POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Assistant/Associate/ Full Professor (Associate Law Library Director)
Southern Illinois University School of Law Library

The School of Law Library at Southern Illinois University is accepting applications for the position of Associate Law Library Director, a full time tenure-track library faculty position with the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor (Law Library). The library staff includes six professional librarians and ten civil service support staff. The library is administratively independent and serves a law school faculty of about 35, a law student body of about 360, a university community of more than 20,000, and the legal community and general public of the entire southern Illinois region. The library holds more than 400,000 volumes and volume-equivalents, uses the OCLC and INNOPAC automated systems, and actively incorporates access to electronic materials into its information resources and technological solutions into its daily operations. Further information about the Library and the School is available at http://www.law.siu.edu.

POSITION:  Associate Law Library Director and Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor, Southern Illinois University School of Law Library.

QUALIFICATIONS:  Required:  M.L.S. or equivalent degree from ALA-accredited program; J.D. degree from ABA-accredited school (or foreign equivalent); at least five years of professional law library experience, preferably in an academic law library; at least three years of supervisory experience in a professional library capacity, preferably in an academic law library; knowledge of legal bibliography and legal research techniques in all formats; teaching experience; reference experience; excellent interpersonal skills and proficiency in oral and written communication; ability to work effectively both in a team setting and independently; strong public service orientation.  Preferred:  Experience in various functions of technical services; budget experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES:  Assists the Law Library Director in a variety of functions of library administration, including budget preparation, long and short-range planning, personnel supervision, and facilities management; responsible for oversight of the Public Services and Technical Services departments and for the coordination of interdepartmental activities within the library; teaches legal research in the law school's first-year, two-semester Lawyering Skills Program and/or the Advanced Legal Research course; participates in other formal and informal legal research instruction to law students; provides reference, research, and instructional assistance to faculty, students, and staff of the School of Law, the University community, and the general public; assumes responsibility for the library in the absence of the Director. Complete job description available at http://www.law.siu.edu/employment.

SALARY:  Competitive and commensurate with qualifications.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  Review of applications begins July 1, 2008, and will continue until the position is filled.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:  Applications should be submitted electronically at http://www.law.siu.edu/employment.  A complete application will require a letter of application, resume, and the names of three references. The letter should be addressed to:

Douglas Lind
Law Library Director and Associate Professor of Law
School of Law Library, Mail Code 6803
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1150 Douglas Drive
Carbondale, Illinois 62901

SIUC is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer that strives to enhance its
ability to develop a diverse faculty and staff and to increase its potential to serve a
diverse student population.  All applications are welcomed and encouraged and
will receive consideration.