Reference Librarian & Adjunct Professor

Job ID

AF9835 -0504-1889

Position Classification

FT Administrator

Position Summary  

• Teach the required 1L Legal Research course.
• Provide legal reference services to faculty, students, judges, lawyers, and other library patrons.
• Supervise the law library serials process, to include hiring and training student worker help.
• Facilitate communication between legal vendors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reference & Technical Services:

• Assisting patrons navigate databases, archives, and specialized collections.
• Manage the processing of serials materials.
• Communicate with library vendors to resolve billing issues.
• Manage the routing of current awareness articles.
• Participate in collection maintenance.
• Participate in collection development.
• Participate in current awareness research for faculty.

Instruction Services:

• Participate in teaching Legal Research, a required for-credit first-year course. 
• Instructs students on how to effectively find, evaluate, and use information. 

Additional Services:

• Supervise and train library staff on reference related requests.

Minimum Qualifications  

Education - Juris Doctorate & MLIS.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities  

• Exceptional research skills, proficiency with digital technologies, and excellent communication.  
• Exhibits a high level of interpersonal skills to understand and solve student issues. Effective at meeting deadlines and satisfying on-demand projects while multitasking.  
• Will quickly become proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, the Sierra integrated library system, Westlaw, Lexis, Bloomberg Law, HeinOnline, and other databases and programs. 
• Must be a team player with a willingness to perform other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements

The job requires repetitively lifting lightweight objects where frequent bending or stooping alternates with lighter activities.

Work Environment 

Occasional exposure to objectionable conditions or variations such as those found in variable weather conditions or light industrial settings.

Licenses/Certifications  

• Will be expected to join the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) (library pays for membership). 
• Will be expected to join the Great Lakes-Ohio Valley Association of Law Librarians (GLOVALL) (library pays for membership).
• Encouraged to participate in the Law Librarians of Metro Detroit (LLMD) group.
• Active participation in association events. 

Salary/Pay Information  

Commensurate with experience

Anticipated Schedule  

To be determined 

Employee Benefits 

At the University of Detroit Mercy we continually strive to provide a high-quality, comprehensive benefits package to our valued employees. We offer our employees the following: 

· Medical -

        o Three health plans to choose from with a large national provider network

· Dental -

           o UDM’s School of Dentistry, discounted to you and your dependents

           o Option to purchase additional dental plan through Sun Life

· Vision - 

           o UDM’s School of Optometry, discounted to you and your dependents

o Option to purchase additional vision plan through Heritage

· Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options

· Employee Assistance Program -

       o Provided to everyone in your household

· Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

· Life and AD&D - 

        o One times base salary up to a hundred thousand dollars

· Option to purchase additional life insurance, accident insurance, and/or critical illness insurance

· Tuition Remission Benefit for you, your spouse, and children

· Retirement Plan -

       o UDM provides matches up to 8%

Michigan’s largest, most comprehensive private University, University of Detroit Mercy is an independent Catholic institution of higher education sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy and Society of Jesus. Detroit Mercy seeks qualified candidates who will contribute to the University’s mission, diversity, and excellence of its academic community. University of Detroit Mercy is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer with a diverse student body and welcomes persons of all backgrounds.