Reference / Instruction Librarian
1 month ago
Department/Unit: Law Library
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
About the opportunity:
The Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, invites applications for the position of Reference & Instruction Librarian, expected to be at the rank of Librarian 1 or 2, commencing September 1, 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The Schulich School of Law’s Sir James Dunn Library has a collection of approximately 116,559 volumes, numerous digital resources, and an operating budget of over a million, including an acquisitions budget of $817 thousand. Personnel include four professional librarians (in addition to the Chief Librarian), four full-time staff, and student and casual staff. A leader in information technology and interuniversity cooperation, the Dunn Law Library is, with the Dalhousie University Library, an active member of Novanet, a consortium of eight universities with the goal of enhancing access to information and knowledge through cooperation for the benefit of their user communities. Its Library Management System is ALMA.
The Dunn Law Library serves the needs of the Law School’s 45 faculty, part-time faculty, 450 students, and 30 graduate students, and is an important resource for members of the legal profession in Atlantic Canada. The Library plays an essential role in the teaching, learning and research mission of the School, including librarians as instructors in the legal research and writing program, and as research partners with faculty and graduate students.
Responsibilities:
- Providing legal reference services and in-depth research support to law faculty, law students, and other library users, including assistance with library materials, databases, and scholarly research agendas;
- Engaging as a liaison with the Dalhousie Legal Aid clinic, the Initio Technology & Innovation Law Clinic, and the Indigenous Blacks & Mi’kmaq (IB&M) Program;
- Developing and presenting legal research and library training materials;
- Increasing awareness and promoting use of the library and its resources through outreach activities;
- Participating in the development and delivery of the legal research curriculum for the Law School’s Legal Research and Writing program;
- Representing the Law Library at various committees both within Dalhousie and the wider library community.
It is anticipated that this position will initially require the incumbent to spend 75% of their time focused on reference and instruction and the remaining 25% on other duties.
About the Schulich School of Law:
We are a vibrant, collegial, and close-knit community of faculty and students from around the world. We live the Weldon Tradition of unselfish public service – of giving back and making the world a better place. The Schulich School of Law plays an extraordinary role in Canadian and international legal education. We are a national law school with an international reputation. We draw talented students from every region of the country and from around the world into our combined and programs. We graduate leaders. Our alumni hold every form of government office, teach in law schools, innovate in the provision of private and public sector legal services and in business, advance policy in the executive branch of governments, render decisions on courts across the country, and offer service to non-governmental bodies and non-profit and community organizations.
We embrace the interdisciplinary opportunity of working in a university, we value the creation and dissemination of new knowledge, and we are firmly committed to students and to teaching and learning excellence. We are conscious of the difference we make to law reform, adjudication, legal service, and community engagement at home and around the world. We value the contributions of the founding communities in this province, the Mi’kmaq Nation, Acadians, African Nova Scotians, and British, and we open our doors to the world.
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