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HUGH & HAZEL DARLING LAW LIBRARY
SCHOOL OF LAW
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS -- REFERENCE (search extended)
(Two positions may be filled)
Professional librarians at UCLA are eleven month academic appointees.
They are entitled to two days per month of annual leave, one day per
month of sick leave, reductions in incidental fees, and all other
perquisites granted to non-faculty academic personnel. The
University has an excellent retirement system and sponsors a variety
of group health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.
A candidate for appointment shall have a professional background of
competence, knowledge, and experience to assure suitability for
appointment to this series. Such background will normally include a
professional degree from a library school with an accredited program.
In addition to professional competence and quality of service with
the library, criteria for promotion include professional activity
outside of the library, University and public service, research and
other activity.
Open: July 1,1994
Rank: Assistant Librarian/Associate Librarian/ Librarian
Position Title: Reference Librarian
Range: $31,596 - 53,856
Description of unit: 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 950 law students, 80
faculty and 45 law school staff. The UCLA School of Law is
consistently among the most successful of law schools in bringing
students from underrepresented groups into the legal profession. The
school has a varied and demanding curriculum, highly productive
faculty, an extensive clinical and externship program and a co-
curricular program which includes an active Moot Court program and 8
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, lay people as well as members of the bench and bar.
The Law Library is one of the larger professional school libraries on
campus. It has a staff of 10 librarians and 14 staff personnel as
well as many part-time student employees. It contains over 430,000
bound volumes and documents and over 110,000 microforms. The Library
has over 7,000 serial subscriptions and has a target acquisitions
rate of 11,000 volumes per year. The Law Library is a heavily used
facility: the turnstile count for FY 92/93 was over 500,000 and just
under 90,000 reference and information questions were handled. In
addition, the Law Library has an active and expanding program of
services for School of Law faculty and students including more than
350 instructional sessions for students and extensive research and
document delivery services to the law faculty. The Library also
administers the LEXIS and WESTLAW Permanent Learning Centers.
The School of Law is currently working on an addition to the building
that will add 42,000 assignable square feet to the Law Building.
Construction is scheduled to begin in June of 1995. In order to
insure that the library will be able to continue to provide an
effective program of services during the two-year building project,
the Law Library will operate out of the old Graduate School
of Management Building (which is located next door to the Law School)
throughout the construction period.
The administration of the Law Library is headed by the Law Librarian
who reports to the Dean of the School of Law. The day-to-day
functions of the Library have been divided into four sections:
Technical Services, Collection Development, Information Services and
Circulation. In addition to the Head of Information Services, there
are 4.5 librarians in the Information Services section.
Duties: The Reference Librarian participates directly in the
delivery of services to the library's patrons. This includes
providing reference desk services; providing specialized research and
reference services to School of Law faculty; conducting training and
library orientation programs; preparing and editing of library
handouts, research guides and bibliographies; and offering
instruction on various aspects of legal research and bibliography
including cd-rom products, Internet resources and LEXIS and WESTLAW.
All of these responsibilities require a knowledge of complex legal
sources covering a variety of jurisdictions (U.S., California, other
states, as well as foreign and international materials) in a variety
of formats and the ability to contribute to making the Library
hospitable and responsive to the needs of library users from various
backgrounds. All Information Services/Reference librarians report
directly to the Head of Information Services. Reference librarians
normally staff the reference desk one evening per week and on
occasional Saturdays.
Qualifications: J.D. and M.L.S. degrees or the equivalent strongly
preferred. Demonstrated competence in delivering legal research
services and knowledge of legal bibliography. Demonstrated interest
and proficiency in computer applications for legal research and
library public services programs. Firm commitment to law
librarianship and to a high level of service to faculty and students
in a demanding academic environment. Excellent interpersonal and
communications skills and the ability to work effectively with a
variety of people. Initiative and flexibility in order to
respond effectively to changing needs and priorities. Relevant
academic law library experience preferred.
UCLA is an equal opportunity employer actively seeking minority
applicants. We encourage all qualified persons to apply.
In compliance with the Immigration and Control Act of 1986, all
persons hired after November 6, 1986 will be required to show proof
of their identity and right to work in the United States.
Librarians at UCLA are represented by an exclusive bargaining agent,
The American Federation of Teachers.
Anyone wishing to be considered for this position should write to
Myra K. Saunders, Law Librarian and Chair of the Librarian Search
Committee, Law Library, 1106 Law Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
90024. The application letter should include a complete statement of
qualifications, a full resume of education and relevant experience,
and the names of at least three persons who are knowledgeable about
the applicant's qualifications for this position. The position
will remain open until filled.
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