Intern
Library Systems & Services
- Rockville, MD
- Training
- Part-time
- Conduct research on a variety of cataloging, archiving and other library related services for proposal development
- Identify list of nationwide MLIS and related degree programs with contact information
- Assist with creating requisitions to build candidate pools
- Creating marketing campaigns for outreach to federal libraries
- Assist with providing support for preparing material in a Law Library which may include:
- Providing collection accessioning, maintenance, preservation and inventory services
- Shifting, shelving and retrieving collection items
- Sorting and distributing materials
- Using an Integrated Library System (ILS) and other online resources to identify information on collection items
- Checking in new materials in an ILS to include serials (bound and unbound), monograph volumes, looseleaf updates and supplemental materials
- Identifying missing items and submitting claim requests
- Preservation services including binding preparation of titles in English and foreign languages
- Providing inventory control and overall security of the Law Library’s collections by pin and linking monographs and serials and creating item and summary holding records in the ILS.
- Special projects as required
- Other duties as assigned
- A completed or in process bachelor's degree is required
- Ability to conduct and transcribe oral history in English required
- Coursework in archival and library metadata standards, systems, and best practices (EAD, MARC, DACS, RDA) or coursework within history is preferred
- Knowledge and understanding of the Voyager ILS is preferred
- Knowledge of preservation and digitization, processing, and archival description for analog and born-digital materials preferred
- Ability to plan, organize, and implement archival services, workflows, programs, and policies preferred
- Ability to develop and implement programs, exhibits, social media content, and other community outreach campaigns preferred
- Must be able to move from place to place within the location; lift, push/pull, hold/carry of items weighing up to (25) pounds and occasionally up to (44) pounds such as files, books, stacks of paper, and other materials
- Must be able to push book trucks weighing up to 400 lbs
- Ensure security, safe handling and accountability of collections
- Ability to sit for long periods of time and to maintain focus on projects such as computer screens or detailed paperwork
- Hybrid position
- 3 Days Per Week, up to 24 hours per Week