[LIBJOBS] China - Shenzhen - Deputy Director of Peking University Scool of Transnational Law Library

Employer information:
The Peking University School of Transnational Law (Shenzhen, China) is a branch of Peking University (also known as "Beijing University," or "Beida"), China's oldest and most distinguished university.  Established in 2007, the School of Transnational Law is China's first American-style law school to offer a graduate program whose courses are taught in English using the Socratic method.  The four-year curriculum leads both to a J.D. degree and a Chinese-law Juris Master degree.  The School began teaching courses in 2008. It currently has 259 students and graduates its first class of students in 2012.  The faculty consists of a mix of distinguished permanent and visiting faculty.  The law school plans to seek accreditation from the American Bar Association and a new law school building will be dedicated in September 2013.

Job Description: 
The Peking University School of Transnational Law seeks applications for the position of Deputy Director of the Legal Research Center (the law library). The Deputy Director will work closely with the Director of the Legal Research Center and will assist theDirector in 
•    Developing the library's collection, with an emphasis on Chinese legal materials; 
•    Developing and delivering research and instructional support to law school faculty and students and members of the University Town campus; 
•    Serving as a liaison to the University Town Library; 
•    Preparing legal research guides;Teaching legal research; 
•    Managing the Library Reserve Room. 

The law library has developed a collaborative working relationship with the University Town Library (UTL), located a five minute walk from the law school, and a portion of the law library's print collection is located at the UTL. Shenzhen is in a subtropical zone and has warm summers and temperate winters. The campus is one-hour from Hong Kong. 

For more information about the law library, please refer to the article "Changed (Not Lost) in Translation" co-authored by the inaugural dean for information services Christopher Simoni.
   
Notes: Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience; benefits package.     

Requirements: Because of the unique nature of the School of Transnational Law the qualifications for the position are flexible.  

Required qualifications:  
•    A law degree and a library degree or equivalent; appropriate experience may be substituted for one or both degrees; 
•    Fluent in Mandarin and English;
•    Demonstrated proficiency using Chinese and international legal information resources;
•    Demonstrated proficiency providing effective legal research support；
•    At least 2~3-year commitment 

Preferred qualifications:
•    Experience providing research support to faculty and students in an academic law library;
•    Familiarity with common law information sources;
•    Experience teaching legal research;
•    Experience in library management.   

For additional information please contact Ms. Hua Xu, Assistant Dean of Peking University School of Transnational Law, at jasminexuhua@gmail.com