Job opening: Preservation Specialist
Salary: $117 962 - 153 354 per year
Published at: Oct 04 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the Conservation Division, Preservation Directorate, Discovery and Preservation Services.
The position description number for this position is 454933.
The salary range indicated reflects the locality pay adjustments for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area.
The incumbent of this position will work a Compflex; or Flextime; Maxiflex work schedule.
This is a non-supervisory, bargaining unit position.
Duties
Preservation Specialist position is located in the Conservation Division in the Preservation Directorate. The Directorate is responsible for the long-term, uninterrupted access to the Library's collections through a variety of preservation programs. The Conservation Division accomplishes the preservation of the Library's collections, ranging from the general research collections to the rare, valuable, and special format collections, through a variety of activities. Incumbents in this position are specialists with a broad understanding of the diverse challenges that affect the Library's tangible collections and are engaged in a broad spectrum of activities that mitigate these risks.
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 the principles, concepts, and techniques of conservation/preservation. **
Ability to analyze, organize, plan, and carry out conservation/preservation programs in a library or similar institution. **
Ability to provide consultation or liaison duties. **
Ability to communicate in writing.
Ability to provide training.
Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing.
Contacts
- Address LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington, District of Columbia 20540
United States
- Name: Customer Service Center
- Phone: 202-707-5620
- Email: [email protected]
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