Job Opening Title:
Archivist – Special Collections
Name of Employer:
National Agricultural Library
Job Site Location (City, State) :
Beltsville, MD
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Dear Colleagues,
The National Agricultural Library (NAL) has an opening for an Archivist, GS-1420-12. This position is telework eligible and is within the Digitization and Access Branch.
The announcement will be open from 3/26/2024 to 4/8/2024.
There are Public (DE) and Federal (MP) announcements. Please view the full announcements here:
Public Delegated Authority (DE): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/783427600
Federal Merit Promotion (MP): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/783428100
Summary
This position is in the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Agricultural Library, Data Production Division, Digitization and Access Branch located in Beltsville, MD.
In this position, you will provide research and reference services for rare and historical materials and acquire, process, organize, preserve, and provide access to the collections.
Duties
• Oversee collection processing decisions, initiatives, documentation, and workflow.
• Prepare electronic, written, or telephonic replies to inquiries from the public, researchers, USDA employees, and scholars.
• Assess physical shape of the collections and identify those requiring preservation or rehabilitation.
• Recommend priority of collections to receive analysis based on collection strengths and desired subject focus.
• Work with cataloger/metadata librarian to ensure compliance with national standards for describing archival and rare book content.
• Manage archival activities by collecting, appraising, arranging, accessioning, inventorying, preserving, and archiving historical materials in all formats.
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