Research Services Librarian

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Research Services Librarian
Responsibilities: Provide legal reference and research services to faculty, students, staff, and alumni. Plan and provide legal research instruction to law students in the Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis (LRWA) program in coordination with the other librarians and the LRWA faculty; assist in the preparation of teaching materials, tutorials, and student exercises. Plan, organize, and provide other research classes for law students, such as Prepare-to-Practice, Writing for Seminar Papers, etc. Provide liaison support to law school faculty, including training in the use of print and electronic resources, TWEN support, preparation of bibliographies, and facilitation of interlibrary loan and document delivery. Assist with First-Year Orientation, including preparation of materials for the orientation packet before orientation and legal research instruction during orientation. Coordinate with the Reference and Outreach Services Librarian to assist with and participate in the provision of instruction in the second-year LRWA program. In coordination with the other law librarians and the Scholarly Writing faculty, ensure effective planning and provision of legal research instruction and assistance to students enrolled in Scholarly Writing. Coordinate reference office coverage with other librarians to ensure that assistance is available during posted hours. Provide back-up support for other reference staff duties as needed. Develop and maintain both print and web-based guides to legal research. Provide library tours to faculty, staff, students, and visitors. Make sure that reference statistics are collected and posted on the library’s intranet. Assist with scheduling and training part-time reference librarians. Serve on the Collection Development Committee and participate in collection development with other librarians to evaluate, update, and implement collection development policies and identify titles for selection, cancellation, and weeding. Perform other duties as required. Other professional activities: Attend professional meetings and conferences. Participate in Mason committee meetings and work with Mason libraries and librarians, as applicable; and serve on Search Committees as needed.

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