Overview
Librarian Jobs in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa at Bowmans (Law Firm)
Title: Librarian
Company: Bowmans (Law Firm)
Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Purpose:
Responsible for assisting with the organisation and operation of the assigned Library and the provision of effective information services.
Experience and Qualifications:
- 3 – 5 years’ library experience in a similar role in a professional services environment
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook (Sabinet, Juta, Lexis, etc)
- Bachelor’s Degree or B. Tech in Library and Information studies essential
Key Accountabilities
Library Operations and Administration
- Work with the team to contribute to and implement the library strategy to promote awareness and usage of library services and resources.
- Working with the team, contribute to the development of and implement library policy and standard operating procedures to ensure all library processes and procedures meet best practice.
- Maintain a full and working knowledge of monitoring and updating library automated systems.
- Be proactive in identifying opportunities for improvements.
- Assist with generating statistics and usage reports to monitor trends to inform budget and collection development.
- Update and maintain supplier database.
Information and Research Services
- Working across e-resources, search tools and collaboration platforms.
- Provide accurate and timely information service, research support to lawyers and business development team.
- Perform validation services (verifying sources, citations and authority, detecting hallucinations and misinformation, and assessing reliability.
- Perform current awareness monitoring of print and electronic resources.
- Alert lawyers to the latest legal developments, including new legislation and case law.
- Arrange access to information and publications not available in-house.
Collection Maintenance and Development
- Receipt and recording of new journals, law reports & loose leafs.
- Working with the team, contribute to the development of and implement collection development strategy by identifying and reviewing irrelevant publications and arranging for their disposal and maintaining records.
- Research, evaluate and recommend new resources for purchase.
- Proactively engaging with stakeholders to determine resource requirements.
- Update loose-leaf publications.
Library Training
- Conduct information and research literacy skills training.
- Participate in library orientation for new joiners and conduct library tours.
- Assist with development and update of training programs, materials and manuals.
Financial administration
- Capturing of select invoices, resolve certain invoice and payment queries and reconciling accounts.
- In instances, arranging and ensuring timeous payment.
Competencies
- Curiosity
- Technologically proficient
- Resilient
- Adaptability
- Client Focus
- Initiative
- Interactive Communication
- Organisational Awareness
- Teamwork
- Information Management
Bowmans is committed to achieving the objectives set in its transformation charter, and the targets in its employment equity plan. All recruitment decisions will be taken with due consideration being given to these objectives.