New York 13202
Applications must be postmarked or received by: May 3, 2000.
The New York State Unified Court System is an equal opportunity
employer. Women, minorities and individuals with disabilities are
encouraged to apply.
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