[ARSCLIST] LoC Vacancy - MIC: Moving Image Collections Project Manager

[Gregory Lukow <gluk@xxxxxxx>]

The Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound (MBRS) Division is seeking to fill the permanent full-time position of Project Manager for the MIC: Moving Image Collections program. The position will work initially in the MBRS Division offices in Washington, DC and will relocate to Culpeper, Virginia in mid-2006 upon the opening of the Library's new National AudioVisual Conservation Center (NAVCC). Below is a summary of the position responsibilities. For complete information and application instructions go to:

http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=30490941&WT.mc_n=MKT000125 

Thank you.

Gregory Lukow, Chief
Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division
The Library of Congress

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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Agency Name: Library of Congress

Vacancy Announcement Number: 050142

Opening Date: 05/26/2005
Closing Date: 06/17/2005

Area of Consideration: Anyone may apply - by law, employment at most U.S.
Government agencies, including the Library of Congress, is limited to U.S.
citizens. However, non-citizens may be hired providing that immigration
laws and other legal requirements are met.

Position Title, Series, Grade: Moving Image Collections Project Manager, GS-1410-13
Promotion Potential: 13

Salary: $74,782.00 - $97,213.00 Annual

Duty Location(s): Washington, DC
Work Schedule: Full Time
Time Limit: Permanent - No time limit

Contact Name: Employment Office
Contact Phone: 202-707-5627
Contact Email: jobhelp@xxxxxxx 

NOTES:

The Library of Congress seeks a Project Manager for MIC: the Moving Image
Collections gateway program. The MIC Project Manager will provide overall
administration and coordination of MIC, a collaborative initiative of the
Library and the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA). MIC is
hosted by the Library and is a key access program of the Library's
National Audio-Visual Conservation Center (NAVCC). MIC is being built as
the first integrated online catalog of moving images, including records of
film, television, and digital video from a global range of libraries,
archives, and museums. As a web portal combining a union catalog with a
database directory of library/archival organizations. MIC will provide a
window to the world's moving images collections for students, researchers,
and the public. It also allows participating libraries and archives to
collaborate in describing, preserving, and digitizing these cultural
resources. The MIC Project Manager will be responsible for
program/project management and administration as well as all outreach and
communication activities associated with the development and
implementation of the MIC program. Individuals with a library or archival
background in the description of moving image collections are encouraged
to apply.

THE DUTY STATION OF THIS POSITION WILL CHANGE IN MID 2006 FROM THE LIBRARY
OF CONGRESS FACILITIES ON CAPITOL HILL, IN WASHINGTON, D.C., TO THE
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL AUDIO-VISUAL CONSERVATION CENTER (NAVCC), IN
CULPEPER, VA WHEN THE LIBRARY'S MOTION PICTURE, BROADCASTING AND RECORDED
SOUND DIVISION IS TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW CENTER. THE INDIVIDUAL SELECTED
FOR THIS POSITION WILL BE EXPECTED TO TRANSFER TO THE NEW LOCATION IN
CULPEPER.

This position is at the GS-13 grade  level and has no promotion potential.

The position description number is 59423.

Number of Vacancies: One.

EVALUATION OF CANDIDATES: The Library of Congress evaluates applicants
through an applicant questionnaire and a structured interview. Applicants
may also be screened for some jobs through licensing, certification,
and/or education requirements, a narrative/application review, and/or a
preliminary telephone interview. The knowledge, skills, and abilities
(KSAs) that are marked with a double asterisk (**) in the vacancy
announcement and the applicant questionnaire are considered the most
critical for a position. To be considered for final selection, applicants
must demonstrate fully acceptable experience in these designated KSAs in
the narrative/application review, preliminary telephone and/or full
structured interview. The various assessment tools listed above are
designed to verify or explore applicants experience, knowledge, and
training directly related to the job in order to identify the best
qualified applicants for selection.

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. WOMEN,
MINORITIES, AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES WHO MEET ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

DUTIES:

Coordinates outreach and communication activities related to the
development of MIC: the Moving Image Collections gateway. Coordinates
activities among MIC's three governing bodies, the AMIA Board of
Directors, key Library staff, and external developers. Coordinates
meetings among diverse program participants and stakeholders including
governing committees, developers, library and archival participants on a
national and international level, educators, and funding agencies. 
Performs community outreach through venues such as lectures, articles,
listserv announcements, press releases, presentations, and voluntary
speakers bureau management. Maintains contacts and information sharing
with related initiatives such as the National Film Preservation Board and
within the overall development of the NAVCC. Also develops relations with
the recorded sound community and the National Recording Preservation Board
to facilitate the future inclusion of audio collections into the MIC
program. 

Administers and manages the MIC: Moving Image Collections program. 
Organizes, develops, and implements plans for specific projects in
coordination with key stakeholders. Manages and provides technical
expertise to various technical project initiatives. Manages development
and maintenance of the online descriptive metadata registry. Manages the
loading process for union catalog contributors and institutional
participants (e.g., mapping data, testing for semantic viability, and
working with each institution on its data display). Manages portal
administration (e.g., education and outreach content, metadata
extensions, and web design work) and the development and maintenance of
MIC's Archive Directory database content. Assists users and participants
with the metadata ingest and cataloging utilities and the Archive
Directory. 

EVALUATION OF TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

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 manage collaborative online library/archival projects.**

Ability to apply knowledge of data conversion.

Ability to communicate in writing.

Ability to present information orally through briefings, consultations,
and other presentations.

Ability to apply knowledge of bibliographic/descriptive control of
audiovisual materials.**

Ability to oversee the design and management of website content.

Ability to communicate orally.

Ability to comprehend and assimilate technical information.

Ability to network and build coalitions.**

OTHER SIGNIFICANT FACTS:

The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural
institution and the world's largest library, with more than 126 million
items in its physical collections (including books, manuscripts, prints,
photos, film, video, and sound recordings) and more than 8 million items
online at its award-winning Web site. Located on Capitol Hill in
Washington, D.C., the Library is also the home of the U.S. Copyright
Office, the Congressional Research Service, and the Law Library of
Congress and is leading the worldwide effort to preserve digital material
through the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation
Program.

This is a non-supervisory, bargaining unit position.

Applicants must submit a complete application package that is received by
the closing date of this announcement.

Applicants who are referred for an interview will be required to submit a
completed OF-306, Declaration for Federal Employment.

This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with
disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the
application and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on
granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.

APPLICANTS WITH DISABILITIES MAY BE CONSIDERED UNDER SPECIAL HIRING
PROCEDURES AND MUST SUBMIT AN APPROPRIATE CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY WHEN
APPLYING FOR THIS POSITION. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE SELECTIVE
PLACEMENT PROGRAM COORDINATOR AT (202) 707-6362 (VOICE OR TTY) OR EMAIL
spp@xxxxxxxx

RELOCATION EXPENSES MAY BE AUTHORIZED FOR THE APPLICANT SELECTED UNDER
THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and
is part of the Legislative Branch of the Federal government. As such, all
positions are in the excepted service.

Appointment/retention is subject to a favorable evaluation of an
appropriate personnel security/suitability investigation.

The Library reserves the right to fill a lesser or greater number of
vacancies indicated during the life of this vacancy announcement.

Initial appointments, permanent or indefinite, to the Library of Congress
require completion of a one-year probationary period.

APPLICANTS WITH DISABILITIES MAY BE CONSIDERED UNDER SPECIAL HIRING
PROCEDURES AND MUST SUBMIT AN APPROPRIATE CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY
WHEN APPLYING. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE DISABILITY PROGRAM
COORDINATOR AT (202) 707-3960 (VOICE) OR (202) 707-9948 (TTY) OR EMAIL
vmag@xxxxxxxx

HOW TO APPLY: To be considered for this vacancy, applicants may apply
online at www.loc.gov or submit a completed applicant job kit. Online
applicants must complete all mandatory sections of the online application
form. In order to use the online application system, applicants must use
a computer that is equipped with either Netscape 4.7 or Internet Explorer
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application. Job kit applicants must submit a completed application using
the job kit scannable form AND an OF-612 or a Federal Style resume. A
facsimile of the scannable form cannot be accepted nor will hard copy
applications be accepted without a completed scannable form. You can
request a copy of the job kit, which includes the scannable form, by
contacting the Library of Congress Employment Office at the address below.
If you experience technical difficulties with the online system or need
any additional information, please contact a Human Resources Assistant at
the number listed above or at jobhelp@xxxxxxxx 

Library of Congress Employment Office 
101 Independence Avenue, SE, LM-107 
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(202)-707-5627

Please be advised that due to security concerns on Capitol Hill, mail
delivery from the United States Postal Service is experiencing significant
delays. As a result, you are strongly encouraged to apply online. If you
choose to submit a hard-copy application, we recommend that you send it
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of hand delivery of your application, Monday through Friday, from 8:30
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