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Assistant Director of Scholarly Services and Lecturer-in-Law - Yeshiva University

Job No: 496715 Index 815061

Position Summary:

The Assistant Director of Scholarly Services & Lecturer in Law manages the daily operations of the scholarly services offered to law school faculty, including promoting faculty scholarship through online scholarly platforms, facilitating the faculty's self-promotion of faculty research, and supporting faculty scholarship. Other duties include reference and research services to the law school community and instruction.

Position Responsibilities:

This position works closely with a team of experienced library assistants to manage the law school's institutional repository and faculty scholarly profiles. The individual in this role will make informed decisions regarding new projects, the direction of ongoing projects, and troubleshooting any issues that arise in day-to-day operations, while seeking input from their team and the Director of the Law Library. The position will also work with students and faculty.

• Develops, maintains, and promotes all aspects of the law school's institutional repository, LARC, including faculty profiles, loading content, metadata and performing outreach to the law school community to solicit new projects.
• Manages and maintains the faculty's presence on scholarly platforms including SSRN, HeinOnline, and ORCID, including managing faculty working papers.
• Develops resources and initiatives to support faculty scholarly services in collaboration with the Director of the Law Library and Head of Reference.
• Annually assesses faculty services and scholarly service initiatives using available and relevant data in coordination with the Head of Reference.
• Prepares and maintains scholarly services policies and workflows.
• Serves as a library representative on the law school's Editorial Board with the intention of providing context to faculty scholarship and facilitating communication between the library and other law school departments in support of faculty scholarship.
• Remains current on trends and developments in institutional repositories including discoverability, preservation, and visibility of faculty scholarship.
• Provides in-person and virtual reference services on an active reference desk, fulfills faculty research requests, and updates research guides.
• Teaches two, one-credit advanced legal research classes to upper-level law students per academic year with the opportunity for additional ad hoc instruction.
• Supervises librarians and library staff including hiring, assigning work, and mentoring.
• Maintains the Law School's print archive collection.
• Maintains and monitors library social media communication.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Director of the Library.

Experience & Educational Background:

Required qualifications:

• Master's in Library Science (MLS), Master's in Library Information Studies (MLIS), or closely related discipline from an ALA-accredited institution or foreign equivalent.
• Juris Doctor (J.D.) or foreign equivalent.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in institutional repository administration.
• Preferred qualifications:
• Deep knowledge of Digital Commons.
• Supervisory and people management experience.
• Interest in print archives and social media.

Skills & Competencies:

• Commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion in our workplace and in the systems, services, and collections.
• Working in a collaborative and collegial space.
• Building and managing diverse relationships within the library and law school, and with vendors.
• Leading teams, embracing change, and fostering innovation.
• Developing direct reports.
• Robust organizational abilities.
• Effective communication skills (listening, speaking and writing).
• Managing time across multiple projects.
• Developing efficient work processes.
• Planning and executing multiple scholarly services projects with multiple stakeholders.

Application Instructions:

Cover Letter and CV required
Salary Range: $98,000-$103,000

About Us:

The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law is a leader in legal education, located in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. The law school is renowned for its program in intellectual property, which includes the FAME Center for Fashion, Arts, Media and Entertainment Law. Cardozo Law has a long tradition of public advocacy and is the birthplace of the Innocence Project and the home of our Center for Rights and Justice. Cardozo offers a world-class faculty and encourages creative thinking and innovation in the legal profession. Cardozo provides students with a strong foundation in legal theory combined with practical hands-on experience in a variety of areas including criminal law, civil rights law, and business law. The school prides itself on creating a vibrant and warm community for faculty, staff and students.A division of Yeshiva University, Cardozo Law School offers an excellent compensation package, and a broad range of employee benefit plans. The law school is a secular institution within a religious university and welcomes people of all religions, ethnic backgrounds, races and sexual identities.

To apply, visit https://apptrkr.com/3962855 

Yeshiva University is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Head of Acquisitions and Collection Development - Yeshiva University

Job No: 496716

Work Type: Staff Full-time
Department: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Location: Brookdale Center, 55 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY
Categories: Legal, Library 

Position Summary:

The Head of Acquisitions and Collection Development provides leadership in all aspects of library acquisitions and collection development and management, including strategic planning, budget, and policies. The position works closely with the Director of the Law Library and Systems and Emerging Technologies Librarian while managing a small team of librarians and library assistants.Position Responsibilities:This position supervises a team of library staff members including librarians and library assistants. Maintains the library's acquisition budget in coordination with the Director of the Law Library. Works closely with the Systems and Emerging Technologies Librarian to provide relevant data analysis for the library's collections. Entrusted to make suggestions about the collection including the selection and deselection of materials, print, and electronic.

• Coordinates acquisitions of print and electronic resources, including supervision of staff who place orders, pay invoices, and receive shipments.
• Oversees processing of new materials and ensures invoices are paid in a timely manner.
• Serves as primary contact for vendors, including research of new vendors and vendor negotiations.
• Manages the acquisitions budget in coordination with the Director of the Law Library and produces financial reports to track monies allocated, encumbered, and expended.
• Maintains a collection that serves the needs of the Cardozo Law School community through maintenance, selection, and deselection of print and electronic resources.
• Chairs the library's Collections Committee comprised of the librarians and library assistants that work closely with the collection.
• Creates and maintains policies, including the collection development policy, and efficient workflows ensuring effective acquisition, cataloging, and processing of library materials.
• Cultivates a culture of assessment to inform new purchases, renewals, and retention decisions.
• Maintains an awareness of the trends and issues affecting acquisitions and collection management and development.
• Supervises library staff including hiring, assigning work, and mentoring.
• Staffs the circulation and reference desks as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Director of the Law Library.

Experience & Educational Background: 

Required qualifications:

• Master's in Library Science (MLS), Master's in Library Information Studies (MLIS), or closely related discipline from an ALA-accredited institution or foreign equivalent.
• Budget and billing experience.
• Project management experience.
• Preferred qualifications:
• 1 or more years of library acquisitions and collection development experience.
• Knowledge of Sierra.
• Experience in a law library, academic or firm.
• Supervisory and people management experience.
• Juris Doctor (J.D.) or foreign equivalent.

• Commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion in our workplace and in the systems, services, and collections.
• Working in a collaborative and collegial space.
• Building and managing diverse relationships within the library and law school, and with vendors.
• Leading teams, embracing change, and fostering innovation.
• Developing direct reports.
• Robust organizational abilities.
• Effective communication skills (listening, speaking and writing).
• Managing time across multiple projects.
• Developing efficient work processes.
• Being open and receptive to the evolving nature of library acquisitions and collections.
• Planning and executing collections-focused projects.

• Cover letter and CV required
• Salary Range:$87,000-$92,000

About Us:

The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law is a leader in legal education, located in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. The law school is renowned for its program in intellectual property, which includes the FAME Center for Fashion, Arts, Media and Entertainment Law. Cardozo Law has a long tradition of public advocacy and is the birthplace of the Innocence Project and the home of our Center for Rights and Justice. Cardozo offers a world-class faculty and encourages creative thinking and innovation in the legal profession. Cardozo provides students with a strong foundation in legal theory combined with practical hands-on experience in a variety of areas including criminal law, civil rights law, and business law. The school prides itself on creating a vibrant and warm community for faculty, staff and students.A division of Yeshiva University, Cardozo Law School offers an excellent compensation package, and a broad range of employee benefit plans. The law school is a secular institution within a religious university and welcomes people of all religions, ethnic backgrounds, races and sexual identities.Equal Employment Opportunity:Yeshiva University is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Application Instructions:

To apply, visit https://apptrkr.com/3962815 

Yeshiva University is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Library Resource Manager - Wachtell, Lipton

Wachtell, Lipton is a prominent AmLaw 100 firm with a single office in New York City.  The person hired will join a cohesive library staff, all of whom work a hybrid schedule.  The position will supervise a small technical services group.  We are looking for a person with high-energy, good managerial and interpersonal skills, a demonstrated affinity for technology, significant experience with some or all of our platforms or similar ones, and a willingness and ability to grow, to reach, and to teach others.

Job Description:

This position has primary responsibility for managing the technical services functions and staff, including the ILS, content aggregator, and Research Monitor.

Specific responsibilities :

• Administers the department’s integrated library system (catalog, serials control, acquisitions, routing, etc.)
• Develops, implements and maintains library technical services policies and procedures
• Supervises technical services staff and trains them as needed
• Performs original and copy cataloging of new materials (including electronic resources)
• Plans for future development of cataloging systems and procedures
• Manages the processing, routing and curation of electronic resources and news via our ILS and our content aggregator platforms (Convergence, AcquireMedia, Meltwater)
• Administers, updates and troubleshoots Research Monitor
• Prepares and maintains training materials
• Participates in updating the attorney publications database

Job & Educational Requirements

• MLS from an ALA accredited library school
• Proficiency with OCLC and applying LC classification and standard cataloging rules (MARC, AACR2) including work with authority files
• Proficiency with administering all aspects of an integrated library system (Horizon or EOS strongly preferred)
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in a legal library, at least 1 of which must be in a supervisory position
• Knowledge of legal publishing and materials, especially electronic resources
• Experience with content/news aggregators (Convergence preferred, Newsdesk, others)
• Understanding of copyright management and licensing requirements for libraries
• Some familiarity with legal databases, e.g. Lexis, Westlaw, Bloomberg Law
• Excellent computer skills, including proficiency with Word, Excel, Outlook, Acrobat, RSS, and other file formats
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a highly pressured environment
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, supervisory and writing skills
• Strong analytical and organizational abilities
• Excellent project management and training skills

Contact and Other Information: 

The estimated salary range for this position is $110,000 to $140,000. The actual salary offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including relevant skills, training, experience, education.   Market and Firm factors are also considered. In addition to base salary and discretionary bonus, we offer a generous employee benefits package including, but not limited to, paid time off, medical, dental, vision care, 401(k), life insurance and health club discounts.

To apply for this position, submit your resume and a cover letter to [email protected]

Technology and Reference Librarian - Brooklyn Law School

Employer Statement:  

Founded in 1901, Brooklyn Law School is a distinguished, independent law school located in Brooklyn Heights, New York. The Law School is searching for a Technology and Reference Librarian to serve both the community and library needs by managing the operations of the Library's Student Computing Network and supporting the Library’s vision for library and education technology. The Law School’s size, vibrant employee and student population, and commitment to providing the best legal education, will offer a candidate the opportunity to develop and diversify practical skills and be a part of operating a successful educational institution.~

Job Description:  

• Manage the operations of the Library's Student Computing Network, including the supervisor of 2 full-time and 8 part-time computer technicians.
• Provide technology support for library functions.
• Recommend, implement, and manage library and education technology.
• Coordinate library and education technology needs with the law school information technology department.
• Document and update policies and procedures for library and education technology support.
• Collect and report appropriate user and system statistics; provide year-end reports.
• Maintain access to digital resources and collections.
• Maintain institutional repository and/or manage digitization projects.
• Develop web page content, including resource guides and other instructional content.
• Provide reference and research support to patrons in person and virtually.
• Participate in formal and informal library and education technology instruction for law school faculty, librarians, students, and staff. Participate in the development of library instructional materials.
• Teach and provide reference support on some evenings and weekends.
• Other duties as assigned.
• A hybrid work schedule is possible.

Job & Educational Requirements:  

• M.L.S from an ALA, or equivalent, accredited institution;
• ABA accredited JD, equivalent foreign degree, or a degree in computer or technical field, preferred;
• Proficiency at data entry;
• Ability to understand and apply best practices based on school library policies and procedures;
• Must be team player, detail oriented, and have strong customer service orientation skills;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential;
• Strong computer skills in MS Outlook and Microsoft Office Suite are essential;
• Proficiency with web design and familiarity with web standards and usability practices preferred;
• Demonstrated commitment to emerging library practices and technologies preferred;
• Familiarity with one or more integrated library systems preferred;
• Familiarity with cataloging and metadata standards for e-resources preferred;
• Experience teaching or training people to use legal research tools; providing reference and instructional services in a law library setting preferred

To apply go to this job posting: https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=e0fa6580-5a25-4920-bd72-ba16832be1dd&ccId=1586553153951955_5003&jobId=453655&lang=en_US&source=ENThis position is available immediately; applications will be reviewed upon receipt and will continue to be reviewed until the position is filled. 

Reference & Outreach - Brooklyn Law School (Brooklyn, New York)

Employer Statement:  

Founded in 1901, Brooklyn Law School is a distinguished, independent law school located in Brooklyn Heights, New York. The Law School is searching for a Reference and Outreach Librarian to support the research and instructional needs of BLS faculty, students, and other library users. The Law School’s size, vibrant employee and student population, and commitment to providing the best legal education, will offer a candidate the opportunity to develop and diversify practical skills and participate be part of a successful educational institution.~

Job Description:  

• Provides general in-person and virtual reference services, including desk hours, research consultations; collection development; research guide development; and presentations.
• Perform extensive, in-depth, expert legal, non-legal and bibliographic research in-person and virtually.
• Liaise with in the Library’s faculty, student, and administrative department liaison program which includes consultations to determine needs;design research project to satisfy needs; and efficient project implementation.
• Formal and informal legal research and library instruction.
• Assist in the development of library instructional materials.
• Manage and coordinate library outreach and communication activities.
• Teach and the staff the reference desk on some evenings and weekends.
• Actively participate in professional development.
• Other duties as assigned.
• A hybrid work schedule is possible.

Job & Educational Requirements:  

• M.L.S. (or equivalent) from an ALA accredited library school;
• ABA accredited JD (or equivalent foreign degree) highly preferred, or 3-4 years legal research instruction experience;
• Strong information technology skills;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work within a team;
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and execute tasks with strong attention to detail;
• Strong commitment to meeting deadlines; Ability to work both independently and as a team member in a fast-paced environment

Contact Information & Application Instructions:  To apply and for more information, go this url: https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=e0fa6580-5a25-4920-bd72-ba16832be1dd&ccId=1586553153951955_5003&jobId=453654&lang=en_US&source=ENThis position is available immediately; applications will be reviewed upon receipt and will continue to be reviewed until the position is filled.