ACQflash: Position Announcement: Head, Serials Acquisitions Unit, Collection Development & Acquisitions Section, National Library of Medicine

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Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 10:04:15 -0800
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The following position in the Technical Services Division at the 
National Library of Medicine is now open on USAJOBS and will be open 
through February 3, 2014. This brief posting period is because of the 
federal government’s interest in accelerating the hiring process and 
should not be interpreted as an indication that someone has already been 
selected.



Head, Serials Acquisitions Unit, Collection Development and Acquisitions 
Section, Technical Services Division, National Library of Medicine



This position is listed as Supervisory Librarian GS-1410-13, with a 
salary range from $89,924 to $116,901 including locality pay per annum.



The Serials Acquisitions Unit Head in the Collection Development and 
Acquisitions Section serves as the head of one of four units and 
directly supervises a staff of three professional acquisitions 
librarians and five library technical support staff. The incumbent is 
responsible for managing operations of the Unit which acquires 
approximately 18,000 print and electronic biomedical and related 
serials, including providing preliminary bibliographic control for 
serial titles; managing accounts and communication with commercial 
subscription vendors worldwide; physical processing of print serial 
issues; creating and maintaining purchase order, receiving, payment and 
holdings records in an integrated library system; monitoring 
expenditures on the serials budget; and preparing reports to support 
analysis of the NLM collection.



The incumbent will be a member of the Collection Development and 
Acquisitions Section management team, reporting directly to the Section 
Head, and serve on working groups within NLM and represent NLM to 
various professional and government organizations.



Links to the USAJOBS listings:



Supervisory Librarian

Job Announcement Number: NIH-NLM-DE-14-1027543

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/359787900



Please contact Patricia Bosma, Head, Collection Development and 
Acquisitions Section, Technical Services Division at 301.496.3830 or 
bosmap_at_mail.nlm.nih.gov with questions about the position.



Please contact Keyonna Butler, Human Resources Specialist, at 
301-435-5713 or butlerke_at_mail.nih.gov with questions about the 
application process or status of the application.



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The Technical Services Division contributes to the National Library of 
Medicine’s mission of providing biomedical research and health 
information worldwide through a variety of programs and activities, 
including:

Formulating, implementing, and evaluating NLM collection development 
policies;
Selecting, acquiring, and processing the modern NLM collection of 
biomedical literature, including print and electronic resources;
Producing and maintaining cataloging records and the official catalog 
for the NLM collection;
Providing original cataloging and other metadata services; and
Managing bibliographic and digital library systems and software to 
support the Division’s collection development, acquisitions, licensing 
and cataloging operations as well as support a broad range of Library 
Operations and NLM services.



More information about the Technical Services Division can be found at: 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/tsd.html.



In addition to an interesting, challenging work environment, NLM has a 
great location on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in 
Bethesda, Maryland. It is a short Metro ride from Washington D.C. and a 
short walk from Bethesda’s thriving restaurant and retail district.







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