Library Technician (Vacancy#VAR003407)

Library of Congress; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

The Library of Congress in Washington, DC seeks a talented professional for a hybrid role in the African, Latin America and Western European Division. The position combines major technician duties across acquisitions, cataloging, and serials control to support materials, orders, and invoicing.

Responsibilities include acquisitions searching, order placement, item receipt, invoice payment, serials check-in, shelflisting, record creation, copy cataloging, and database maintenance.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting acquisitions, cataloging, or serials control.
• Ability to perform cataloging tasks such as shelflisting, record creation, and copy cataloging.
• Foreign language ability may be required depending on area (e.g., Spanish for South America).

Responsibilities

• Perform acquisitions searching, placing orders, receiving items, and paying invoices.
• Carry out serials check-in and related tasks to support acquisitions.
• Assist cataloging functions: shelflisting, record creation, copy cataloging, and database maintenance.

Job description

The Library of Congress shares its vast collections of books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, audiovisual materials, and priceless artifacts to cultivate curiosity and spark imagination. We engage, inspire, and inform Congress and the American people with a universal and enduring source of knowledge and creativity.

We seekhighly talentedprofessionals to join a vibrant and collaborative community. Your work here will have lasting impact on theLibraryand its users well into the future.

This position is located in African, Latin America and Western European Division. It is a hybrid position that combines the major technician duties for the functions of acquisitions, cataloging, and serials control. The duties include performing acquisitions searching, placing orders, receiving items, paying invoices, serials check-in, and any other activities needed to support the acquisitions of materials for the library. The duties also include those to support the function of performing cataloging for the library such as shelflisting, record creation, copy cataloging, database maintenance activities, and searching. Often there will be a foreign language requirement for this position depending on the geographical area for which functions are being performed. For example, staff processing and cataloging materials from South America need knowledge of the Spanish language.