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State of Connecticut Judicial Branch

Law Librarian I
Date Posted: 08/28/2026
Posting Number: 26-1000-125
Application Deadline: 09/14/2026

Employee Benefits

Location:
Law Library: Danbury

Salary Range:
$77,503 - $97,691/year – plus State of Connecticut benefits. New employees begin at the minimum. The starting salary for existing state employees may be higher than the minimum, in accordance with existing Judicial Branch policy.

Top notch array of health and retirement benefits including but not limited to: paid holiday leave, paid vacation leave, paid sick leave, three paid personal leave days per calendar year, group life insurance, 457 Deferred Compensation, voluntary flexible spending account programs, discounted auto and home insurance policies, long term disability, short term disability and hybrid remote work may be available for certain job positions.

Law Librarian I

Seeking a Law Librarian I to perform professional to advanced library duties which include providing legal reference and research guidance, instruction in database searching, catalog and collection maintenance.

Primary duty station is Danbury: In-state travel will be required.

DIVISION: Superior Court

CLASS DEFINITION:

This class is accountable for performing the full range of professional library duties and providing professional library services in a law library.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Works under the general supervision of a Supervising Law Librarian or other employee of higher grade.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

Works under the general supervision of a Supervising Law Librarian or other employee of higher grade.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

• Performs professional library duties which include acquiring, classifying and cataloging print and non-print library materials according to established principles and practices of library science;
• Provides bibliographic assistance, legal reference and research guidance to the courts and other library patrons;
• Maintains collection currency and efficient organization through accession records, serials check-in, circulation procedures, loose leaf/treatise filing, maintenance of legislative documents, collection arrangement, reshelving, binding, graphics, general repairs and space planning;
• Explains and assists in the use of reference sources, catalogs, indexes and automated data bases;
• Describes and demonstrates procedures for searching catalog files;
• Searches catalog files and shelves to locate information;
• Assists patrons in locating and obtaining materials through interlibrary loan procedures;
• Ensures security, proper protection, care and preservation of library materials;
• May supervise the daily operations of a law library as the sole librarian;
• May develop a library collection through reviewing the library' use, assessing the library's needs, selecting appropriate acquisitions and recommending new purchases;
• May participate in the deacquisitions process;
• May monitor a book budget through accounting procedures, invoice authorization, expenditure analysis and cost projections;
• May provide library orientation tours;
• May assemble and arrange displays of books and other library materials;
• May compile statistics and prepare reports as required for department planning;
• Participates in special projects as assigned;
• Acts as a liaison with other libraries and professional organizations;
• Performs related duties as required.