The Position Announcement posted last Thursday contained an omission. The corrected Announcement follows below. The phrase omitted identifies "evening/weekend Public Services functions" as part of this Librarian's primary responsibilities. My apologies for any confusion and for having to post this Announcement a second time. - Thomas D. Watts.
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Reader Services Librarian: Whittier Law School, Orange County, CA. Available immediately. Responsibilities: assists the Public Services Librarian in supervising the department's paraprofessional and student staff in order to enhance the delivery of services to the Library's clientele which includes faculty, students, attorneys and the general public. Participates in the direct provision of public services to the Library's clientele and assumes primary responsibility for circulation, for ILL and database searching for the faculty and for evening/weekend Public Services functions. Participates in planning and developing public services for law library clientele.
Required: MLS from ALA-approved library/information science school; excellent communication, interpersonal and task-management skills. Strong service orientation. Preferred: law library experience and working knowledge of legal bibliography and current information technology, such as PC-based networked environments, library automation systems, LEXIS-NEXIS, WESTLAW, DIALOG and the Internet. Interest in developing and maintaining World Wide Web pages. Salary: commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits.
Campus and community: Whittier College was founded in 1887 and the Law School was established in 1975. The School is fully accredited by both the ABA and the AALS, with a faculty of 28 and 625 students in full- and part-time programs. The School's Web home-page can be found at: http://www.law.whittier.edu. Whittier Law School's new, 15-acre, state-of-the-art campus is located 2 blocks north of the 405 freeway in the central Orange County community of Costa Mesa, CA. The School is within 10 miles of Disneyland, Newport Beach, South Coast Plaza, University of California at Irvine, South Coast Repertory Theatre and Orange County Performing Arts Center.
Library Environment: The new, 45,000 square-foot Library has over 300,000 volumes (including microforms) and receives 3700 current serials. The Library staff is composed of 8 professionals, 7 paraprofessionals and 3.5 FTE support staff. All of the professionals have an MLS degree (or international equivalent) and 3 staff members possess the JD or another advanced degree. The Library seeks to provide a collegial, non-hierarchical environment in which staff members have regular opportunities to design, propose and implement new systems and procedures. The Library utilizes a PC-based local area network with access to local CD-ROM drives, the Internet and the current library online system.
Application: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. To apply, send a cover letter, resume and the name, address and telephone number of at least 3 references to: Thomas D. Watts, Public Services Librarian, Whittier Law School Library, 3333 Harbor Boulevard, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.
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