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Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 16:51:06 -0500
From: eugene_dickerson@NES.NLM.NIH.GOV
Subject: NLM vacancy announcement
The National Library of Medicine has an opening for a temporary
librarian in the Serial Records Section, Technical Services Division.
LIBRARIAN
OPEN PERIOD 03/02/1998 - 03/23/1998
SERIES/GRADE: GS-1410-09/11
SALARY: $ 32457 TO $ 51049, ANNUAL
PROMOTION POTENTIAL: GS-11
ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: LM-98-11
DUTY LOCATIONS: BETHESDA, MD
TEMPORARY LIBRARIAN--ONE YEAR ONLY
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES: This appointment may be extended beyond one
year depending on future workload levels. This position is located in
the Serial Records Section which together with the Selection and
Acquisitions Section and the Cataloging Section comprise the Technical
Services Division. The Technical Services Division (1) recommends
policy on collection development; (2) selects, acquires, processes and
catalogs print and nonprint monographs and serials published
throughout the world for the Library's collection; (3) develops and
maintains national and international publication exchange
relationships; (4) develops and maintains automated systems supporting
technical services functions; (5) creates and distributes
bibliographic and related information through online databases, tape
distribution and publications, and; (6) coordinated NLM's technical
services activities with other national and research libraries here
and abroad and with the U.S. biomedical library community. The
incumbent performs a variety of duties involved with the timely
acquisition and processing of modern print, nonprint and mixed format
biomedical materials in over 45 languages for the Library's
collection; performs or assist in the oversight of a wide variety of
complex acquisition activities including the creation and maintenance
of purchase or subscription orders, receipt processing for serials or
monographs, payment approval and invoice processing, claiming and the
creation and maintenance of holdings records, publication pattern
records, etc.; independently resolve complex as well as routine
processing problems. The incumbent assists unit supervisor in
managing the creation of provisional bibliographic records or the
location, retrieval and modification to records in external databases
according to NLM standards; independently resolves complex
bibliographic problems and assists staff in bibliographic problem
solving; assists with a wide range of review and quality control
functions to ensure the accuracy of NLM's bibliographic, acquisitions
and holdings data; recommends modifications and enhancements to
processing and quality review functions to improve their
effectiveness. Specifically, the incumbent trains division personnel,
other library employees and contractors as required in the use of
NLM's technical processing files and external acquisition or
bibliographic systems, such as vendor files, LCMUMS, OCLC, etc.;
prepares or assists in preparing documentation and training materials
to support these activities; carries out or participates in a wide
variety of special bibliographic, automation and other projects
related to the acquisition, processing and control of materials for
the Library; prepares related reports, memoranda, etc.; selects a
variety of materials for the NLM collections and participates in a
variety of complex collection development and assessment projects;
assists in procurement actions for acquisitions activities including
formal contract actions, blanket purchase agreements, and other
related activities; may prepare statements of work, serve on technical
review groups, act as project officer, interface with vendors to
resolve acquisition problems, etc. Will assist in projects related to
NLM's implementation of Endeavor's Voyager system in late 1998.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: For GS-9: Must meet 1 of the following: 1)
Master's degree or successful completion of 2 full years (60 semester
- or 90 quarter hours) in library science from an accredited college
or university; OR, 2) One of the following: Masters degree in Library
Science from an accredited college of university; OR successful
completion Of 30 semester - 4 quarters of graduate study in library
science; OR a 5th year bachelor's degree in library science plus 1
year of professional librarian experience; OR a total of 5 years
library experience. In addition, possesses 1 year of professional
experience in 1 or more of the major functional areas of
librarianship, such as acquisitions, cataloging, readers advisory
services, etc., equivalent in difficulty responsibility to the GS-7
level in the Federal service. For GS-11: Must meet 1 of the following
1) Completion of all requirements for a doctoral degree or 3 full
years of graduate study in library science from an accredited college
or university; OR, 2) The qualification requirements for the GS-9
position plus possesses 1 year of professional librarian experience
equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-9 level in the
Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience that
has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and
abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that
is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Full
qualification requirements can be found in the OPM's Qualification
Standards for General Schedule Positions Operating Manual available in
any Federal Personnel Office.
Deadline for applications is March 23, 1998. For complete details on
how to apply, please contact:
NIH/National Library of Medicine
Building 38, Room 2N05
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland 20894
Phone: (301) 496-4946
Attn: Nan Fields
Refer to vacancy announcement no.: LM-98-0011
Posted by:
Gene Dickerson
Head, Bibliographic Unit
Serial Records section
National Library of Medicine
