| Collection Services Director; University of California Berkeley, School of Law; Berkeley Collection Services Director, at the G. W. McEnerney Law Library at the University of California Berkeley, School of Law (Assistant Law Librarian Rank; $80,800-$145,500 100% time) Law Library at the University of California, Berkeley The Law Library comprises one of the largest law collections in the world. It houses an extensive collection of Anglo- American, international, civil, comparative, and human rights law. In addition, the Law Library is home to the prestigious Robbins Collection of rare and religious materials. The Law Library’s Reference Desk is one of the busiest in the nation, serving a faculty of more than 60, numerous adjunct and visiting professors and lecturers, 900 JD students, 100 LLM students, graduate students from the School of Jurisprudence and Social Policy, and approximately 100 visiting scholars each year. The Reference Desk also supports the Law Library’s Advanced Legal Research course, which is taken by approximately 90 students each semester, and a seminar on international legal research, which is taught each spring, and provides legal research training for a variety of other law school courses. The Reference Librarians also provide assistance to graduate and undergraduate researchers from the UCB campus (including students in the Legal Studies major) and faculty from other campus departments. In addition, the Law Library is a public library, serving a significant number of attorneys, pro se litigants, and members of the public who are engaged in legal research for a variety of purposes. The Law School is working on expanding the breadth of some of the existing research centers and creating new centers, all of which may have an international or comparative law component. The Law School is situated on the beautiful University of California, Berkeley, campus, which is home to a wide variety of libraries, including the Doe Library and numerous subject area and affiliated libraries. Overview of Responsibilities The Collection Services Director works with the Associate Law Librarian and the other departmental directors to function as the library's management team and to participate in all aspects of library administration; including, budget administration, facilities planning, programmatic initiatives, personnel management and technology matters, and assisting in long-range planning for the library. Generally, department directors' responsibilities include the development, implementation and monitoring of their department's programs, services, policies, and procedures as well as organization, allocation and supervision of personnel and fiscal resources in the department and coordinating those programs, services, policies and procedures with those of the other law library departments, programs and sections. In addition, the Director is responsible for the overall administration of the Collection Services department which includes overseeing and integrating the operations of acquisitions, serials, cataloging, and preservation. The department has a staff of 4 FTE professional librarians (including the director) and 10 FTE staff personnel as well as 6 FTE part-time student employees. The Law Library has an extremely strong service mission to the School of Law and provides an active and expanding program of services for the law faculty and students, including many instructional sessions for students and extensive research and document delivery services to law faculty. The Collection Services staff support this mission and have extensive interaction with staff in other departments of the Law Library, including the Reference and Research, Patron Services, the Collection Development team, and Administrative staff. They interact with faculty, student law reviews' staff, and other Law School personnel. They have vendor contact through ordering, claiming, invoice problem resolution, etc. The Collection Services Director is responsible for departmental planning, including space, personnel, budget, statistics, workflow and allocation of workload. The Director assigns priorities to the work to be accomplished by the units within Collection Services. The Director reports to the Associate Law Librarian for Collections and meets regularly to discuss operational requirements of the department in the context of the mission and goals of the Library and the Law School, and to advise her on matters of policy, procedure, technology, and personnel related to Collection Services. Working with the Collection Development team, the Collection Services Director makes final decisions on the purchase of all US legal materials. The Director administers the allocation of a $1.6 million book and database budget; supervises all library monograph and serials orders; evaluates vendors; negotiates and evaluates purchase agreements; sets policies and procedures regarding the collection; and assures the accuracy and completeness of transactions relating to the acquisition of library materials. The Collection Services Director supervises and manages the staff involved with issues relating to cataloging and classification of serials and monographs in all formats received in the Law Library, and works with the Head of Cataloging to plan and manage reclassification projects and other initiatives. The Director also works with the library's special collections, archival and preservation initiatives. The Collection Services Director works closely with all other departments of the Law Library and keeps the Law Librarian and Associate Law Librarians informed of all collection services issues, both local and national. The Director is responsible for keeping abreast of new developments in collection services and encouraging innovation where appropriate. Experience and Training Required: Graduate degree in librarianship from an ALA-accredited library school or equivalent. A JD from an ABA-accredited law school preferred. Requirements also include successful administrative experience at a high level in an academic law library including a demonstrated ability to manage staff, collection services and management, and budgets in library setting and strong leadership skills. Candidates must have knowledge of legal bibliography and publishing and a good understanding of the scholarly needs of faculty and students. Candidates must also have the ability to balance priorities and meet deadlines; a strong commitment to enhancing service through teamwork; and a proactive approach to library and collection services. This requires the candidate to demonstrate excellent interpersonal, communication, problem-solving, and mediation skills and the ability to provide leadership for and work effectively with library, faculty, students as well as members of the UC Berkeley community. In addition, candidates must have an understanding of contemporary issues facing law libraries and collection services departments. Candidates must be willing to support the School's overall goals and ambitions and to offer the highest level of services in support of the Law School's mission. The Law Library at the University of California, Berkeley is committed to the support and encouragement of a multi-cultural environment and seeks candidates who can make positive contributions in a context of ethnic and cultural diversity. Salary is commensurate with training and experience. A description of UC benefits and compensation can be found at the University of California, Berkeley, Office of Human Resources website: http://hrweb.berkeley.edu. Note that the pay range for Assistant Law Librarian is the same as Assistant University Librarian. Applicants should apply via email (preferable), including a cover letter discussing qualifications, a full resume of education and relevant experience, and three references to:
Marci Hoffman Applicants may also use the above email address and telephone number if they have inquiries about the position. Position is open until filled, but we will begin reading files as of August 1, 2008. The University Of California is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
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