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Library Resident Program

The Library Resident program of the Georgetown Law Library is designed to attract candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to the challenging and rewarding profession of law librarianship. The Georgetown University Law Center is proud of the racial and gender diversity of its faculty, staff and students, and through this program, we expect to contribute further to the diversity of the Law Center and the library profession.

The Georgetown Law Library is the fifth largest academic law library in the United States, and is known for its outstanding research collections in U.S. and international law, and its patron services. In addition to a comprehensive collection of legal materials in print, electronic materials, including a growing collection of World Wide Web, are well represented at the Library.

Description of the Program

The Law Library recognizes that the experiences and viewpoints of librarians from underrepresented backgrounds can be a valuable resource for our students, staff and faculty. This Residency was established to further increase the diversity of the Law Library's professional staff while fostering the growth and development of a new law librarian. The Law Library is ideally situated to provide an environment in which a new librarian can experience all aspects of academic law librarianship while contributing to the academic and cultural life of the Law Center.

The Library Resident will have ample opportunity to work in all departments of the library to learn firsthand about the wide variety of functions in a large academic law library. Department rotation schedules and projects will be tailored to the Library Resident's areas of interest, with ongoing responsibilities in the Reference Department. Yasmin Morais is our current Resident. To learn more about her, please click here.

Benefits of the Program

  • Work with an experienced law librarian mentor.
  • Work in Patron Services, Collection Services, Scholarly Resources and/or Administrative Services throughout the two-year period. Work with supervisors to design and implement projects that reflect your interests and career goals.
  • Design and carry out a significant research, instructional, or service-based project in the second year.
  • Assist patrons with legal research, create research guides and teach legal research classes under the supervision of experienced librarians.
  • Work in a fully automated library.
  • Obtain well-respected professional references for permanent jobs in law librarianship.
  • Participate in national and/or regional library associations.
  • Participate in the intellectual life of the Law Center.
  • Live and work in the Washington, DC area and experience the cultural richness of the nation's capital.

Eligibility

We are seeking applicants who have demonstrated an interest, and potential for success, in law librarianship, and who are members of historically underrpresented groups (e.g. Asian American/Pacific Islander, Native American, Hispanic American, African American.) Applicants must hold an M.L.S. or equivalent from an American Library Association accredited school by August 31, 2007, and have no more than two years of experience as a professional librarian.

Applications

To apply for this position, send the following application materials by Friday, February 16, 2007:

  1. resume
  2. names of three references
  3. library school or law school transcript if you are still in school, and
  4. personal statement discussing your reasons for applying for the Residency, career goals, and any other relevant information

Send your application materials to:

Margaret A. Fry, Associate Law Librarian for Administration
Edward Bennett Williams Law Library
Georgetown University Law Center
111 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 662-9162
Fax: (202) 662-9168
E-mail: libraryjobs@law.georgetown.edu.

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