Acquisitions and Systems Librarian
Department: Hugh & Hazel Darling Law Library at UCLA
Rank and Salary: Salary and appointment level based on experience and qualifications.
Associate Librarian III – VII ($52,860 – $68,892)
Librarian I – III ($68,892 – $82,524)
Position Availability: Immediately
Description of Institution and Library
The UCLA Law Library serves the law school faculty and students as their basic library and study resource for teaching and research. There are approximately 1,000 law students, approximately 100 full- and part-time faculty, and more than 100 law school staff. The School has a varied and demanding curriculum, highly productive faculty, an extensive clinical and externship program, and a co-curricular program that includes an active Moot Court program and 13 law reviews. The Law Library also supplies the legal literature resources for other UCLA faculty, students, and staff with a need for such materials. Heavy use of the Law Library is made by members of the community, including lay people and members of the bench and bar.
The Law Library is one of the larger professional school libraries on campus. It currently has a staff of 17 librarians (including this position) and 15 staff personnel, as well as many part-time student employees. It contains more than 550,000 bound volumes and documents, and more than 84,000 microforms. The administration of the Law Library is headed by the Director of the Law Library, who reports to the Dean of the School of Law. The day-to-day functions of the Library have been divided into four sections: Access and Information Services, Bibliographic Services and Collection Management, Scholarship Support and RA Program, and Reference and Research Services. The Library also hires a large number of law students as research assistants who are assigned to work on various projects for faculty as well as numerous other student employees throughout the library. The Law Library has a beautiful facility that opened in the fall of 1998.
Position Duties
Under the general direction of the Director, Bibliographic Services and Collection Management, the Acquisitions and Systems Librarian is responsible for the follow duties:
1. Oversees all acquisitions functions, procedures, and staff, and is responsible for the department’s systems support, including administration of the Law Library’s portion of the integrated library system and other resources, as well as networked electronic resources purchased by the Law Library.
2. Serves a leadership role in monitoring, evaluating, recommending, and implementing emerging library technologies, such as an Electronic Resources Management System, as well as assisting the Director in creating and implementing a system to identify and digitize resources within the Law Library’s collection for purposes of preservation and enhanced accessibility.
3. Collaborates with the Head of Collection Development on preservation efforts.
4. Establishes and maintains relationships with publishers and vendors, and acts as a liaison to other departments within the Law Library regarding acquisitions policies and procedures.
5. In conjunction with the Director and the Head of Collection Development, the Acquisitions and Systems Librarian acquires electronic products, duties of which include evaluation of licensing agreements, assessment of compatibility with the Law Library’s website, and other cooperative collection development activities with the campus and other law schools.
6. Responsible for tracking expenditures of the Law Library’s $1.8 million book budget, and works with the acquisitions staff to resolve complex problems relating to these expenditures.
7. Along with the Director and the Head of Cataloging, the Acquisitions and Systems Librarian participates in developing plans, policies, and procedures for the department.
8. May participate in providing reference service.
Required Qualifications
1. ALA-accredited Master’s Degree in Library or Information Science OR significant graduate-level coursework toward such a degree OR equivalent education and experience (subject expertise combined with professional library education and/or experience).
2. Significant experience with acquisitions, including serial, monographic, and electronic.
3. Extensive experience with integrated library systems.
4. Demonstrated interest in non-ILS emerging technologies and their application to libraries
5. Working knowledge of standard print preservation techniques.
6. Working knowledge of standard cataloging procedures.
7. Understanding of the legal information system and knowledge of trends in legal publishing.
8. Demonstrated supervisory experience.
9. Strong analytical skills.
10. Demonstrated proficiency and capabilities with personal computers and software, the Web, and library-relevant information technology applications.
11. Working knowledge of standard computer office applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint or other productivity software.
12.Excellent organizational, time, and project management skills.
13. Excellent oral and written communication skills, and interpersonal skills.
14. Ability to work creatively, collaboratively, and effectively both as a team member and independently, and to promote teamwork among colleagues.
15. Commitment to fostering a diverse educational environment and workplace and ability to work with a diverse student and faculty population.
16. Capacity to thrive in the exciting, ambiguous, future-oriented environment of a world-class research institution and to respond effectively to changing needs and priorities.
17. Commitment to professional issues, demonstrated through strong interest in local/national committee work, research and, publication.
General Information
Professional librarians at UC are academic appointees and are represented by an exclusive bargaining agent, University Council - American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT). Professional librarians at UC are academic appointees and are entitled to appropriate professional leave, two days per month of vacation leave, one day per month of sick leave, and all other benefits granted to non-faculty academic personnel. UC has an excellent retirement system and sponsors a variety of group health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans in addition to other benefits. Relocation assistance is provided.
Appointees to the librarian series at UC shall have professional backgrounds that demonstrate a high degree of creativity, teamwork, and flexibility. Such background will normally include a professional degree from an ALA-accredited library and information science graduate program. In addition to professional competence and quality of service within the library in the primary job, advancement in the librarian series requires professional involvement and contributions outside of the library, university and community service, and scholarly activities. Candidates must show evidence or promise of such contributions.
Application Procedures
Anyone wishing to be considered for this position should apply to Cindy Spadoni, Director of Bibliographic Services & Collection Management, UCLA, Hugh & Hazel Darling Law Library, 1106 Law Building, Box 951458, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1458;
E-mail applications encouraged and can be sent to spadoni@law.ucla.edu. Applications should include:
1. a cover letter describing qualifications and experience;
2. a current resume/vita detailing education and relevant experience; and
3. the names and addresses for at least three professional references, including a current or previous supervisor.
Candidates applying by March 6, 2008 will be given first consideration. UCLA welcomes and encourages diversity and seeks applications and nominations from women and minorities. UCLA seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the people of California, to maintain the excellence of the university, and to offer our students richly varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.
UCLA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/ADA-compliant employer. Under federal law, the University of California may employ only individuals who are legally authorized to work in the United States as established by providing documents specified in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Employment is contingent upon completion of satisfactory background investigation.
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