Description

Assistant Librarian of Law (Open Rank) /User Services Librarian

Position Highlights: 

• Open rank: New and experienced librarians are encouraged to apply.
• Salary: $90,000-$102,000, commensurate with qualifications and experience.
• Professional development: $5,000 annual professional development funds, in addition to conference registration costs. 
• Summer scholarship support: Eligible for faculty summer scholarship stipend for projects consistent with tenure-track requirements, generally $10,000 to $14,000 per year. 
• Hybrid work: One regular work-from-home day per week during the academic year, with ample opportunities for remote work during intersessions and summer.
• Start date: Preferred January 2027; negotiable
• Tenure-track faculty status: Opportunities and institutional support for teaching, professional performance, scholarship, service, and participation in the intellectual and academic life of the School of Law and Texas Tech University. 

Application due date: October 2, 2026

The School of Law Library at Texas Tech University invites applications for a full-time, 12-month, tenure-track, Law Library Faculty position with a primary administrative focus on user services with a negotiable start date preferred on January 4, 2027. While appointed to this position, you will accrue vacation and will be required to report leave monthly following TTU’s Operating Policy 70.01 and TTU System Regulation 07.12. Since you will accrue vacation, you will follow a staff holiday schedule, which is available here: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/hr/empbenefits/holidayschedule.php.  

All prospective employees are encouraged to visit Work at Texas Tech to learn more about becoming a part of our campus community.

In line with TTU’s strategic priorities to engage and empower a dynamic student body, enable innovative research and creative activities, and transform lives and communities through outreach and engaged scholarship, applicants should have experience working with a breadth of student populations at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels within individual or across the areas of teaching, research/creative activity, and service. 

In this position, the Law Library Faculty member will have primary administrative responsibility for instructional services while participating fully in the academic and professional work of the Law Library Faculty.

 A.  ADMINISTRATIVE

•  Provide strategic and administrative leadership for the Law Library’s user services, working collaboratively with the Associate Dean/Law Library Director, Associate Director, and Law Library Faculty and Staff.
• Manage user services, including coordinating programs; developing, implementing, and evaluating services; and recommending improvements.
• Build on existing user services and develop new programs, services, partnerships, and approaches consistent with the Law Library’s mission and strategic priorities.
• Provide administrative leadership for faculty research and scholarship services, including the faculty liaison program, research support workflows, scholarly impact initiatives, publication support, and faculty research programming.
• Oversee initiatives that increase the visibility and discoverability of faculty scholarship, including publication tracking, faculty scholarship displays and alerts, and collaboration with Law School partners to publicize faculty work.
• Lead student engagement initiatives in collaboration with the Office of Student Life, student organizations, and other Law School partners.
• Lead the Law Library’s user engagement services, developing strategies to engage students, faculty, and other Law School constituencies and increase awareness and use of Law Library expertise, resources, programs, and services.
• Lead assessment of Law Library user services, including developing assessment instruments, analyzing service data and user feedback, identifying trends and unmet needs, and using findings to recommend service improvements.
• Oversee Law Library social media and other outreach in accordance with Law Library and University policies.
• Ensure accessibility compliance and promote accessible practices across user services, outreach, and communications.
• Develop, implement, and maintain policies and procedures related to user services. 

B.  INSTRUCTION

• Design and teach a for-credit legal research course.
• Teach Legal Practice research workshops.
• Teach in the Excellence in Legal Research program.
• Provide seminar instruction on Law Library resources.

C.  REFERENCE AND RESEARCH

• Provide reference services as part of a rotating reference team.
• Assist with research requests and other information needs.
• Participate in the faculty liaison program.

D.  OTHER

• Work collaboratively with others to create and maintain assigned LibGuides. 
• Assist with the Law Library’s Scholarship Repository.
• Participate in posting to the Law Library blog, The Reporter.
• Participate in collection development and selection.
• Serve on Law Library and Law School committees (groups) as appointed.
• Engage in professional teaching, research, and service, as required by Law Library Faculty Rules.
• Participate in special projects or duties as assigned.

SUPERVISION GIVEN AND RECEIVED

• This position reports to the Associate Director of the Law Library. 
• May supervise student employees and other personnel assigned to user services and may provide functional leadership to faculty and staff participating in user services initiatives.

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

1.  JD from an ABA-accredited law school and MLS (or equivalent) from an ALA-accredited graduate school, obtained by position start date.

Preferred Qualifications:

In addition to the required qualifications, individuals with the following preferred qualifications are strongly encouraged to apply:

1. Ability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with colleagues and work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
2. Strong organizational and planning skills with the ability to innovate and remain flexible and comfortable with change.
3. Evidence of self-motivation, initiative, scholarly promise (intellectual curiosity), a strong instructional services philosophy, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
4. Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
5. Experience with law library instruction services, including course design and learning management systems. 
6. A demonstrated record of effective teaching in collaborative legal research instruction or for-credit courses. 
7. An established record of scholarly publications. 
8. A record of professional service. 

Application Process:

To ensure full consideration, please complete an online application at https://www.depts.ttu.edu/hr/workatteastech/. Requisition #45911BR.