Department of Library and Information Services

Position overview:

• The Law Librarian provides specialized assistance and guidance to library patrons in navigating through legal digital and print materials (e.g., case law, statutes, e-treatises), conducting research and accessing legal databases and electronic libraries. They organize legal information literacy sessions and perform multi-directive analysis on institutional and global legal databases.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Specialized Research: Provide expert reference assistance and consulting for legal and subject-specific research at all levels, both in person and via virtual e-communications;
• Collection Development Support: Oversee the dynamics of electronic legal collection and support physical collections’ growth, select appropriate materials to support the law curriculum and legal community needs;
• Instruction: Develop guidelines, tutorials, course integrated sessions and instruct users in on legal research techniques and the use of specialized library information resources;
• Assessment: Design and assess library instruction and legal information competency workshops and orientations;
• Curriculum Support: Help define information literacy objectives specifically for legal education and design library-based assignments;
• Technological Innovation: Recommend and implement emerging technologies, such as legal digitalization projects;
• Resource Sharing: Manage the Library’s Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery service;
• Professional Development: Maintain awareness of literature and developments within the national and international legal library world through conferences and seminars;
• Community Engagement: Actively support and engage the ADA University community and its partners with necessary legal information needs;
• General Duties: Perform other library duties as assigned by the Manager.

Requirements: 

• An accredited MLIS degree (or equivalent) and fluency in English. A degree in Law is often preferred for subject librarians;
• Proficiency with Integrated Library Systems and legal research databases; 
• Minimum three years of related library experience;
• Strong customer service, interpersonal communication, and analytical skills;
• Experience in information literacy instruction within a culturally diverse community;
• A flexible approach, the ability to work on one's own initiative, and the ability to work as part of a team;
• Availability to travel to the partner university abroad for one semester.

Interested candidates can apply by clicking the link provided in the "Apply" button.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further recruitment processes. 

ADA University offers a competitive remuneration package and attractive conditions of employment of a high standard. For more information about ADA University, please visit www.ada.edu.az.