[LIBJOBS] Job Announcement: Head, Library Technology Services Section, NLM, Bethesda, MD, USA

The following position will be open through Sunday, May 25, 2014.

 

Head, Library Technology Services Section, Technical Services Division, National Library of Medicine

 

This position is listed as Supervisory Librarian GS-1410-14, with a salary range from $106,263 to $138,136 including locality pay per annum.

 

Job Announcement Number:  NIH-NLM-DE-14-1110718

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/369887300

 

The Head of the Library Technology Services Section reports directly to the Chief of the Technical Services Division and is responsible for a staff of eleven librarians and technical information specialists. The Section manages bibliographic and digital library systems to support the Division’s collection development, acquisitions, licensing and cataloging operations. Major activities of the Section include maintaining, developing, testing and documenting the NLM integrated library system; the Digital Collections repository; locally developed systems to support NLM indexing and PubMed citation creation activities; online public access catalogs to provide discovery and delivery of the NLM collection; electronic resources management systems including an OpenURL Link Resolver; a documentation system; report writing software for providing statistical reports and data analyses; web collecting and archiving software; and numerous other software utilized by staff to carry out Division functions. The Section provides first level computer desktop support for the Division and manages the Division’s technology budget. The incumbent will serve on working groups within NLM and represent NLM to various professional and government organizations.

 

Please contact Jennifer Marill, Chief, Technical Services Division, at 301-435-7072 or marillj@mail.nlm.nih.gov with questions about the position.

       

If you have never applied for a federal position consider contacting Zenaida Olivero, Human Resources Specialist, at 301-435-5716 or oliverozm@mail.nih.gov  to learn more about the application process. All questions about the status of the application should also be directed to her.

 

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The Technical Services Division contributes to the National Library of Medicine’s mission of providing biomedical research and health information worldwide through a variety of programs and activities. More information about the Division can be found at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/tsd.html.

 

In addition to an interesting, challenging work environment, NLM has a great location on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. It is a short Metro ride from Washington D.C. and a short walk from Bethesda’s thriving restaurant and retail district. To learn more about working at NLM see http://www.nlm.nih.gov/careers/careers.html.