Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian

Overview

The Yale Law Library is seeking a 2026/recent graduate or early career professional holding both library and law degrees, or early-career professional, to build expertise in research and instructional services with an emphasis on scholarly communication. The Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian will participate in the law library’s highly regarded faculty liaison program and provide reference and research support to scholars and researchers.

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Promotions. Reporting to the Associate Director for Research and Scholarly Services, the Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian leads the law library’s support of faculty scholarship. Key responsibilities include supporting scholarly impact initiatives, assisting with the creation and maintenance of scholarly profiles (e.g., Hein, ORCID, SSRN), and supporting faculty use of submission platforms such as Scholastica. As a member of the Research and Instructional Services team, the Librarian participates in the faculty liaison program, staffs the reference desk, conducts research consultations, and contributes to the library’s instructional program.

This position teaches in the ILaw/Small Groups program (first-year legal research) and may also teach in upper-level credit-bearing research courses. A cover letter is required for consideration.

• Demonstrated experience with legal research resources, techniques, and strategies.
• Strong service orientation and enthusiasm for working with law faculty and students.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a collegial environment.
• Ability to manage multiple projects effectively and meet competing deadlines.

• Professional experience in an academic law library.
• Interest in open access and scholarly communication initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience or interest in scholarly communication outreach.
• Reading knowledge or fluency in one or more non-English languages.

• Participate in the faculty-librarian liaison program to provide research support to law school faculty.
• Conduct faculty consultations and workshops related to scholarly impact, researcher identity systems, and altmetrics.
• Serve as the lead for citation count and publication list requests from law school administration.
• Coordinate faculty book talks and other programming that promotes faculty scholarship within the Yale Law School community.
• Create displays and conduct outreach activities to highlight faculty scholarship.
• Connect faculty with resources and tools for preserving and showcasing scholarly output.
• Support faculty on article submission process and related scholarly communication workflows.
• Promote Law Archive within the Yale Law School community, the broader legal education community, and beyond.
• Serve as the law library’s subject matter expert for research and citation management applications.
• Provide in-person and online reference services and research consultations.
• Participate in instructional and educational programming, including ILaw/Small Groups, guest lectures, workshops, and other presentations.
• Maintain and update research guides as assigned.
• Participate in the collection development process.
• Other duties as assigned.

J.D. from an ABA-accredited institution and a Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited library school.

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