Associate Librarian for Public Services

Job Description Summary

Faculty are essential to Liberty University’s mission of Training Champions for Christ. It is expected that ‎‎‎‎‎a faculty member model a personal commitment to the goals and values of Liberty University, engage ‎‎‎‎‎in an active commitment to, and experience of, personal spiritual formation within a biblically informed ‎‎‎‎‎Christian worldview. Faculty should view their teaching, engagement with students, and scholarship as a ‎‎‎means to a significant educational ‎‎end. They should strive to employ a variety of techniques for the ‎‎‎development of good learning ‎‎conditions, view each student as a unique individual, and insofar as it is ‎‎‎possible, provide for individual ‎‎differences, abilities, and interests. ‎

The Associate Librarian for Public Services is responsible for enhancing the library’s impact on its patrons through reference assistance, marketing/outreach, and oversight of access services. The Associate Librarian remains current on trends in legal information and technology and works closely with other librarians and the Director of the Law Library in the performance of his/her duties.

Essential Functions And Responsibilities

• Provide individual legal reference services to members of the law school community
• Author research guides, finding aids, and instructional materials
• Manage and support two Circulation Supervisors
• Communicate with the law school faculty to support their research interests
• Train faculty research assistants as needed
• Conduct library programs and tours
• Coordinate library outreach services to student organizations
• Collaborate with other librarians in selecting materials for purchase
  
  
  

Education and Experience

• Master of Library and Information Science (M.L.I.S.) from an ALA-accredited library school, or equivalent
• Juris Doctor preferred
• Law library or comparable experience
  
  
  

Disclaimer Liberty University’s hiring practices and EEO Statement are fully in compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the “religion” component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment preference to members of their own religion. Liberty University is in that category.