Career at ADA

Position overview:

The Law Librarian provides specialized assistance and guidance to library patrons in navigating through legal digital and print materials (e.g., case law, statutes, e-treatises), conducting research and accessing legal databases and electronic libraries. They organize legal information literacy sessions and perform multi-directive analysis on institutional and global legal databases.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Specialized Research: Provide expert reference assistance and consulting for legal and subject-specific research at all levels, both in person and via virtual e-communications;
• Collection Development Support: Oversee the dynamics of electronic legal collection and support physical collections’ growth, select appropriate materials to support the law curriculum and legal community needs;
• Instruction: Develop guidelines, tutorials, course integrated sessions and instruct users in on legal research techniques and the use of specialized library information resources;
• Assessment: Design and assess library instruction and legal information competency workshops and orientations;
• Curriculum Support: Help define information literacy objectives specifically for legal education and design library-based assignments;
• Technological Innovation: Recommend and implement emerging technologies, such as legal digitalization projects;
• Resource Sharing: Manage the Library’s Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery service;
• Professional Development: Maintain awareness of literature and developments within the national and international legal library world through conferences and seminars;
• Community Engagement: Actively support and engage the ADA University community and its partners with necessary legal information needs;
• General Duties: Perform other library duties as assigned by the Manager.

Requirements: 

• An accredited MLIS degree (or equivalent) and fluency in English. A degree in Law is often preferred for subject librarians;
• Proficiency with Integrated Library Systems and legal research databases; 
• Minimum three years of related library experience;
• Strong customer service, interpersonal communication, and analytical skills;
• Experience in information literacy instruction within a culturally diverse community;
• A flexible approach, the ability to work on one's own initiative, and the ability to work as part of a team;
• Availability to travel to the partner university abroad for one semester.

Please follow the link to apply for this position: https://www.ada.edu.az/apply-to-job

The deadline for application is February 15, 2026.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further recruitment processes. 

ADA University offers a competitive remuneration package and attractive conditions of employment of a high standard. For more information about ADA University, please visit www.ada.edu.az.