Legal Librarian (Admin Officer) at City of Cape Town

Requirements

• B. Bibl/B.LIS or PG Dipl. LIS or B. Inf (Hons
• 2-3 years’ experience in a library environment, at least 1-2 years law library experience, including supervisory experience.
• A paralegal qualification would be advantageous.
• Fully conversant with all aspects of librarianship, in particular the principles of collection development, reference work, information retrieval and bibliographic knowledge
• Extensive knowledge of professional library techniques, systems and procedures.
• Computer proficiency (MS Applications)

Key Performance Areas

• Co-ordinates and controls activities, procedures and outcomes associated with the provision of a comprehensive legal resource centre and information service within Legal Services
• Ensure the implementation and maintenance of procedures and systems associated with the efficient and effective running of the law library
• Ensure the law library is effectively managed.
• Supervise, train and develop law library staff
• Assist staff with straightforward legal research queries using online resources
• Provide access to the knowledge management databank e.g. Juta Stat, Sabinet LexisNexis
• Maintain the electronic database of user details and accessing specific fields to elicit information on overdue books and proceeding with notification and execution of specific recovery sequences
• Catalogue and index new materials (periodicals, audiovisuals,books) using specific classification systems based on established library information management principles
• Conduct stock counts of library material and/ or removing out-dated books from shelves and updating electronic databases.