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Job Type
Full-time
Description
LAC Federal is seeking an experienced Special Collections Librarian to support a project with a prestigious federal library in Beltsville, Maryland. The Special Collections Librarian will be responsible for the management, preservation, and promotion of the library's special collections. This is a long-term, full-time, on-site (40 hours a week; Monday to Friday) benefited contract opportunity.
Responsibilities
- Assess condition of materials and initiate repairs and / or digitization where needed
- Assess potential donations to collection and recommend whether to accept
- Prepare documents needed to transfer or add collection materials and update collection administrative files to reflect changes / additions
- Accession new materials into the collection and update finding aids to reflect additions
- Monitor and report on collection usage through anecdotes and measures
- Prepare for and participate in tours and outreach; create displays of representative
- items from the collection and associated talking points
- Prepare physical materials for digitization; coordinate production of in-house and external digitization; and collaborate with digital archivists to preserve and present the digitized content
- Ability to lift and move books and manuscript boxes, to climb ladders to retrieve materials, and push book trucks
- Organize, describe and create / update finding aids for unprocessed subsets of the collection
- Create ArchivesSpace records for items in unprocessed subsets of the collection
- Answer customer information inquiries regarding collection materials
- Add new content to web archiving of client websites as needed
- Develop curatorial strategy for licensed materials
- Develop advertising policy for the client collection as the official repository
Requirements
Physical Requirements
Benefits
EEO STATEMENT
The company and its subsidiaries are an equal opportunity employer and celebrate the population of differences and does not discriminate in its hiring / hiring practices, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Nothing in this job specification restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Critical features of this job are described under various headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. The above statements are strictly intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees in this position.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently.
Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.
