Librarian

PRIMARY RESPONSIBLITIES: This position is responsible for front-line research triage as well as the production and maintenance of the librarys current awareness and user-facing information products and services. This position supports research librarians to ensure professional research capacity is preserved for substantive reference work.

Responsibilities include:

• Producing and editing recurring current-awareness products including topical alerts for judges and chambers
• Administering the librarys distribution lists subscription topics scheduling and delivery schedules for a variety of publications
• Developing and maintaining research guides and online reference resources
• Maintaining the librarys information delivery platform
• Developing and supporting administrative and service functions shared across the branch libraries
• Assisting with chambers and headquarters collections and space tasks
• Performing other duties as assigned

Applicants must be United States citizens. The U.S. Courts Library is an equal opportunity employer. A background check including fingerprinting is required.

REQUIREMENTS: Candidates must have a Master of Library Science (or equivalent from an ALA-accredited program) and a minimum of one year of professional library or comparable experience. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency using a wide variety of general research platforms (e.g. ERIC EBSCOhost ProQuest) or proficiency using a legal research platform (e.g. Lexis Bloomberg Law Westlaw). Candidates must have strong organizational interpersonal and written communication skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Preferred candidates will have experience in a law academic or government library; experience providing user training; and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively while managing multiple concurrent projects.