Position Description: University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (“Pacific McGeorge”) is seeking a dynamic and innovative leader for the position of Assistant Dean of its Gordon D. Schaber Law Library. The Assistant Dean for Library and Research Services is responsible for all aspects of the operation of the law library including budgeting, hiring and supervision of librarians and staff, strategic planning for future growth and development of the library, and initiating and monitoring all library programs and services. It is the Assistant Dean’s responsibility to ensure that the collection and resources are sufficient to meet the primary goal of supporting the teaching and research needs of the school’s faculty, staff and students and to ensure that the library is in compliance with the accreditation standards and membership requirements of the American bar Association and the Association of American Law Schools. The Assistant Dean reports directly to the Dean, and is a member of the School’s senior administrative team and a voting member of the law faculty. Pacific McGeorge has initiated a renovation of the law library, a portion of which has been completed to date.

Minimum Qualifications: Applicants for the Assistant Dean’s position must have a J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school (or foreign equivalent), a master’s degree from an ALA-accredited library school, and significant experience in library administration. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Campus and Community: Pacific McGeorge School of Law occupies 13 beautiful acres in Sacramento, California's capital city. The law school has both day and evening divisions and a number of foreign programs. A dynamic city, Sacramento offers many cultural offerings and superb recreational activities. San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, and the Napa Valley wine country are within easy driving distance. The climate is Mediterranean. An affordable community with excellent housing values and good schools, Sacramento is California at its best.

The Pacific McGeorge law library is a service-oriented library that offers faculty and students access to over 500,000 volumes and volume-equivalents and many legal and interdisciplinary electronic resources. The Library serves a law school with 56 faculty and more than 1000 J.D. and LL.M. students. The library is currently staffed with 9 librarian positions and 12 staff plus work-study students, and has an annual budget of over two million dollars.

Applications: Review of applications will begin March 3, 2008, and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants should electronically forward a letter of interest, a resume and contact information on three references to the chair of the search committee, Professor Philip H. Wile at pwile@pacific.edu.

The University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value candidates who can bring our community a variety of backgrounds and experiences.