| Description: |
LIBRARY ASSOCIATES seeks an experienced Research Librarian for a newly created full-time (possibly part-time) position in a reputable law firm in the Bay Area, CA.
Primary Responsibilities
- Provides legal and non-legal research assistance to lawyers, law clerks, paralegals, and staff.
- Compiles guides to the library's collection and subject bibliographies (print and electronic) on topics of current interest.
- Supports the development of the library intranet site for all firm offices.
- Participates in various in-house library instruction and orientation programs.
- Stays current on rapidly changing technology developments relating to online research services (e.g., Lexis and Westlaw) and assists patrons with questions related to these services.
- Helps with the automated tracking of case dockets using CourtLink and CourtExpress.
- Performs research using both online and print resources.
- Provides training assistance in using electronic resources to lawyers, law clerks, and paralegals, and staff.
- Assists library's inter-library loan section maintain borrowing and lending records and processes inter-library loan requests as needed.
- Represents the firm's library at professional association meetings that fall within the purview of research services.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Timely and regular attendance.
Qualifications
- Master's degree in library science from an ALA-accredited school preferred.
- J.D. from an ABA-accredited school preferred.
- Minimum of 2 years experience in a law firm library.
- Demonstrated competence in performing legal and business research.
- Familiarity with Lexis Nexis, Westlaw, Dialog and the use of the Internet for legal and non-legal research.
- Ability to learn new online and Internet research tools quickly.
- Knowledge of HTML preferred.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills and ability to work well under pressure.
Compensation
Commensurate with experience. Benefits if full-time position.
To Apply
Please apply at www.libraryassociates.com and, when viewing the job description, click INQUIRE. Otherwise, please email Keith Gurtzweiler, keith@libraryassociates.com, with a courtesy copy to Joanne Schwarz, jschwarz@libraryassociates.com.
Equal Opportunity Employer
|