Job opening – Student Services Librarian

Position: Student Services Librarian
Library: Charles B. Sears Law Library at the University of Buffalo
Location: Buffalo, NY

Job Description: The Charles B. Sears Law Library at the University at Buffalo seeks a collaborative, dynamic, and service-oriented librarian to serve as our Student Services Librarian. As the Student Services Librarian, your primary duties will include:

  • Developing and coordinating programs, services, and events to enrich the law student experience, including but not limited to, legal research training sessions, individual or group research consultations, prepare to practice sessions, library-hosted social gatherings, and orientation;
  • Coordinating strategic marketing of library services, resources, and spaces including managing the Law Library’s social media communications, creating web content, displays, and other marketing materials;
  • Cultivating strong working relationships with students, student groups, faculty, and staff;
  • Assessing students’ research needs, satisfaction with library services, and soliciting suggestions for improvements through surveys, focus groups, and other methods;
  • Teaching JD students in the Legal Analysis, Writing & Research (LAWR) program;
  • Providing in-person and remote reference service as a member of the reference team;
  • Creating research guides and tutorials to further the discovery of legal information resources;
  • Providing legal and interdisciplinary research support and liaison services to Law School faculty;
  • Initiate and participate in other projects and initiatives according to institutional needs;
  • Other duties as assigned.

Complete details, including qualifications and salary information, are available at: https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/33842 OR, if you have questions, contact Brian Detweiler briandet@buffalo.edu.

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2021 ALLUNY Annual Meeting CANCELLED

Dear ALLUNY Members and Friends,

In light of the current health climate and concern for the spread of COVID-19, the ALLUNY Board unanimously decided to cancel the 2021 ALLUNY Annual Meeting which was to be on Friday, October 1, 2021 at the Syracuse University College of Law.

We hope that you all are continuing to be safe. We will keep you posted about elections and other news. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,
The ALLUNY Board

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Invitation to the 2021 AALL Salary Survey

As a member benefit and in service to the profession, AALL has been publishing the Salary Survey since 1993. Prompt and thorough response from all law libraries to this confidential survey ensures that AALL continues to deliver the most current, relevant, and accurate compensation information for legal information professionals.

Invitations to participate in the AALL 2021 Salary Survey were sent to members identified as being in leadership roles on July 27. The deadline to respond is August 20. The survey results will be published in November 2021.

Please take a minute to check with your library leadership and encourage them to fill out the Survey. It may help to point out:

  1. The survey can be saved and resumed at a later time.
  2. The survey can be downloaded as an Excel file, then uploaded when complete.
  3. Libraries with multiple locations can now enter information for all branches in a single survey response.

The Salary Survey’s usefulness depends on the responses we receive – please do what you can to ensure its success!

If you are a director and did not receive an invitation to complete the survey or you would like to request an invitation for your director who is not a member, please contact Megan Mall, AALL’s director of content strategy, with questions and invitation requests. The invitation can sometimes get caught in spam folders—it will be sent from survey@aall.org.

If you are a director or similar law library leader–thank you for completing this survey! Other colleagues, if you feel comfortable doing so, please consider encouraging your director to complete it. The Biennial Salary Survey is a valuable resource for members who may be considering new positions, as well as those who are involved in hiring.

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