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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The National Agricultural Library has an opening for a GS-11/12 Archivist (Digital/Preservation). The position is located in Beltsville, Maryland, in the Data Production Division, Digitization & Access Branch. The vacancy announcements
close on <b><u>Friday, December 11, 2020</u>.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#2F5597">The position is open to the public and merit promotion for current Federal employees.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#2F5597"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Public</u></b> – Please apply here – : <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usajobs.gov%2FGetJob%2FViewDetails%2F585318400&data=04%7C01%7C%7C137b2e851d684759124c08d8953d1b71%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637423437008609275%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=dC3xwtfIVoIrvH%2B9G9bNt02c2%2BJAtWybI1U0yo5rizw%3D&reserved=0">
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/585318400</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Merit Promotion</u></b> and Career transition, individuals with disabilities, land & base management, military spouses, Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista, Veterans, and other special hiring authorities – Please apply here --
<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usajobs.gov%2FGetJob%2FViewDetails%2F585318800&data=04%7C01%7C%7C137b2e851d684759124c08d8953d1b71%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637423437008619246%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=%2Bg5ozAQ2ljDQWpjyvmfTRJYLXbf%2FyXoEKA4%2B%2F44jaZE%3D&reserved=0">
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/585318800</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The incumbent manages digital archival initiatives and services for the description, management, and preservation of born-digital and digitized collection objects. The incumbent also provides Special Collections reference and access services
and performs outreach activities.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Major Duties Include:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Participates in the development and implementation of policies and workflows for managing, preserving, and providing access to digital collections.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Performs digital object management and preservation services and carries out archival actions in NAL’s digital repository system, and in other environments as required.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Performs processing, preserving, and acquisition of archival, historical, and special collections materials.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Researches and recommends new tools to meet digital preservation, digital access, data management, and other digital curation needs for born-digital assets.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Develops procedures for managing born-digital or digitized materials for ingest, storage, organization, description, access and preservation.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Develops methods to maintain the infrastructure of a digital archive and establishes digital preservation procedures for NAL Special Collections materials.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Coordinates with other archivist and librarians to create, transform, curate and apply descriptive, structural, administrative, and preservation metadata.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Occasional travel may be required.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Please direct questions to</u>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Aryelle Smith</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Aryelle.Smith@usda.gov">Aryelle.Smith@usda.gov</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">703-259-9479<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. We also request that you share this announcement with other potential candidates.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please excuse any cross-posting.<o:p></o:p></p>
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