Position Summary
The University of Illinois Chicago School of Law’s Louis L.Biro Law Library seeks an Associate Director for Public Services to direct itslibrarians and paraprofessional staff in providing excellent services tostudents, faculty, and other patrons of the Law Library. The Associate Directoroversees the Law Library’s reference, research, and instructional services andaccess services, including general circulation functions and interlibrary loan.
The Associate Director is a tenure-track positionwithin the Law School faculty, and the Law School’s Promotion & TenureNorms, available at https://uofi.app.box.com/s/z9jmaur2gmqqsix0b1avg0b3bf0xvvul,apply to the position. The Associate Director reports to the Associate Dean of the Law Library &Information Services. Law Library job duties include, but are not limited to:
Duties & Responsibilities

Develop and implement strategic direction for the law library’s reference, research, and access services and ensure the effective delivery of innovative services.

Manage the law library’s day-to-day public services operations.

Manage and develop the law library’s dual-degreed law librarians and its access/circulation services staff.

Provide some direct reference and research services to patrons of the law library and prepare and update research guides, FAQs, video tutorials, and other information for patrons.

Conduct live and remote research instruction sessions and consultations for law school classes, individual patrons, and groups of patrons.

Teach courses in the Law School curriculum as needed, includingAdvanced Legal Research and courses in the Lawyering Skills (legalwriting) curriculum

Participate in law library collection development and in the development of the law library budget.

Serve on law library, law school, and university library committees.

Engage with professional organizations in the field of law librarianship.

Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.