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<p class="MsoNormal">The National Agricultural Library has a vacancy for a GS-12 Librarian (Biological Sciences). The position serves as the Librarian (Biological Sciences) in the Information & Customer Service Branch of the Information Product Division.
The position is located in Beltsville, MD. <u>The job opportunity announcement closes on Wednesday, March 10 2021</u>.<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><span style="color:#2F5597">
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<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%2F593273400&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cbfb0c3e436784df0435f08d8da52f6cc%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637499397164759541%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=XAqVAB2TJ3NQePBUL3tM5hapNpWdLFJtowwATmJPbec%3D&reserved=0">
USAJOBS - Job Announcement</a> ( <span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#212121;background:white">
593273400)</span><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%2F593273400&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cbfb0c3e436784df0435f08d8da52f6cc%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637499397164759541%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=XAqVAB2TJ3NQePBUL3tM5hapNpWdLFJtowwATmJPbec%3D&reserved=0">
USAJOBS - Job Announcement</a> (<span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#212121;background:white">593273400</span>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;background:white">The incumbent applies knowledge of digital information delivery, library policies, collection development and general library rules and procedures, and an understanding of library users in a
rapidly changing digital environment</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Major Duties:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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Maintains awareness of current developments in library automation and technical services through professional development and continuous improvement activities<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
Develops new resources for key audiences, tests with market research, and follow trends on new tools available to support resource development<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
Contributes to the development of NAL<span style="color:#1F497D">’</span>s services in literature searching (including systematic reviews, structured searches, rapid reviews, retrospective reviews, etc.) and citation analysis (including bibliometrics, data
visualization, etc.).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
Creates, manages, and enhances data representing NAL<span style="color:#1F497D">’</span>s digital and physical collections. Supports collection, organization and availability of information on NAL websites.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
Responsible for collection development in the specialized fields of water quality, natural resources, alternative farming, rural information, and LTAR.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
Prepares reports as needed or requested; maintains statistics; forecasts usage patterns and identifies potential areas of growing demand.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
Interacts with customers to answer questions, provide information about NAL<span style="color:#1F497D">’</span>s collections, content, programs and services, recommend avenues for investigation or refer to likely sources of assistance.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
Analyzes search-related data and keywords, shifts in research topics, and customer information- seeking behavior to spot trends and identify opportunities for improving NAL collections, programs and services.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="color:#212121">Occasional travel may be required.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><u><span style="color:#212121">Please direct questions to</span></u><span style="color:#212121">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Aryelle Smith</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><u><span style="color:#212121">Telephone</span></u><span style="color:#212121">:
</span><span style="color:black">571-669-3857</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><u><span style="color:#212121">E-mail</span></u><span style="color:#212121">:
<a href="mailto:aryelle.smith@usda.gov">aryelle.smith@usda.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></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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