Position: Librarian (Biomedical)
Location: National Institute of Health
Salary: $89,834 to $138,868

Full vacancy announcement available on USAJOBS.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Library is pleased to announce an exciting employment opportunity for an exceptional candidate to serve as an Instructional Librarian. If you have experience providing library services and instruction in a clinical or biomedical research setting and want to play a significant role in a dynamic organization, then consider joining the NIH Library team.

Duties

• Serves as an expert in information research and library instruction, especially E-learning.
• Develops and delivers training to researchers in advanced fields of biomedical knowledge, using a wide variety of instructional techniques.
• Performs complex searches requiring the collection and organization of data from various sources, including the development of narrative reports, charts, tables, graphs and various statistical reports.
• Provide advice and consultation to research and scientific staff on information searches and technologies.
• Analyzes library operating practices and procedures, online files, and processing methods, and associated training and instructional programs, in order to improve the operating effectiveness and efficiency of the library.
• Obtain and analyze feedback from trainees regarding the effectiveness of library instruction.

Position: Library Technician (Digitization)
Location: Agricultural Research Service
Salary: $50,643 to $65,831

Full vacancy announcement available on USAJOBS.

This position is located in the Digitization and Access Branch for the National Agricultural Library (NAL) in Beltsville, MD.

In this position, you will be responsible for preparation of print materials and associated metadata for digitization as well as operating NAL’s imaging equipment and associated computer hardware and software.

Duties

• Reviews materials for digitization, selecting the best copy and ensuring each item is complete and the information is in proper order.
• Formats metadata to meet the requirements of NAL digital collections; identifies and adds missing metadata elements as needed.
• Performs quality reviews of digital items produced by/for NAL.
• Consults with the collection management staff on special handling requirements prior to digitization.
• Consults with catalogers and metadata librarians as needed to ensure accuracy of bibliographic information for each item digitized.
• Coordinates return of physical items for reshelving after digitization is complete.
• Searches existing library and external systems for bibliographic records and existence of digitized copies.
• Operates the imaging systems used for in-house digitization of rare and non-standard (oversize, fragile, etc.) materials.
• Processes images to meet project requirements, including creation of derivative files and tonal adjustment as needed.