Assistant Librarian of Law (Open Rank)- Instructional Services
Texas Tech University
6 days ago
Full-time
On-site
United States
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 instructional 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 robust student body, enable innovative research and creative activities, and transform lives and communities through outreach and engaged scholarship, applicants should have experience working with robust 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
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 robust student body, enable innovative research and creative activities, and transform lives and communities through outreach and engaged scholarship, applicants should have experience working with robust 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 instructional services, working collaboratively with the Associate Dean/Law Library Director, Associate Director, and Law Library Faculty and Staff.
- Manage instructional services, including coordinating programs; developing, implementing, and evaluating services; and recommending improvements.
- Build on existing instructional services and develop new programs, services, partnerships, and approaches consistent with the Law Library's mission and strategic priorities.
- Provide leadership for the development of a legal research curriculum across the Law School, developing competencies from the first year through upper-level courses, clinics, and journals.
- Lead the Law Library's collaborative development and administration of the 1L legal research curriculum in partnership with Legal Practice faculty, including curriculum design, instructional materials, assessment, and continuous improvement.
- Provide strategic and administrative leadership for the Excellence in Legal Research Program, including curriculum development, program growth, and continuous improvement.
- Evaluate and incorporate developments in law practice, NextGen Bar Exam, generative and agentic AI, and emerging research technologies into instructional services as appropriate.
- Oversee the development and maintenance of instructional services content, including research guides, course materials, and other resources.
- Ensure accessibility compliance across instructional services.
- Provide instructional-design leadership and support to Law Library Faculty developing and teaching for-credit legal research courses.
- Lead assessment of instructional services, including analyzing data and feedback, evaluating learning and program outcomes, and recommending curricular and program improvements.
- Develop, implement, and maintain policies and procedures related to instructional services.
- Design and teach a for-credit legal research course.
- Teach Legal Practice research workshops.
- Tech in the Excellence in Legal Research program.
- Provide seminar instruction on Law Library resources.
- Provide orientations to journals.
- Provide research instruction to clinics.
- Provide reference services as part of a rotating reference team.
- Participate in the faculty liaison program.
- Assist with research requests and other information needs.
- 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.
- This position reports to the Associate Director of the Law Library.
- May supervise student employees and other personnel assigned to instructional services and may provide functional leadership to faculty and staff participating in instructional initiatives.