Library Technician, Congressional Research Service, Washington, D.C.

Posted January 14, 2019

The Congressional Research Service (CRS), Knowledge Services Group (KSG) seeks a library technician (information and technical services) to process and maintain research materials used by CRS staff. The selectee also responds to requests for information and documents by internal and external clients.

The Library technician will perform the following duties:

• Identifying documents and other materials relevant to the CRS mission, and assists in making the materials accessible to staff. This includes downloading digital documents or digitizing printed materials and uploading files to internal repositories.

• Checking in serial publications, receives and processes newly received materials, and updates holdings information in the library catalog.

• Searching library catalogs and databases to verify bibliographic information. Creates metadata for digital documents or collections, applying established taxonomies as appropriate.

• Maintaining print collections, including sorting, shelving, and weeding materials; shifting collections; assisting with collection inventories to identify gaps and duplicates. Assist in developing and maintaining digital collections.

• Assisting in the staffing of the CRS research facilities and/or congressional reading rooms.

• Providing ready reference and document delivery services: identifies, retrieves, and delivers documents from a range of sources and in diverse media, contacting libraries and other cultural institutions, government agencies, publishers, and authors as needed.

• Delivering a variety of documents and data, making copies of CRS seminars and workshop materials in response to client requests.

• Conducting searches on a variety of electronic resources to locate appropriate documents or to find factual information such as names and contact information for congressional liaisons or addresses of organizations.

CRS is fully committed to workforce diversity. Interested applicants must apply online: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/521002500.