GAO Student Trainee (Librarian), US Government Accountability Office (GAO), (Washington DC)

Posted June 16, 2024

Duties

Interns will work on various assignments that include:

Performs a wide variety of duties such as: conducting research in bibliographic databases, collection maintenance and participating in projects that increase access to digital library materials, systems, and services.
Assists team members with area specific task to include designing and managing a variety of systems; or developing search techniques for handling specific various research requests.
Evaluates current publications and electronic resources and provides recommendations for renewal. Identifies and recommends new research resources for purchase.
Participates in a variety of responsibilities related to collection development and resource evaluation and testing; website development and information architecture; and/or resource sharing.
Assists with researching various topics based on inquiries from mission teams, agency attorneys and external customer and prepare routine responses based on research gathered to address inquiries.
Collaborates with senior Librarians to design and manage a variety of systems including all electronic resources throughout their life cycle of access, administration, support, and evaluation; or develop and execute specialized research projects involving various methodologies.
Executes searches of varying complexity using a wide variety of electronic information retrieval systems and other resources.
Prepares and/or revises user manuals or information sheets, and distributes information on new system capabilities and search strategies.

For more information and to apply, please go the following: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/794664800