This position is located in the Digital Collections Management and Services Division, Digital Services Directorate, Discovery and Preservation Services. The position description number for this position is 448846. The salary range indicated reflects the locality pay adjustments for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area. The incumbent of this position will work a flexitime, compflex or maxiflex work schedule. This is a non-supervisory, bargaining unit position

Duties

Are you interested in joining a highly collaborative team-based environment working to acquire, preserve, and provide access to digital collections at the Library of Congress? Do you enjoy creative problem solving that will contribute to automating processes, developing workflows, working with large amounts of digital content, and making digital collections accessible? The Digital Collections Management & Services Division (DCMS) is seeking a Senior Digital Collections Data Librarian to join its dedicated, engaged, and innovative staff. DCMS manages a variety of digital general collections including content collected through the Library’s web archiving program, eBooks, e-Journals, digitized general collections materials, bulk datasets, and more! DCMS maintains custodial responsibility for general digital collections materials, facilitating born digital acquisitions, conducting research and testing on digital content management methods and practices, and developing policy and procedures for the management of digital content. Our staff liaise and collaborate with a variety of staff across the Library. As a Senior Digital Collections Data Librarian, you will play a key role in enabling computational use of the Library’s born digital and digitized collections and implementation of a coordinated approach to support use of collections for digital scholarship. If you have experience with managing datasets and leading associated programmatic activities like consulting with key internal and external stakeholders, we encourage you to apply.

Requirements

Qualifications

Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience and training sufficient in scope and quality to furnish them with an acceptable level of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision. Knowledge of policies, procedures, applications, and practices related to dataset management standards, mapping, transformation and management.** Knowledge of library digital content management principles and practices.** Ability to analyze organizational and operational problems and develop solutions to plan and carry out digital content management programs.** Ability to interact collaboratively with others to provide consultation and liaison duties.   Ability to communicate effectively in writing.   Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing

Contacts

• Address LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 101 Independence Avenue S.E. Washington, District of Columbia 20540 United States
• Name: Customer Service Center
• Phone: 202-707-5620
• Email: [email protected]