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Dear All, This position - though hard to tell from the below - is chiefly for a developer position in the Library of Congress's Network Development and MARC Standards Office, also known as NetDev for short. Our office, as its name suggests, manages the MARC Format standards, but we also promulgate XLM schemas such as MODS, MADS, MIX, ALTO, and provide maintenance services for a few others (PREMIS, METS, VRA). We manage LC's Linked Data Service - ID.LOC.GOV - and the Performing Arts Encyclopedia. Our office is also the primary engine behind Bibframe; we do all the development toward that within LC too. So, there's a lot you could be working on, and I'd be surprised - very surprised - if you didn't work on all of the above at some point. Unsurprisingly, we utilize XML technologies heavily, especially XQuery and XSLT, but we in fact work with much more, including Python, Django, NodeJS, Javascript, bash, and generally anything that gets the job done well, whatever the job is. Do check out the fuller listing: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/377536200 In fact, the KSAs - government(?) speak for Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities assessment - provide a pretty good indication about the type of individual we're looking for. https://jobs.mgsapps.monster.com/loc/vacancy/previewVacancyQuestions.hms?orgId=1&jnum=23324 If you've worked in the library space for a while, then you have likely developed some or all of the experienced noted in the KSAs, not to mention the problem solving skills and facility to communicate to a wide range of individuals and groups. Basically, this job opportunity is like most library developer jobs out there: you'll work with a great set of people who'll be delighted to have you and where we are all expected to be Swiss Army knives. The position opening closes two weeks from today, so plenty of time to apply. All the best, Kevin On 08/11/2014 03:32 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote: > Digital Projects Coordinator > Library of Congress > Washington, D.C. > > The incumbent coordinates and facilitates the integration of digital and > traditional library services through prototyping advanced systems related to > digital reformatting and/or collecting original digital material to facilitate > standards research. Individually and in collaboration with IT and digital > media experts, the incumbent works with major program components that include > archival facilities, new digital content policies, metadata and standards for > content development, and new models for information access and delivery. The > incumbent works with the library profession and information technology > industry and various working groups throughout the Library involved in digital > technologies and automated systems as they relate to standards for > interoperability, especially of the digital media. These media span many forms > of expression including text, graphic, photographic, moving image, > cartographic, sound/audio, and mixed media to include web content. Standards > projects may involve one or many of the digital material collections and are > intended to establish and/or enhance standards for collecting, creating, and > maintaining digital material online in a collaborative Internet-based > environment. > > > DUTIES: > > Provides expert guidance in the resolution of complex problems and development > of solutions impacting standards for digital prototyping, access and > retrieval, and record and content interchange activities. Provides technical > solutions enabling prototyping activities. > > > Serves as an expert in the organization, development, and implementation of > multiple standards-related projects. Serves as a team leader or team member of > working groups, task forces, and ad hoc groups which have been assigned > responsibility for specific digital media content development and/or access > enhancement projects or tasks. Coordinates the details involved in special > projects, defining tasks/assignments. Identifies, develops, and implements > options for improving the performance of the plan/projects. Communicates > orally and in writing to both technical and non-technical staff concerning > multimedia digital service and access activities. > > > Provides expert analysis and advice and develops solutions to solve issues and > problems associated with Library-wide IT programs relating to standards. > Researches new developments in library and information technologies, > particularly as they apply to the electronic dissemination of information. > Based on digital library trends, operations, and changing program > requirements, identifies relevant issues to management. Collects, analyzes and > evaluates relevant digital project stakeholder, technical and programmatic > information from varied sources inside and outside the Library and makes > authoritative recommendations to management. Explores new sources of > electronic delivery and coordinates technologies to meet user needs. > > > QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: > > Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience and training > sufficient in scope and quality to furnish them with an acceptable level of > the following knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the > position without more than normal supervision. > > > Ability to implement library or information systems technology. ** > > > Ability to plan and carry out information exchange and digital library > projects. > > > Ability to identify and solve problems. > > > Ability to research and analyze technical issues. > > > Ability to write technical documents. > > > Ability to present information orally. > > > > No additional requirements to those listed above. > > > > Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/16026/ > To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/ >