UCS-23
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY
ANNOUNCEMENT
STATE OF NEW YORK
UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM
PLEASE POST
ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 9630
POSITION TITLE: SENIOR LAW LIBRARIAN JG: 24
LOCATION: 9th JUDICIAL DISTRICT
WESTCHESTER COUNTY
BASE SALARY: $89,338 + $4,920 LOCATION PAY
CLASSIFICATION: COMPETITIVE – PROVISIONAL*
QUALIFICATIONS: One year of permanent, competitive class service in the Law Librarian title; or Master's degree in Library
Science or Library Information Sciences from an American Library Association (ALA) accredited college or
university and two (2) years of professional work experience using library automation, providing legal
reference services or involving library administration. This experience must have been in a law library or
library information center with a significant legal collection; or Law Degree from an accredited law school
and two (2) year of professional work experience using library automation, providing legal reference
services or involving library administration. This experience must have been in a law library or library
information center with a significant legal collection.
*Section 25.20 (a) Rules of the Chief Judge provides that an appointment may be made on a provisional/temporary basis
provided there are no eligibles available for appointment from the existing eligible list. To be appointed on a permanent
basis, you must take the civil service examination and be among the top three acceptors
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF WORK: Under supervision of a District Administrative Judge or a Principal Law Librarian, Senior
Law Librarians provide professional library services by implementing policies, performing acquisition functions, original cataloging,
and classifying materials using electronic systems based on standard library guidelines. Senior Law Librarians coordinate and
implement resource sharing and evaluate the various collections under their jurisdiction for accuracy, relevance and completeness,
tailor these collections to complement one another and avoid unnecessary duplication, assist in budget preparation and resource
allocation. Senior Law Librarians may manage diverse legal research collections and supervise Law Librarians, paraprofessionals
and clerical staff. Senior Law Librarians operate, and may manage, a variety of library and research automation systems. They
perform legal research, oversee chambers collections, participate in electronic reference and technical consortiums and work on
statewide initiatives in cooperation with the Office of Legal Information. They may coordinate operations of geographically separate
legal research collections, and perform other related library and administrative duties.
ASSIGNMENT: Duties include, but are not limited to: providing legal research and reference support to judges, court attorneys, and
non-judicial staff; providing online legal reference services to the public via Ask A Law Librarian; reviewing and evaluating legal
research materials in all formats to identify items to be added or withdrawn from the collections of the Criminal and Civil Term
Justices’ Libraries; cataloging new items in the collections according to Library of Congress classification system and court-specific
guidelines, and constantly monitoring effectiveness of collection organization; implementing and monitoring collection development
policies, and recommending modifications thereof; operating acquisition system, including bibliographic searching, retrieval, receipt,
verification, labeling, and recordkeeping; monitoring changes in cataloging and classification standards and modifying library records
to comply; and other related duties.
GENERAL INFORMATION: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed
by persons assigned to this title. They do not include all job duties performed by employees in the title, and every position does not
necessarily require these duties. Although a position is available and situated at a specific location, the appointee may be subject
to reassignment to any position in the same title in this promotion unit dependent upon the needs of the Unified Court System. All
applications received from this announcement may be used to fill any vacancies in this title that may occur in this court or agency
within the next six (6) months. Position(s) available at the present time: 1 .
