Library Specialist
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Penn offers a unique working environment within the city of Philadelphia. The University is situated on a beautiful urban campus, with easy access to a range of educational, cultural, and recreational activities. With its historical significance and landmarks, lively cultural offerings, and wide variety of atmospheres, Philadelphia is the perfect place to call home for work and play.
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Posted Job Title
Library Specialist
Job Profile Title
Library Specialist
Job Description Summary
Responsible for extensive support of Law School faculty manuscript citation revisions, providing collection analysis and maintenance support to Biddle's collection development team, and reference and chat rotation and general research support for members of the Law School community.
Job Description
As part of the Public Services department, the library specialist works with the reference librarians on manuscript formatting projects involving footnote verification, citation completion and bibliography preparation for law school faculty. Carries out legal and interdisciplinary research projects for law school faculty with the supervision of reference librarians including the preparation of research memoranda. Participates in reference desk and chat shift rotations. Actively works with Biddle librarians on Collection Development responsibilities, including creating lists of materials, conducting shelf reads and verifying holdings, providing data to collection development team for collection analysis, and executing collection development decisions.
Required: A Bachelor's Degree is required and 1 year to 2 years of experience in a law library setting or equivalent combination of education and experience. Excellent oral and written communication skills; demonstrated ability to work collegially and independently under time pressure. Highly Desired: Legal research experience or course work in legal research/legal bibliography; experience in using WestlawNext, Lexis Advance; Hein Online and academic research databases; familiarity with academic citation formats; public services experience; strong facility with Excel.
Job Location - City, State
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Prepares faculty scholarship for publication by finalizing journal articles and book chapters. This involves standardizing manuscript format, ensuring accurate citations, footnotes, and bibliographies, and applying appropriate legal and social science citation formats and styles for interdisciplinary publications.
Carries out Legal and Interdisciplinary research for faculty under the supervision of Biddle reference librarians, including the preparation of subject matter Bibliographies and basic research memoranda.
Collaborates with the collection development team to analyze and maintain library collections. Duties include creating lists of materials using Choreo Insights and OCLC's WMS systems, helping to develop project timelines, conducting shelf reads and verifying holdings, providing data to collection development team for collection analysis, and executing collection development decisions. This involves tasks such as weeding materials, updating catalog records, funneling purchasing decisions to the Acquisitions team, and preparing materials for transfer, donation, scanning, or recycling.
Participates in Reference and Chat Duties/Rotation.
Other Duties as assigned.
Department / School
Law School
Pay Range
$35.21 - $35.21 Hourly Rate
Salary offers are made based on the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and education as they directly relate to the requirements of the position, as well as internal and market factors and grade profile.
Affirmative Action Statement
Penn adheres to a policy that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class.
Special Requirements
Background check required after a conditional job offer is made. Consideration of the background check will be tailored to the requirements of the job.
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University Overview
The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. Penn has 12 highly-regarded schools that provide opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and continuing education, all influenced by Penn's distinctive interdisciplinary approach to scholarship and learning.
Penn offers a unique working environment within the city of Philadelphia. The University is situated on a beautiful urban campus, with easy access to a range of educational, cultural, and recreational activities. With its historical significance and landmarks, lively cultural offerings, and wide variety of atmospheres, Philadelphia is the perfect place to call home for work and play.
The University offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.
When inquiring or applying for positions within the University of Pennsylvania, please also reference AcademicCareers.com
Applicants with dual-career considerations can find university jobs such as professor jobs, dean jobs, chair / department head jobs, and other faculty jobs and professional and administrative staff employment opportunities at the University of Pennsylvania and at other institutions of higher education in the region on www.AcademicCareers.com
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