Research Librarian

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Research Librarian
Responsibilities: Performs specialized legal research for lawyers and clients using a variety of electronic and print resources. Projects may include retrieving court documents; locating contact information for individuals; obtaining legal, business, and medical/scientific literature; authenticating cited sources; finding biographical details on judges and counsel; and tracking litigation. Conducts in-depth research in a wide range of practice-specific areas of law, business intelligence, public records, legislative history, and news media. Performs research on and prepares company and industry profiles in support of business development efforts. Delivers basic and advanced library instruction to new lawyers and staff. Supports the firm’s usage of legal and business databases by securing passwords, coordinating introductory and recurring training, and trouble-shooting technical issues. Maintains relationships with lending libraries and document retrieval services. Manages inter-library loans with participating libraries. Assists with collection development by evaluating information needs, research requests, available resources, and usage patterns. Provides input on addition of new resources and removal of resources no longer needed. Assists with collection maintenance duties including the ordering and cataloging of books, routing serials, shelving materials, and, periodically, filing updates and looseleaf materials. Assists with financial management of the library by reviewing and confirming invoices and allocating expenses to the appropriate accounts. Other projects and duties as assigned by direct supervisor and other Library Services Managers. High level of contact with Lawyers, Paralegals, and Legal Secretaries; Other Research Librarians and Library Services Managers. Moderate level of contact with Members of the firm’s Client Relations department; Firm vendors; and Lending libraries. Occasional level of contact with Firm clients.

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