University of Detroit Mercy
Reference & Serials Librarian
University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48228
Description
Job ID AF9835 -0504-1889
Position Classification FT Administrator
Position Summary
Provide legal reference services to faculty, students, judges, lawyers, and other library patrons.
Supervise the law library serials process, to include hiring and training student worker help.
Facilitate communication between legal vendors.
Teach in the required 1L Legal Research course.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities Reference & Instruction
Provide reference services.
Provide legal research instruction.
Participate in teaching Legal Research, a required for-credit first-year course.
Technical Services
Manage the processing of serials materials.
Communicate with library vendors to resolve billing or access issues.
Manage the routing of current awareness articles.
Administrative Services
Supervise and train student workers.
Participate in collection maintenance.
Participate in collection development.
Participate in current awareness research for faculty.
Requirements Minimum Qualifications Education - Juris Doctorate & MLIS.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Exhibits a high level of interpersonal skills to understand and solve student issues. Effective at meeting deadlines and satisfying on-demand projects while multitasking.
Will quickly become proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, the Sierra integrated library system, Westlaw, Lexis, Bloomberg Law, HeinOnline, and other databases and programs.
Must be a team player with a willingness to perform other duties as assigned.
Physical Requirements The job requires repetitively lifting lightweight objects where frequent bending or stooping alternates with lighter activities.
Work Environment Occasional exposure to objectionable conditions or variations such as those found in variable weather conditions or light industrial settings.
Licenses/Certificates Will become a member of the American Assn. of Law Libraries (AALL), Michigan Assn. of Law Libraries (MichALL), and Law Librarians of Metro Detroit (LLMD). Will actively participate in association events.
Salary/Pay Information Commensurate with experience
Anticipated Schedule To be determined
Employee Benefits At the University of Detroit Mercy, we continually strive to provide a high-quality, comprehensive benefits package to our valued employees. We offer our employees the following benefits:
Medical - Three health plans to choose from with a large national provider network
Dental - UDM’s School of Dentistry FREE to you and your dependents
Option to purchase additional dental plan through UNUM
Vision - Exams and lenses every 12 months
Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Accounts offered.
Employee Assistance Program - Provided to everyone in your household.
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability.
Life and AD&D - One times base salary up to a hundred thousand dollars.
Option to purchase additional life insurance, accident insurance, and/or critical illness insurance
Tuition Remission Benefit for you, your spouse, and children.
Retirement Plan - UDM provides matches up to 8%
Michigan’s largest, most comprehensive private University, University of Detroit Mercy is an independent Catholic institution of higher education sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy and Society of Jesus. Detroit Mercy seeks qualified candidates who will contribute to the University’s mission, diversity, and excellence of its academic community. University of Detroit Mercy is an Equal Opportunity Affordative Action Employer with a diverse student body and welcomes persons of all backgrounds.
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Job ID AF9835 -0504-1889
Position Classification FT Administrator
Position Summary
Provide legal reference services to faculty, students, judges, lawyers, and other library patrons.
Supervise the law library serials process, to include hiring and training student worker help.
Facilitate communication between legal vendors.
Teach in the required 1L Legal Research course.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities Reference & Instruction
Provide reference services.
Provide legal research instruction.
Participate in teaching Legal Research, a required for-credit first-year course.
Technical Services
Manage the processing of serials materials.
Communicate with library vendors to resolve billing or access issues.
Manage the routing of current awareness articles.
Administrative Services
Supervise and train student workers.
Participate in collection maintenance.
Participate in collection development.
Participate in current awareness research for faculty.
Requirements Minimum Qualifications Education - Juris Doctorate & MLIS.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Exhibits a high level of interpersonal skills to understand and solve student issues. Effective at meeting deadlines and satisfying on-demand projects while multitasking.
Will quickly become proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, the Sierra integrated library system, Westlaw, Lexis, Bloomberg Law, HeinOnline, and other databases and programs.
Must be a team player with a willingness to perform other duties as assigned.
Physical Requirements The job requires repetitively lifting lightweight objects where frequent bending or stooping alternates with lighter activities.
Work Environment Occasional exposure to objectionable conditions or variations such as those found in variable weather conditions or light industrial settings.
Licenses/Certificates Will become a member of the American Assn. of Law Libraries (AALL), Michigan Assn. of Law Libraries (MichALL), and Law Librarians of Metro Detroit (LLMD). Will actively participate in association events.
Salary/Pay Information Commensurate with experience
Anticipated Schedule To be determined
Employee Benefits At the University of Detroit Mercy, we continually strive to provide a high-quality, comprehensive benefits package to our valued employees. We offer our employees the following benefits:
Medical - Three health plans to choose from with a large national provider network
Dental - UDM’s School of Dentistry FREE to you and your dependents
Option to purchase additional dental plan through UNUM
Vision - Exams and lenses every 12 months
Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Accounts offered.
Employee Assistance Program - Provided to everyone in your household.
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability.
Life and AD&D - One times base salary up to a hundred thousand dollars.
Option to purchase additional life insurance, accident insurance, and/or critical illness insurance
Tuition Remission Benefit for you, your spouse, and children.
Retirement Plan - UDM provides matches up to 8%
Michigan’s largest, most comprehensive private University, University of Detroit Mercy is an independent Catholic institution of higher education sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy and Society of Jesus. Detroit Mercy seeks qualified candidates who will contribute to the University’s mission, diversity, and excellence of its academic community. University of Detroit Mercy is an Equal Opportunity Affordative Action Employer with a diverse student body and welcomes persons of all backgrounds.
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