Law Librarian / Reference Librarian ASRC Federal Holding Company – Washington, DC

ASRC holds a nationwide contract for library and records management services with the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. ASRC librarians, records managers and support staff collect, organize and maintain library and records materials; safeguard Confidential Business Information (CBI); maintain Superfund Records Centers; manage the EPA Docket Center operations, provide National Records and Content Management Branch Support, assist EPA and external customers with document delivery/ILL, reference and research services, etc.

ASRC Federal Professional Services, Inc., a Subsidiary of ASRC Federal Holding Company, is currently seeking a Law Librarian/Reference Librarian in Washington, DC.

ASRC Federal Professional Services provides federal government agencies a complete spectrum of operations and maintenance, facilities management, logistics and business process support services. We strive to not only meet our customers’ needs but help them overcome challenges as well.

Key Role: Provide professional level (Librarian) support in the areas of reference services, information management, patron outreach and communication regarding available library services and resources. Providing legal research support, legislative history research, current news/awareness services, and other support to the US EPA Office of General Counsel Law Library and the Headquarters and Chemical Libraries.

Roles/Responsibilities:

• Provide professional level (Librarian) support in the areas of reference services, information management, patron outreach and communication regarding available library services and resources.
• Providing legal research support, legislative history research, current news/awareness services, and other support to the Office of General Counsel Law Library
• Provide onsite reference desk support at client location in Washington DC
• Provide reference services to the public through e-mail, phone, desk, and other communication channels
• Participate in workgroups supporting library network cooperation, services improvement, and staff/patron current awareness and training.
• Provide consultation on and participate in the provision of librarian services and updating/maintaining procedures documentation.
• Librarians on the team participate in Library Network Activities, which may include workgroups supporting collaborative services, digitization, outreach, and other topics requiring input form professional librarian staff.
• Prepare weekly and monthly statistical and narrative reports on reference services and progress; preparing other reports as needed.

Basic Qualifications:
A Master’s degree in Library Science or equivalent degree and 5 years minimum of professional level experience supporting law library services/reference services.
Experience in preparing analytic reports and statistics, use of applications such as Excel, and development of logical expressions and database queries.
Demonstrated strong written and oral communication abilities.
Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.

Additional Qualifications:
US Citizenship or US Permanent Resident status in order to pass a government sponsored background investigation.