Dear Colleagues, I've been informed that this position opening has been extended through February 13. Please apply for this important position!
My best, Michelle On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 3:24 PM Michelle Margolis <michm...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Library of Congress has posted a position for the head of its > Jewish/Hebraic Section. More info here: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usajobs.gov/job/699930200__;!!KGKeukY!0Fh0-CIINNsK3tHvXcVfYae_1PtSQHchc3gDw3ldSrIxW7pUWL5CYGXDIN0zExvWidX4x5lJwChUDUAlQlCD$ > > > Duties > > The African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress seeks a > dynamic, innovative thought leader to direct its Jewish/Hebraic Studies > department. The successful applicant will play a vital role in stewarding > the collection and shaping acquisition, outreach, and research priorities. > The successful applicant will manage and grow section staff to include > high-level subject matter experts, emerging professionals, and technicians. > S/he/they will aid in developing a successor generation of Jewish Studies > librarians through the appointment of residents, fellows, and interns. The > successful applicant will pursue philanthropic support, serve as an > ambassador for the collection, and position the Hebraic Section to achieve > even greater reach and impact as a preeminent research center for Jewish > life and culture. > > Supervises the work of the Section's staff. Plans the work of the Section, > including formulating goals and objectives and identifying opportunities > for improvements in methods and procedures. Supervises and participates in > the preparation of reports, translations, bibliographies, exhibits, web > pages and other information products of the Section. Performs the > administrative and human resource management functions relative to the > staff supervised. Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for > staff which are clearly communicated through the formal employee > performance management system. Observes workers' performance; demonstrates > and conducts work performance critiques. Provides informal feedback and > periodically evaluates employee performance. Resolves informal complaints > and grievances. Develops work improvement plans, recommending personnel > actions as necessary. > > Plans, establishes, and directs a library reference program to provide > information about the region. Oversees all reference services provided by > the section's staff. On assignment, supervises staffing of the division's > reading room and administers the policies and regulations concerning > security and access to the collections. Collaborates with other Library > staff and outside partners in developing and providing access to library > resources through the web and by other means. Participates in the > implementation and evaluation of reference and public service policies, > procedures, and publications. Implements new reference services and > techniques to improve and expand services. Meets with researchers and > analyzes questions and requirements in depth and detail and suggests search > strategies. Uses broad knowledge of multiple information sources, including > experts both inside and outside the Library, to assist readers and to > develop domestic and international resources for obtaining future > information. > > Makes significant recommendations to change, interpret, and develop > important and/or innovative policies affecting the process and funding of > acquisitions from and relating to the area of the section's > responsibility. Oversees staff making authoritative recommendations for > the acquisition of materials in all languages, formats and subjects of > relevance to the study of the region, including legal, audiovisual, and > electronic items. Ensures the comprehensiveness and accessibility of > collections within the scope of the section. Conducts a continuous survey > of all relevant Library collections in all appropriate languages for the > purpose of creating and maintaining the highest possible level of resources > for the study of the region. Maintains relations with potential donors, > government agencies, scholars, publishers and other sources for the purpose > of bringing appropriate materials to the Library by purchase, gift, > exchange or other means to enrich and diversify the collections. Evaluates > offers of gifts for compatibility with library acquisition policies and > recommends acceptance or rejection. > > Plans and produces public programs, exhibits, seminars, and colloquia on > the region, bringing attention to research developments and collections of > interest to both scholars and the general public. Under the guidance of the > Division Chief, may be responsible for cultivating relations with potential > donors and securing funds for acquisitions, public programs, exhibits, and > other activities related to the section's geographic area. > > Reviews and analyzes major issues in information research and > dissemination as they apply to providing information about the region. > Provides highly specialized research for the use of Congressional clients, > the courts, national security agencies and other researchers inside and > outside the Library. Prepares definitive and highly complex reports, > responses to inquiries, and research products using knowledge as a > recognized authority in field of expertise. Prepares the most technically > complex responses to inquiries, utilizing an expert-level depth and breadth > of subject area knowledge and position as recognized scholar, expert, > author, or source of information on a given subject or subjects. >
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