Senior Research Librarian

Summary

Responsible for advanced legal and business research with heavy focus in corporate transactional and securities areas; and participation in the coordination of research services and training of associates.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Serves as a member on the global research team as a senior corporate transaction/securities research specialist and performs comprehensive legal and business research across domestic and foreign jurisdictions.
• Executes often complex legal and non-legal research using online and print resources.
• Assists attorneys, law clerks, paralegals, and staff in all offices with research queries, current awareness monitoring, and research strategy.
• Collaborates with senior library staff regarding coordination and performance of library research services across all offices.
• Coordinates research workflow in the absence of the Research Manager, Library. Uses workflow software to track and manage research requests.
• Coordinates and/or conducts library research orientations, resource training programs, and prepares guides, videos, and training documents as needed.
• Supports and develops the library’s Intranet resources for all firm offices including development of guides to the library’s collection and subject bibliographies on topics of current interest.
• Participates in ongoing content and usage analysis of electronic and print resources with eye toward providing targeted resources and research efficiencies.
• Assists with projects to increase the accessibility, utilization, and discovery of research resources.
• Stays current on technological developments relating to online research and applications and best practices relevant to providing highly responsive research services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required. MLS from an accredited graduate program and/or JD from an accredited law school strongly preferred. Minimum 5 years work experience as research librarian in an Am Law 100 firm or similar environment.
• Strong knowledge of M&A precedent research. Demonstrated experience working with transactional attorneys.
• Advanced proficiency in Westlaw, Lexis, Intelligize, CIQ, FactSet, and other library online resources.
• Strong service orientation and a history of developing effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to analyze and interpret information from a variety of sources, apply critical and creative thinking to draw conclusions or develop solutions to complex problems.
• Must be able to work in a team environment as well as independently.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other modern law firm productivity software tools; familiarity with Kira or Luminance, and Intralinks.