Library Associate

Library AssociateLaw Library

Location: New Orleans, LA

Summary

The Library Associate divides their time and duties between the Access Services and Acquisitions teams in the Law Library. In Access Services, this position trains student employees on processing-related tasks, assists with student employee training on other designated tasks, maintains daily statistics, manages technical support requests to vendors, and assists with other duties within the access services team. In Acquisitions, this position provides support to the Acquisitions Librarian by assisting with paying invoices, communicating with vendors by phone, email, fax, and web-bases forms, posting payments in Integrated Library System, organizing, and maintaining library payment records, ordering supplies as needed, and serving as back-up for mail check-in. In all duties, the Library Associate develops relationships and/or interacts with student employees, fellow library staff and librarians, law school faculty and staff, law school alumni, and members of the public.
Position Schedule:

• Regular Semester Hours: M-F, 7am – 3:30pm
• Occasional partial weekend days.
• Occasional exceptions or alternate schedule, as arranged with supervisor, during finals.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s DegreeOR • Associate’s Degree in Library Science (or a related field) with 3 years of directly related work experience in academic libraries or other law libraries.OR• High School Diploma (or Equivalent) with 6 years of directly related work experience in academic libraries or other law libraries.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 year of full-time experience in an academic law library or 2 years of part-time experience in an academic law library.• 1 year of direct supervisory experience, including hiring, firing, and performance management.• Experience with on-campus student employment and/or shift workers in an environment that requires continuous coverage.• Experience mentoring college students.• Experience working with legal terminology.