Systems & Technology Librarian at NYU School of Law

The Systems&Technology Librarianwillbeamemberofthe Technology &Digital Initiatives(TDI) teamandreporttothe

Associate Director for Technology &Digital Initiatives(ADT).The Systems&Technology Librarianadministersthe Law Library 'ssystems,includingbothsoftwareandhardware,andwebpages,preparesreportsandassessments,andcontributestospecialtechnologyprojectstosupportinnovativeinitiativestakingplaceattheNYUSchoolof

LawincollaborationwiththeTDIteam.

Thepersonhiredinthispositionwillplayavitalroleinthefosteringofadynamicandsustainablefuturefortechnologywithinthe Law Library .

• Servesasprimaryadministratorofthe Law Librarywebsiteincollaborationwith Law ITand Communications Departments .Maintainsthewebsitepagesandcollaborateswithotherteammemberstoensurethatsitecontentisup-to-date.
  
  Editswebpagesofotherlibrary-related systems.

• Troubleshootsaccessandfunctionalityissuesinvolvinglibraryplatforms,online resources,andrelatedsystems.
• Servesasaliaisontothe Law School ’sInformation Technology Departmentandother Departments .
• Providestrainingandsupporttolibrarians,staff,faculty,andstudentsonlibrarytechnologies,includingtheILSanddiscoverylayer.
  
  Developsinstructionalresourcessuchasonlineguides,tutorials,andotherlearningmaterialstosupporttechnologyuseandlearning.
• Worksinpartnershipwithothersteammembersonsystems-related,technology-related,and digitally-basedservicesandprojects.
• Collaborateswithcross-functionalteamstocurate,author,andregularlyupdatedynamicresearchguides(Lib Guides),ensuringalignmentwithacademiccurriculaanduserneeds.

• Fulfillsinternalandexternaldatarequestsbyretrievingmetricsfromlibrarysystems(includingtheILS),inputtingdataacrossvariousplatforms,andpreparingcustomassessmentsanddocumentation.
• Explores,implements,andsupportsAIandmachinelearninginitiativeswithinlibrarysystemstoenhanceoveralloperationsanddigitalservices.
• Keepsupwithandevaluatesnewlibrarytechnologies,stayingup-to-dateontrends,technology,and resources.
• Evaluatesandimplementssoftwareandhardwaretoenhancethe Law Library 'sservicesandoperations.
  
  Researchesandimplementsnewtoolstoimprovethe Law Library 'soperations.

• Servicetothe Law Librarythroughparticipationoncommittees ,taskforces,workinggroupsandotherinitiativesinsupportof
  
  Law Library'smission,goals,andstrategicinitiatives.

Thepersonhiredforthispositionwillbeclassifiedasnon-union,non-tenuretrackfaculty(Continuing Contract Faculty /Assistant Librarian of Practice ) and,afterthecompletionofaninitialcontractterm,iseligibleformulti-year contracts.

• Graduateddegreein Libraryor Information Sciencefroman ALA-accreditedprogramorequivalent.
• Highlevelofproficiencywithlibrary-relatedinformationtechnologyapplications.

• Significantexperiencewith Alma+Primoorotherlibrarymanagementsystemsandelectronicresourcemanagementtools.
• Familiaritywithatleastoneprogramming/markup language,suchasXML,Perl,PHP,Python,orSQL.
• Familiaritywithbuilding,maintaining,and/ortroubleshootingAPIs.
• Awarenessoftechnologytrendsinareasofresponsibility.