Job opening: Collections Management Technician (Evenings/Weekends)
Salary: $45 146 - 58 686 per year
Published at: Aug 14 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the Collections Management Division, Preservation Directorate, Discovery and Preservation Services.
Position description number is 429736.
Salary range indicated reflects the locality pay adjustments for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area.
This position will work a fixed schedule:12:00pm-8:30pm Monday-Thursday, off Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm Saturday. Special hours are required for evenings and weekends.
This is a non-supervisory, bargaining unit position.
Duties
The incumbent reports to the Retrieval or Collection Management Supervisor and is responsible for a variety of activities in support of stack management, collections retrieval, and maintenance. This includes obtaining books for readers utilizing the Library of Congress (LC) Integrated Library System (ILS) and other online systems through which requests are submitted and answered. Incumbent must possess an in-depth knowledge of collections and storage areas, thorough familiarity with both manual and automated databases, and thorough understanding of cataloging and classification practices. Duties may require assignment to any of the book stacks in the Jefferson or Adams Buildings or to work with the Collections Officer in collections material maintenance. Critical to this position is the ability to work with a high degree of accuracy, to produce a large quantity of work, often under severe time constraints, and to interact effectively with co-workers.
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 library collections maintenance practices and procedures.**
Knowledge of proper library collection retrieval processes and procedures.**
Knowledge of best practices for the preservation of collection materials.
Ability to interact collaboratively with others.
Ability to use computerized search tools, web-based tools and online databases. **
Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington, District of Columbia 20540
United States
- Name: Customer Service Center
- Phone: 202-707-5627
- Email: [email protected]
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