Empirical Services And Assessment Librarian

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Empirical Services Librarian, Law Library
Duties: As a member of the Law Library’s Reference and Research Support team and reporting to the Associate Librarian for Reference and Research Support, consults with Law School faculty, students, and staff, on research projects and issues requiring significant statistical or data research. Identifies, locates, and obtains statistical resources and data resources to meet the needs of our researchers. Provides consultation on study design and development and basic data manipulation. Coordinates with other library and university departments to ensure that the data collected by the library and faculty are appropriately archived and described. Collaborates with librarians throughout the university to develop scalable, sustainable, and domain-appropriate data services. Coordinates outreach to law faculty, students, and staff via the library website, office hours, workshops, guest lectures, and other efforts. Provides general research and reference support to law school faculty, students, and staff, and to other members of the university community. Serves as a liaison to members of the faculty especially those interested in data/empirical research as well as other members of the faculty as assigned. May teach legal research classes within the department’s for-credit and not-for-credit instructional program. Provides leadership and vision for assessment, measurement, planning and analysis in the law library and strives to ensure that these activities are integral parts of the Library’s programs, services, and collections. Oversees and participates in assessment efforts throughout the law library. Serves as an internal consultant for data-gathering and assessment activities conducted by other law library staff. Works with colleagues to analyze and report assessment data. Represents the law library in campus, regional, and national assessment efforts. Evaluates the effectiveness of law library assessment efforts and how they support the mission and strategic goals of the library and the School. Recommends ways to strengthen the law library’s assessment and measurement programs. Provides individual and group consultation and instruction on the discovery, use, and management of locally- and externally-available statistical material and datasets to faculty, students, staff, and other law school researchers. Provides one-on-one consultations on research and research study design. Provides basic data analysis and manipulation support for faculty. Assists faculty in finding higher-level support. May assist in more complex data analysis, including producing descriptive statistics and data visualizations. Works closely with acquisitions and cataloging librarians and staff on acquiring and receiving datasets and data-related resources and preparing them for availability to users. In collaboration with the university library or others, develops library archives of data and data related materials. Supports research and raises awareness of data resources and management methods through outreach efforts such as using the library website and workshops to promote services, share resources, and support technology services. Creates and conducts surveys of our faculty and students; assists with a variety of surveys and benchmarking studies within the law library. Participates in providing reference and research support to our patron communities; creates and maintains online guides and other research support tools. May teach legal research classes and/or empirical research classes. Directs assessment efforts within the law library. Initiates assessment activities and provides consultation for assessment work done by library staff and departments. Develops and fosters a culture of assessment within the library. Collaborates with the Yale University Librarian for Assessment and others to gather and create tools that enable managers and staff to make data-driven decisions. Analyzes assessment-related data and communicates assessment activities and results to appropriate individuals and groups, including library staff and the Yale campus community. Develops and maintains expertise in assessment methods, techniques, and best practices. Establishes training and documentation programs for library staff on use of appropriate assessment tools and methods; evaluates effectiveness of library assessment activities on a regular basis and makes recommendations on ways to strengthen assessment work, including support needed. Monitors developments and best practices elsewhere to help ensure the excellence of the law library’s data and empirical research support services and assessment activities. Participates in law library and university library committees and working groups, and engages in campus, regional, and national professional organizations and collaborative activities. Contributes to the profession and represents the law library and the university in the academic, scholarly, and professional community. Responds to, collaborates with and participates as appropriate in other campus, regional and national assessment-related efforts.

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