Access Services Librarian

Access Services Librarian Department: Law Library Rank and Salary: Assistant Librarian to Librarian ($61,920 -  $92,345) Position Availability: June 15, 2024 Application deadline for first consideration: May 14, 2024     The UCLA Law Library seeks a highly collaborative user-focused librarian to manage access, information, and outreach services to the UCLA School of Law community and to provide basic research and reference services to Law Library users from the circulation desk.   Position Duties Under the general direction of the Director, Access & Information Services (AIS), the Access Services Librarian participates in the delivery of services to the Law Library's users. This includes working from the circulation desk to provide basic research and reference services to School of Law faculty and students and other library visitors, creating training materials for the AIS department, and liaising with other Law Library units to provide library services. The Librarian coordinates the development, maintenance, and updating of the Law Library intranet and makes significant contributions to its content. The Librarian serves as assistant to the Department Head.  These responsibilities require in-depth knowledge of library circulation policies and procedures and a basic knowledge of complex legal sources in a variety of formats, including online databases, as well as the ability to contribute to making the library hospitable and responsive to the needs of the Law School community.  The Librarian administers the library’s access policies, including coordinating CSO coverage of the library’s access control desk and the After-Hours Reading Room.   The Access Services Librarian supervises the Public Services Projects Coordinator and oversees and prioritizes all assigned projects in coordination with the AIS director and Law Library director.   Specific duties and responsibilities include:

• Assisting the AIS director in overseeing all of the daily operations of the AIS department, including the recommending and enforcing of all department policies and procedures, with the goal of furthering the service mission of the library.
• Creating, implementing, and maintaining the Law Library’s preservation and archival policies and procedures for both print and digital formats, in consultation with the Head of Collection Development.
• Assisting with curation of the Law School History Archives.
• Creating and managing the library’s outreach programs, including the library’s Stressbuster and Student Wellness programming and incoming law student orientation.
• Administering all aspects of the Law Library emergency plan.
• Overseeing MyLaw (the Law School’s internal information and communication portal) and providing the Law School community with direct MyLaw training and support.
• Creating and distributing all AIS marketing and outreach content, including print materials and social media posts.
• Reviewing and updating the library’s public website

  The ideal candidate will possess enthusiasm for and commitment to exploring and assessing ways to improve and expand services and procedures; demonstrated ability to implement new programs; analytical skills to critically assess their effectiveness; and the flexibility to adapt them as needed.   The successful candidate will be committed to promoting and enhancing diversity through engagement with and promotion of the [UCLA Principles of Community]( http://www.ucla.edu/about/mission-and-values);   Description of Unit The UCLA School of Law has approximately 1,100 law students, 100 full- and part-time faculty, and more than 150 law school staff. The School has a varied and demanding curriculum, highly productive faculty, an extensive clinical and externship program, more than a dozen research centers and programs, and 15 law journals. The Law Library also supplies legal resources for other UCLA faculty, students, and staff with a need for such materials. Use of the Law Library is also made by members of the UCLA community and members of the bench and bar.   The Law Library serves the Law School faculty and students as their basic library and study resource for instruction and research. The Law Library also supplies legal resources for other UCLA faculty, students, and staff. The Law Library is one of the larger professional school libraries on campus and has 18 librarians and 13 staff members. Its annual budget is approximately $6 million. The library offers users an impressive print collection and a vast array of electronic resources and databases. The administration of the Law Library is headed by the Director of the Law Library, who reports to the Dean of the School of Law. The day-to-day functions of the library are divided into five sections, each headed by a Director: Access and Information Services; Bibliographic Services and Collection Management; Empirical Research Group; Research Assistant Program; and Reference and Research Services. The library also hires a large number of law students as research assistants who are assigned to work on various projects for faculty, as well as numerous other student employees throughout the library. The Law Library has a beautiful facility that opened in the fall of 1998.   Anyone wishing to be considered for this position should apply here: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09361

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