Chief, Digital Collections Management & Services Division - The Library of Congress - Washington, DC

Chief, Digital Collections Management & Services Division - The Library of Congress - Washington, DC -

Leads the event of methods for planning and creating main company packages of nationwide scope and impression associated to digital collections. Contributes to the event of a imaginative and prescient and technique for buying and managing the Library’s digital collections. Oversees and administers digital content material management packages inside the scope of the division. Participates within the analysis, improvement, and documentation of lengthy-and brief-time period efforts. Ensures that the 2 subordinate models inside the division, Digitization Services Part and Digital Content material Management Part, obtain their strategic objectives and goals. Evaluates present and proposed packages, develops new packages, and recommends actions to be initiated or discontinued. Designs and implements digital lifecycle management efforts to be undertaken inside present useful resource ranges and advises on the impression of efforts requiring further assets. Ensures that digital collections beneath the care of the unit are managed in accordance with established insurance policies.

Establishes efficiency expectations for a gaggle of employees members performing work as much as the GS-15 degree. Supplies casual suggestions and periodically evaluates employees on organizational efficiency. Offers recommendation and counsel to employees members and subordinate managers. Results disciplinary measures. Evaluations and approves or disapproves depart requests, telework, and different work-associated preparations.

Coordinates the formulation and administration of coverage associated to the lifecycle management of the Library’s digital collections, exercising appreciable discretion and judgment in regards to the implementation and interpretation of new and present insurance policies, and in making analytical and technical selections. Establishes and maintains shut and cooperative working relationships with company officers and numerous working teams to develop the coverage framework and set up the curatorial and lengthy-time period preservation insurance policies and necessities for the Library’s digital collections. Examples of coverage areas embrace required processes for inventorying digital content material, knowledge safety for digital content material, and life cycle management of digital holdings to incorporate longterm preservation and rights- protected entry. Facilitates the event of a cohesive digital preservation program for Library Services. Ensures constant software of accepted library methodologies and processes throughout related digital tasks.

Serves as a nationally and internationally acknowledged professional on digital lifecycle management and preservation. Stays present with developments within the subject, and supplies skilled coverage recommendation and steerage on probably the most difficult issues within the lifecycle management of digital collections. Advises senior managers, officers at a number of ranges within the Library, skilled colleagues at libraries in any respect ranges, Congressional employees, researchers, students, and most of the people. Works intently with and advises digital collections employees all through the library. Serves on interagency, nationwide and/or worldwide particular work teams, process forces, or skilled panels.

As an authoritative advisor for the Library, recommends insurance policies and procedures to reinforce digital preservation processes and methods. Independently handles complicated program points and issues and supplies authoritative steerage referring to digital collections lifecycles. Originates and establishes research designs or methods which might be considered main advances that contribute considerably to additional developments, or that remedy substantial issues within the management of digital collections inside the Library of Congress, or nationally.

Serves as a principal LC liaison at skilled conferences, seminars, and reveals. Represents Library Services and its organizational pursuits and views at excessive degree inner and exterior conferences involving dialogue and institution of coverage, or consideration of points or Initiatives with potential Library-large influence. Chairs duties teams for the event of packages and occasions which will have Library-broad impression. Establishes and maintains efficient working relationships with numerous excessive-degree people, together with Members of Congress and their employees, different legislative and government businesses, executives of main firms, skilled associates, analysis libraries and establishments, foundations, and distinguished members of the general public.
Leads the event of methods for planning and creating main company packages of nationwide scope and influence associated to digital collections. Contributes to the event of a imaginative and prescient and technique for buying and managing the Library’s digital collections. Oversees and administers digital content material management packages inside the scope of the division. Participates within the analysis, improvement, and documentation of lengthy-and brief-time period efforts. Ensures that the 2 subordinate models inside the division, Digitization Services Part and Digital Content material Management Part, obtain their strategic objectives and goals. Evaluates present and proposed packages, develops new packages, and recommends actions to be initiated or discontinued. Designs and implements digital lifecycle management efforts to be undertaken inside present useful resource ranges and advises on the influence of efforts requiring further assets. Ensures that digital collections underneath the care of the unit are managed in accordance with established insurance policies.

Establishes efficiency expectations for a gaggle of employees members performing work as much as the GS-15 degree. Offers casual suggestions and periodically evaluates employees on organizational efficiency. Supplies recommendation and counsel to employees members and subordinate managers. Results disciplinary measures. Evaluations and approves or disapproves depart requests, telework, and different work-associated preparations.

Coordinates the formulation and administration of coverage associated to the lifecycle management of the Library’s digital collections, exercising appreciable discretion and judgment in regards to the implementation and interpretation of new and present insurance policies, and in making analytical and technical selections. Establishes and maintains shut and cooperative working relationships with company officers and numerous working teams to develop the coverage framework and set up the curatorial and lengthy-time period preservation insurance policies and necessities for the Library’s digital collections. Examples of coverage areas embrace required processes for inventorying digital content material, knowledge safety for digital content material, and life cycle management of digital holdings to incorporate longterm preservation and rights- protected entry. Facilitates the event of a cohesive digital preservation program for Library Services. Ensures constant software of permitted library methodologies and processes throughout related digital tasks.

Serves as a nationally and internationally acknowledged skilled on digital lifecycle management and preservation. Stays present with developments within the area, and supplies skilled coverage recommendation and steerage on probably the most difficult issues within the lifecycle management of digital collections. Advises senior managers, officers at a number of ranges within the Library, skilled colleagues at libraries in any respect ranges, Congressional employees, researchers, students, and most of the people. Works intently with and advises digital collections employees all through the library. Serves on interagency, nationwide and/or worldwide particular work teams, activity forces, or professional panels.

As an authoritative advisor for the Library, recommends insurance policies and procedures to reinforce digital preservation processes and methods. Independently handles complicated program points and issues and supplies authoritative steerage referring to digital collections lifecycles. Originates and establishes research designs or methods which are considered main advances that contribute considerably to additional developments, or that remedy substantial issues within the management of digital collections inside the Library of Congress, or nationally.

Serves as a principal LC liaison at skilled conferences, seminars, and reveals. Represents Library Services and its organizational pursuits and views at excessive degree inner and exterior conferences involving dialogue and institution of coverage, or consideration of points or Initiatives with potential Library-broad impression. Chairs duties teams for the event of packages and occasions which will have Library-large impression. Establishes and maintains efficient working relationships with numerous excessive-degree people, together with Members of Congress and their employees, different legislative and government businesses, executives of main firms, skilled associates, analysis libraries and establishments, foundations, and distinguished members of the general public.

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