Strategic Collection Development Librarian – DC

Digital Library Federation; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 71,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

The Library of Congress is seeking a Librarian (Collection Development Librarian) to join the Collection Development Office, Library Collections and Services Group in Washington, DC. The role focuses on assessing collection strengths and weaknesses, studying trends, and guiding development strategies for priority subjects or formats.

You will collaborate with colleagues to conduct studies, apply policy-guided scopes, and utilize major bibliographic databases to inform decisions that meet user

Qualifications

• Participate in systematic studies to determine strengths and weaknesses of the collections focusing on assigned subject matter/format.
• Collaborate with others to prepare collection development studies that consider emerging trends and user needs (including Congress).
• Identify scope and depth of assigned collections based on policy statements, usage, and external comparisons.
• Utilize databases such as integrated library systems, OCLC and WorldCat to contribute to collection analyses.
• Identify trends and recommend strategies to enhance the Library’s collections.
• Compile, manipulate and maintain information using relational databases such as Microsoft Access.

Responsibilities

• Participate in systematic studies to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the collections focusing on a specific subject or format.
• Follow approved collections analysis protocol, collaborates with others to prepare and conduct collection development studies that include emerging trends in information dissemination factoring in the needs of users, including Congress, and the anticipated needs of future users.
• Identify scope and depth of assigned collections based on collecting levels articulated in collection development policy statements, collections usage, comparisons with other national and leading academic and research libraries/information centers, available lists, and catalogs and bibliographies of available information resources.
• Utilize internal and external collections databases such as integrated library systems, OCLC, and World Cat to participate in systematic studies to determine the strengths and weaknesses of collections focusing on a specific subject matter or format.
• Identify trends and recommend strategies to enhance the Library’s collections.
• Compile, manipulate, and maintain information using relational databases such as Microsoft Access.

Job description

The Library of Congress is seeking a Librarian (Collection Development Librarian) to join the Collection Development Office, Library Collections and Services Group in Washington, DC. The role focuses on assessing collection strengths and weaknesses, studying trends, and guiding development strategies for priority subjects or formats.

You will collaborate with colleagues to conduct studies, apply policy-guided scopes, and utilize major bibliographic databases to inform decisions that meet user