Collections Specialist​/Professor of Legal Research

Collections Specialist/Professor of Legal Research

The Collections Specialist/Professor of Legal Research will be part of the Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center’s team and work collaboratively to ensure seamless access to LIC services and resources, support scholarly work at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law, and provide reference services and faculty research support.

• Collaboratively curate the LIC collection including development, acquisitions, licensing, preservation assessments, and collection analysis.
• Ensure collection strategies align with institutional goals and evolving legal research and scholarship needs.
• Establish and maintain relationships with vendors and negotiate contracts and electronic service terms.
• Guide contracts through university processes including risk assessments and procurement.
• Manage the LIC’s collections budget to ensure financial sustainability.
• Provide reference service to students, staff, the School of Law, the university community, members of the Bar and the public.
• Provide research and reference services to College of Law faculty through the library liaison program.
• Teach introductory and/or advanced legal research courses at the University of Florida’s Fredric G. Levin College of Law.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

• A JD from an ABA‑accredited law school and a master’s degree in Library or Information Science (MLS or equivalent) from an accredited program.
• One to three years of professional experience in an academic law library.
• Knowledge of legal research vendors, sources, and formats.
• Strong service orientation and experience negotiating contracts and ensuring user access to licensed material.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to work in a professional, team‑based environment and independently.
• Ability to contribute positively to an active department serving a diverse patron base.

• Over three years of professional experience in an academic law library.
• Experience or documented interest in managing academic law collections including acquisitions, collections management, and collection analysis.
• Academic teaching experience.

$95,000–115,000, depending on experience.

Full‑time, 12‑month non‑tenure track law faculty member with competitive benefits including professional development funding for conferences, vacation, sick and holiday leave, medical and dental insurance, and retirement plans. The position offers a defined promotion path from Assistant‑in‑Law to Associate‑in‑Law to Senior Associate‑in‑Law with 9% salary increases at each promotion.

Applicants must upload a cover letter, resume, and list of references.

The University of Florida is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.