Drake University Law Library: Reference Librarian [ad for listservs and e-distribution]
Drake
University Law Library is seeking a Reference Librarian with a strong service orientation
to help provide patron services to members of the
Responsibilities:
The Reference
Librarian provides reference services (including one evening per week during the
regular academic year), coordinates reference operations, provides bibliographic
instruction, prepares and updates research guides and other library publications,
supervises the Public Services
Administrative Assistant, oversees
interlibrary loan and document delivery services, schedules Information Desk staffing,
and is responsible for other administrative duties as assigned.
Required:
MLS degree
from an ALA-accredited institution; library and reference experience; knowledge
of print and electronic information resources; demonstrated administrative and organizational
ability; excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
Preferred:
J.D. degree
from an ABA-accredited institution; relevant experience in an academic law library.
Salary and Benefits:
Salary
commensurate with qualifications and experience. Excellent fringe benefits, including
TIAA/CREF and tuition waivers for employee and dependents.
Other:
A
charter member of the Association of American Law Schools and one of 80 law
schools authorized to have a chapter of The Order of the Coif,
A full job
description and further information about
To Apply:
For
consideration please email a cover letter, a resume, and names of three references
to
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Associate Professor David Hanson, Search Committee Chair, Drake University Law
Library, 2507 University Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50311-4505.
The
position is available on January 5, 2009.
Applications
will be accepted immediately and until the position is filled; however, applications
submitted before October 1, 2008 will receive priority consideration.
7/24/2008