Director for Digital Services

Code4lib; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

The Library of Congress is seeking its next Director for Digital Services to lead digital collections, discovery and metadata management through the Digital Services Directorate.

The Director will oversee three divisions and guide digitization, web archiving, born-digital acquisitions, metadata management, and product management for access and discovery across the Library.

Responsibilities

• Lead digital services strategy and operations for the Library of Congress' digital programs.
• Oversee digitization, discovery, and metadata management across three divisions.

Job description

Description

The Library of Congress is searching for its next Director for Digital Services. The salary range for this position is $151,661 - $228,000 per year. The position is eligible for limited telework and a flexitime work schedule as determined by agency policy.

The Director for Digital Services is responsible for the Library’s digital collections, discovery, and metadata management services through the leadership of the Digital Services Directorate under the Associate Librarian for Discovery and Preservation Services, within the Library Collections and Services Group.

The Digital Services Directorate encompasses three Divisions: Collections Digitization, Collections Discovery & Metadata Services, and Digital Collection Management &Services, together consisting of approximately 100 staff members.

Areas of work include collections digitization, web archiving, acquisition of born digital materials, collection metadata management, and product management for systems that enable access to and discovery of the Library’s collections for its users.

For more information about this position and the Digital Services Directorate, please join the Career Showcase webinar on October 1 from 1:00-2:00pm EDT for presentations and a live Q&A. The webinar will be recorded.

Visit the Library of Congress careers page for this vacancy for a link to the full job description on USAjobs and for Career Showcase webinar details.

The application deadline is October 13, 2026. Note that resumes and CVs exceeding twopages are permitted for all vacancies at the Library of Congress and are encouraged for this position.