Job Title:Archivist-NLM-DE
Department:Department Of Health And Human Services
Agency:National Institutes of Health
Job Announcement Number:NIH-NLM-DE-15-1446706
OPEN PERIOD: Thursday, July 16, 2015 to Monday, July 20, 2015
SERIES & GRADE:GS-1420-09/12
POSITION INFORMATION: Full Time – Permanent
PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 12DUTY LOCATIONS:1 vacancy in the following location: Montgomery County, MD View Map
WHO MAY APPLY: United States Citizens SECURITY CLEARANCE: Q – Nonsensitive
SUPERVISORY STATUS: No
JOB SUMMARY:
The NIH is the premier biomedical research center for the world. Its 27 Institutes and Centers employ approximately 18,000 employees doing a vast array of jobs, all supporting efforts for a healthy nation. For information on the NIH mission, goals, and Institutes and Centers, visit NIH Overview.
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, has been a center of information innovation since its founding in 1836. The world’s largest biomedical library, NLM maintains and makes available a vast print collection and produces electronic information resources on a wide range of topics that are searched billions of times each year by millions of people around the globe. It also supports and conducts research, development, and training in biomedical informatics and health information technology. In addition, the Library coordinates a 6,000-member National Network of Libraries of Medicine that promotes and provides access to health information in communities across the United States.
This position is located in the Division of Library Operations, History of Medicine Division, Images and Archives Section.
The History of Medicine Division (HMD) maintains a pre-eminent collection of the world’s published medical literature from the fifteenth through the early twentieth century; manuscripts ranging indicate from the eleventh century to the present; audio-visual materials from the twentieth century; and fine prints and other graphic materials from the fifteenth century to the present. The collection consists of more than 600,000 printed works, 20,000 linear feet of modern manuscripts, over 10,000 historical audiovisuals, and 150,000 historical prints and photographs. HMD acquires, organizes and services NLM’s historical source materials; conducts research in the history of medicine; supports medical historical scholarship by compiling and publishing catalogs, bibliographies, and other print and electronic aids; and coordinators the Library’s exhibition program.
For more information, visit NLM Overview.
TRAVEL REQUIRED:
Occasional Travel
Three (3) to ten (10) nights per year.
RELOCATION AUTHORIZED: No
KEY REQUIREMENTS:
U.S. Citizenship requirement met by closing date.
Position is subject to a background investigation.
DUTIES:
As an Archivist in the Images and Archives Section, you will:
Serve as the primary coordinator of the activities of the historic audio-visuals program with responsibility for setting standards for work evaluation; formulate production goals; monitor a complex work flow; coordinate activities with other sections, divisions, and staff of NLM and stakeholders outside of NLM; and ensure that work in process is properly tracked and that production goals are met.
Coordinate collection maintenance activities, such as evaluating new acquisitions; undertaking preservation and reformatting actions; identifying titles for full-level cataloging and duplication; cataloging titles; coordinating with the Preservation and Collection Management Section to duplicate titles; and maintaining an inventory of the collection.
Use expert knowledge to provide policy and budget guidance; participate in managing the budget for historic audio-visual collections; prepare budget requests for the program; and monitor projects and plan expenditures for the program.
Coordinate assignments for the staff and contractors in the historic audio-visuals program including inventorying collections; preparing or upgrading automated collection control records; undertaking proper preservation measures including housing, reformatting, cleaning, and storage under proper environmental conditions; moving collections; charging out collection materials for collections management activities; and responding to reference inquiries.
Serve as the Project Officer and/or Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) on contracts involving collections management activities.
Participate in project planing and evaluation, and lead planning efforts for the program.
Prepare or oversee the preparation of narrative and statistical reports about, and provide analysis of activities of the program.
Participate in the development and implementation of overall policies and procedures for the Section and of NLM-wide policies and procedures related to audio visual materials.
For more information and to apply visit https://my.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/410020300
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