[LAW-LIB:59562] Position Announcement: Reference Librarian, Southern Illinois University School of Law Library

From: Candle Marie Wester-Mittan (cmwestermittan@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Jul 22 2009 - 09:01:38 PDT

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    *POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT*

    Reference Librarian

    Southern Illinois University School of Law Library

    The School of Law Library at Southern Illinois University is accepting
    applications for the position of Reference Librarian, a full time
    tenure-track library faculty position with the rank of Assistant Professor.
    The library staff includes six professional librarians and ten civil service
    support staff. The library is administratively independent and serves a law
    school faculty of about 35, a law student body of about 360, a university
    community of more than 20,000, and the legal community and general public of
    the entire southern Illinois region. The library holds more than 400,000
    volumes and volume-equivalents, uses the OCLC and INNOPAC automated systems,
    and actively incorporates access to electronic materials into its
    information resources and technological solutions into its daily operations.
    Further information about the Library and the School is available at
    http://www.law.siu.edu.
    *

    POSITION
    *. Reference Librarian, Southern Illinois University School of Law Library,
    Carbondale, Illinois*

    QUALIFICATIONS.
    **Required:* MLS, MLIS, MIS, or equivalent degree from an ALA-accredited
    program by date of hire; JD degree from ABA-accredited school by date of
    hire; knowledge of legal bibliography and legal research techniques,
    including the use of Westlaw, LexisNexis, the Internet, and other electronic
    legal information resources; excellent interpersonal skills and proficiency
    in oral and written communication; ability to work effectively in both a
    team setting and independently; and strong service orientation.
    *Preferred:*Professional reference experience, preferably in an
    academic law library;
    teaching experience; and knowledge and experience in Web site construction,
    design, and management applications, including current authoring languages,
    editing and authoring tools, and related Web site technologies.*

    RESPONSIBILITIES.
    *Responsible for providing reference, research, and instructional assistance
    to faculty, students, and staff of the School of Law, the University
    community, and the general public. The Reference Librarian teaches legal
    research in the law school’s first-year, two-semester Lawyering Skills
    Program and may assist in the Advanced Legal Research course as well as
    participate in other formal and informal legal research instruction to law
    students. The incumbent will also be responsible for developing and
    maintaining the School of Law Library’s Web site in collaboration with the
    law library faculty and staff. Complete job description available at
    http://www.law.siu.edu/employment.*

    AVAILABLE.
    *Immediately. Review of applications begins August 22, 2009, and will
    continue until the position is filled.*

    SALARY.
    *Competitive and commensurate with qualifications*

    TO APPLY.
    *Applications should be submitted electronically at
    http://www.law.siu.edu/employment. A complete application will require a
    letter of application, résumé, and the names of three references. The letter
    should be addressed to:*

    Douglas Lind

    Law Library Director and Associate Professor of Law

    School of Law Library, Mail Code 6803

    Southern Illinois University

    1150 Douglas Drive

    Carbondale, Illinois 62901
    **

    SIUC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer that strives to
    enhance its ability to develop a diverse faculty and staff and to increase
    its potential to serve a diverse student population. All applications are
    welcomed and encouraged and will receive consideration.
    *



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