Associate Dean Of Law Library And It Services director

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Associate Dean of Law Library and IT Services (Director)
Duties:As a core member of the Law School’s senior leadership team and a member of the faculty, will shape the future of this vibrant and thriving organization by leading the library’s efforts. Ensures broad and deep support of the research, educational, informational and technological needs of faculty, students, and staff. Will promote a positive work environment, fostering collaborative and collegial work relationships between a dynamic mixture of promising new professional staff and faculty, intermixed with experienced staff and faculty. Will be expected to think strategically, to innovate, and to successfully move the law library and IT services in the Law School progressively forward in the rapidly changing environment of legal education. Is responsible for the planning and overall administration of the law library and law IT department, including short- and long-term strategic planning, budgeting, hiring, management and development of library staff, collection development and management, and overseeing and enhancing Law School technology. Ensures the law library is organized and managed in an efficient and productive manner and models a collaborative and collegial culture. Promotes and creates professional development opportunities for library staff, particularly around technology, project management and communication. Maintains and enhances the collection development policy for the law library to ensure a collection of print and digital resources that support the educational and scholarly needs of the Law School and ensures compliance with ABA Standards. Ensures an outstanding, broadly conceived approach to research and scholarly services, keeping in mind faculty, students, staff, and departmental needs. Oversees the Legal Research curriculum in collaboration with reference librarians and faculty. Directs workflows related to data collection, prepares reports and other materials related to law library and law IT services for the Law School Dean, the University, the American Bar Association, the DC Council, U.S. News and World Reports, IPEDS, and other entities as needed. Develops short- and long-term law library budget and personnel needs assessments and ensures library and IT spending is in conformance with budget limitations. Represents UDC Law at meetings and functions, both internally and externally. External events might include those hosted by local bar associations and other organizations, and at the national level by the ABA, AALL, AALS, LLSDC, and others. In the Law School Dean’s absence, may be charged with making administrative decisions. Serves on Law School and University committees and tasks forces as appointed. Performs other related duties as assigned.

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