VU Libraries Employment Opportunities

REFERENCE / FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW LIBRARIAN / LECTURER-IN-LAW, LAW LIBRARY, 40 HPW

DESCRIPTION: The Alyne Queener Massey Law Library at Vanderbilt University seeks a creative, energetic, and highly customer-oriented librarian with expertise in foreign & international legal research, or an interest in developing such an expertise. The Reference / Foreign & International Law Librarian will provide legal research and reference services and participate in the faculty liaison program, as well as teach legal research classes in the first-year Legal Research & Writing program. The person in this position will also have an opportunity to develop and teach an upper-division legal research course. This position reports to the Director of the Law Library.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide research and reference services for students, faculty, and other members of the Vanderbilt community
Teach legal research skills in the first-year Legal Research & Writing program
Develop and teach an upper-division specialized legal research course
Participate in collection development activities
Maintain professional growth by participating in educational programs and activities to ensure knowledge of current trends, practices, and developments. Participate in the work of University Libraries committees.
Perform related duties as required.

QUALIFICATIONS: Required: J.D. from an ABA accredited law school and an M.L.S. from an ALA accredited library school. Substantial knowledge of legal bibliography and legal research techniques in both print and electronic formats. Significant experience providing legal research and reference services in a law library. Teaching experience. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Strong service orientation, and the ability to interact positively with law faculty, students, colleagues, and public patrons. Preferred Qualifications: Expertise in foreign & international legal research or an interest in developing such an expertise.

ENVIRONMENT: With a collection of over 600,000 volumes and access to leading legal electronic resources, the Alyne Queener Massey Law Library supports the curriculum, the research interests of the students and faculty, and the editorial needs of four student publications. The library is also a select depository for U.S. government documents. As part of Vanderbilt University's Jean and Alexander Heard Library, the Massey Law Library provides access to a broad range of non-legal resources, including business, science, and medical publications. More information can be found at http://law.vanderbilt.edu/library/index.aspx.

The Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University has a staff of over 200, an annual budget exceeding $23 million, over 3.4 million volumes, 3 million microforms, and 55,000 serials, of which some 47,000 are available electronically. The Heard Library includes nine libraries, the campus learning management system and Vanderbilt Television News Archives.

The Library is a member of the Association of Research Libraries, the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries, and other organizations, as well. Vanderbilt University is ranked as one of the nation's top 20 universities by U.S. News, with several programs and disciplines ranking in the top 10. For more information, please see http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualtour/.

COMPENSATION: Salary commensurate with education and experience. Benefits are those applicable to exempt employees of Vanderbilt University, including health care insurance; retirement plan options; tuition discount program; and paid vacation, holiday, and sick leave.

APPLICATIONS: Applications should include a statement of interest, a curriculum vitae and a list of confidential references. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the new person has been selected. Please apply online at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/work-at-vanderbilt/ and refer to Job Number 1203353.

TERM LIBRARY ASSISTANT III, CENTRAL LIBRARY, 40 HPW, 6-MONTH TERM
Functional Title: Central Circulation Assistant

DESCRIPTION: Please note this is a 6-month term position. The Term Library Assistant III provides support for the service desk operation of the Central Library. The person in this position serves as backup for many functions handled by the Service Desk Supervisor, participates in desk service and the supervision of student employees.

Key Functions and Responsibilities:

45% Patron Service Duties: two - three hours scheduled on the public service desk daily, providing front line service, supervising and training student workers at the service desk. Participate in rotation for opening library on Saturdays (about one week/month). Coordinate staffing of the discharge unit with Collection Maintenance Supervisor. Responsible for opening the library in the absence of the Desk Supervisor. Handle In-transit materials. Manage renewal of locked carrel charges; manage process of carrel assignments, keys and deposits for keys.

40% Administrative Duties: Backup on handling all daily circulation reports. Responsible for handling daily recall and available notices, pulling expired holds from the hold shelf. Handle daily income reports and fine income. Prepare daily deposit and balance with Acorn reports and deposit funds monthly. Prepare monthly reports of the income deposited. Transfer student account transmittals and clear patron records for billed items and submit credits to student accounts as needed. Manage bi-weekly reports of books discharged from lost-missing-withdrawn process. Prepare and manage new book displays.

15% Other Duties as Assigned: Building signage, Library phone messages; liaison with book repair. Committee participation.

QUALIFICATIONS: This position requires a bachelor's degree and one year of experience or the equivalent. This position also requires the ability to lift books and other materials up to 50lbs and the ability to push a book cart up to 300lbs. Moderate physical activity such as walking, standing, bending, stretching, stooping are required. Preferred qualifications: Preference will be given to candidates who have at least one year of library experience; cash-handling experience; customer service and supervisory experience.

Additional Information:

This is a full-time, non-exempt position (40 hours per week) for a 6-month term.
The work hours are Monday – Friday, 7:30 am – 4:30 pm and candidates must be able to participate in the Saturday rotation for opening the library every 4th Saturday from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm during the academic year.
Salary commensurate with education and experience; minimum $12.00/hour.
Term appointments are treated like regular staff positions for benefits eligibility and vacation, holiday, and sick time accrual.

APPLICATIONS: Interested applicants must apply to be considered: this posting will expire April 30, 2012. Please apply online at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/work-at-vanderbilt/ and refer to Job Number 1203028.

(Updated 04/26/2012)

The following positions are vacant in the Library system:

REFERENCE / FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW LIBRARIAN / LECTURER-IN-LAW, LAW LIBRARY, 40 HPW

TERM LIBRARY ASSISTANT III, CENTRAL LIBRARY, 40 HPW (6 MONTH TERM)

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