Description
Assistant Librarian of Law (Open Rank)/Outreach Services Librarian
Salary Range: $90,000-$102,000
Salary is based on qualifications and experience.
Benefits include professional development assistance (generally $5,000 per year + registration costs), retirement plan, insurance, and paid time off.
Hybrid work schedule.
Eligible for annual faculty research stipend (generally $8000-$12,000 per year) to support scholarship in line with tenure requirements.
Application Due Date: March 24, 2025
Department: Law Library
Rank: Law Library Faculty member at the open rank of Assistant, Associate, or Librarian of Law depending on qualifications and experience.
Preferred Start Date: July 1, 2025 (remote with support to attend AALL Annual Meeting) with in-person presence by July 28, 2025
The Texas Tech University School of Law Library seeks a Law Library Faculty member to join a collegial team of librarians and provide outstanding outreach services to support the research and curricular needs of the Texas Tech University School of Law.
The Outreach Services Librarian will report to the Law Library’s Associate Director. The position requires a JD and MLS (or equivalent) by September 1, 2025.
The Texas Tech School of Law Library provides a hybrid work schedule. Librarians are permitted to work from home one day per week during the traditional semester and have ample remote work opportunities outside of that time.
As a faculty member in the Texas Tech University School of Law Library, the User Services Librarian will have administrative duties, along with instruction, research, and service.
A. ADMINISTRATIVE
- Work with the Associate Dean/Law Library Director & Associate Director to provide vision, leadership, and planning for the Law Library’s outreach services.
- Coordinate all daily operations of outreach services, including design, implementation, evaluation, and maintenance of services.
- Organize and maintain Law Library reference services, including coordinating reference coverage and maintaining the semester reference calendar.
- Provide best practices and continuous improvement for reference services via chat, phone, email, in-person, and remote.
- Take a lead role in outreach activities, including coordinating publicity for Law Library programs and events. Cultivate relationships with appropriate groups to develop and implement outreach activities and promote Law Library services.
- Collaborate to provide outreach for instruction, electronic & digital services, collections, and user services.
- Provide community outreach for Law Library services and coordinate the incarcerated persons’ letter response program.
- Engage the Law School Community with outreach on Law Library services and events, including coordinating digital signage, the Law Library blog, monthly newsletter, annual report, and print signage.
- Implement and maintain a social media policy and conduct outreach via various social media platforms.
- Maintain the Community and Law Library information LibGuides.
- Develop, implement, and maintain policies and procedures related to areas of responsibility. Prepare statistical data and other reports for outreach services efficacy and assessment.
B. INSTRUCTION
- Design and teach a for-credit legal research course.
- Teach Legal Practice research workshops.
- Teach in the Excellence in Legal Research program.
- Provide seminar instruction on Law Library resources.
C. REFERENCE AND RESEARCH
- Provide reference services as part of a rotating reference team.
- Assist with research requests and other information needs.
- Participate in the faculty liaison program.
D. OTHER
- Work collaboratively with others to create and maintain assigned LibGuides.
- Assist with the Law Library’s Scholarship Repository.
- Participate in posting to the Law Library blog, The Reporter.
- Participate in collection development and selection.
- Serve on Law Library, Law School, and other committees (or teams) as appointed.
- Engage in professional teaching, research, and service, as required by Law Library Faculty Rules.
- Participate in special projects or duties as assigned.
Requirements
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
JD from an ABA-accredited law school and MLS (or equivalent) from an ALA-accredited graduate school by September 1, 2025.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Ability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with colleagues and work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
- Strong organizational and planning skills with the ability to innovate and remain flexible and comfortable with change.
- Evidence of self-motivation, initiative, scholarly promise (intellectual curiosity), a strong user services philosophy, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
- Experience with law library user services, including faculty and student services.
- Teaching experience in collaborative legal research instruction or for-credit courses.
- A record of scholarly publishing.
- A record of professional service.
Please submit applications, including a cover letter, resume/CV, and references to the Texas Tech Jobs Website. Please reference Requisition Number 40081BR. Review of applications will begin on March 24, 2025.
Questions about this position may be directed to Associate Dean Jamie Baker, Search Committee Chair at jamie.baker@ttu.edu.