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Job: Digital Manuscripts Manager -- National Library of Medicine (Bethesda, Maryland, USA)

• Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 08:54:16 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
• To: sthc-l@library.ucla.edu
• From: Russell A. Johnson <rjohnson@library.ucla.edu>
• Subject: Job: Digital Manuscripts Manager -- National Library of Medicine (Bethesda, Maryland, USA)
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The homepage for NLM's History of Medicine Division may be found at 
<http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/hmd.html>

Russell Johnson


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Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 07:27:15 -0800 (PST)
From: Stephen Greenberg <GREENBES@mail.nlm.nih.gov>
Subject: Job Posting at NLM
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Digital Manuscripts Project Manager Position

The National Library of Medicine is re-posting a new position of 
Digital Manuscripts Project Manager.  (Previous applicants will need to 
re-apply.)  The position is within the Modern Manuscripts Section of 
the History of Medicine Division.  The Division is engaged in a joint 
program with NLM's Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical 
Communication to acquire, arrange, describe, interpret, and selectively 
digitize and make available on the World Wide Web several manuscripts 
collections of pre-eminent scientists in medicine and the biomedical 
sciences and to conduct research on digitizing library resources.

Specific duties of the Digital Manuscripts Project Manager include:

1) coordinate the activities of NLM and contractor staff who acquire, 
arrange, and describe the collections, create traditional and 
electronic finding aids, assign metadata, scan and perform quality 
control on documents, and acquire permissions for web publication;
2) prepare budget requests and monitor expenditures;
3) evaluate staffing requirements, recommend changes as needed, arrange 
for training of staff, and review completed work by staff;
4) serve as project officer for contracts involving archival and 
digitizing activities;
5) participate in project planning;
6) develop and document project procedures and policies;
7) working with systems staff, evaluate hardware and software needs of 
the project.

Applicants who meet basic qualifications for either the Librarian (GS 
14120-11/12) or Technical Information Specialist (GS 1412-11/12) levels 
and possess an understanding of digital library or archives technology 
will be evaluated according to the following knowledge, skills, and 
abilities:

1) knowledge of archival practices necessary to manage archival 
projects, include arrangement and description of collections and 
creation of finding aids;
2) knowledge of library and archival automated systems and 
microcomputer hardware and software;
3) skill in oral and written communication.

The salary range of the library/technical information specialist GS 
11/12 level is $40,714 to $63,436.  The closing date for applications 
is March 2, 1999.  The job announcement may be found at 
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/wfjic/jobs/ic7290.htm.  Further information 
about the position is available by contacting Meredith Sevi, Office of 
Personnel, National Library of Medicine, Building 38, Room 2N05, 8600 
Rockville, Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, ph. 301-496-4943. Further 
background information on the project may be gotten from the Sheila K. 
O'Neill, Curator of Modern Manuscripts, or Paul H. Theerman, Head of 
Non-Book Collections, History of Medicine Division, both at 
HMDMSS@nlm.nih.gov.

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