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Olivia

Olivia Dorsey

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On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 1:48 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Digital Conversion Specialist
> Library of Congress
> Culpeper County
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> OPEN PERIOD:
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> Tuesday, August 9, 2016 to Tuesday, August 30, 2016
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> SERIES & GRADE:
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> GS-1001-12
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> PROMOTION POTENTIAL:
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> 12
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> POSITION INFORMATION:
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> Open - Permanent
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> JOB SUMMARY:
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> This position is located in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded
> Sound Division (MBRS) at the Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation
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> Culpeper, Virginia. The incumbent provides analysis, reporting, planning,
> overall coordination and oversight activities for digitized audio and video
> content.
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> OVERVIEW OF DUTIES:
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> Serves as project coordinator performing project management and scheduling
> activities as needed at the Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation.
> Assists in designing, implementing, and evaluating project work, including
> policy and communication issues, and assures coordination and maximum
> impact
> through a combination of public and private resources. Establishes
> recommendations, priorities, time-frames, etc. in coordination with MBRS
> section heads, curators, and processing unit heads. Plans the approach to
> digital intake or digitization for assigned projects and develops methods
> and
> resource plans. Prepares planning documents encompassing all aspects of
> workflow and submits such plans for review. Implements approved plans by
> scheduling and coordinating work. Ensures all digital activities and plans
> for
> assigned project(s) conform to (or enhance) current division and Library
> bibliographic and custodial practices.
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> Develops work plans, requirements, intake specifications,
> conversion specifications, and metadata strategies for audio and video
> content
> specific to the assigned project. Analyzes requirements and develops
> strategies for metadata capture, normalization, transformation, storage and
> output. Participates in reviewing, developing, and implementing metadata
> application policies and procedures, particularly in relation to metadata
> mapping and transformation of submitted metadata into MAVIS, the Library of
> Congress MBRS content management system. Troubleshoots issues related to
> metadata mapping and transformation that include reconciling controlled
> vocabularies, title construction, data structure, and formatting of data
> following MBRS established protocols, procedures, and guidelines. Prepares
> metadata for ingest by adhering to established quality control protocols.
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> Oversees the preparation for and archiving of the digitized project files
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> data in a secure and stable repository. Participates in developing and
> implementing procedures for management and security of digital resources
> aligned with policies established across the Library to support security of
> heritage assets, including reporting requirements. Evaluates previously
> established practices and provides recommendations for modifications based
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> standards appropriate to various media types in the Library's collections.
> Reviews workflows and digital material for quality issues and coordinates
> reworking or resubmission of digital resources. Evaluates and recommends
> modifications to workflow management systems supporting Library of Congress
> MBRS digitization practices.
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