This position is located in the Digital Innovation Division, Digital Strategy Directorate, Office Of The Chief Information Officer. The position serves as a Digital Innovation Specialist in the Digital Strategy Directorate within the Digital Innovation Lab (LC Labs) service unit of the Library of Congress. The position reports directly to the LC Labs Chief who provides administrative and policy direction concerning overall project priorities and objectives.
Responsibilities
This role is one of two Digital Innovation Specialists who will support the Library in providing computational access to digital Library collections as part of a grant funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation entitled “Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud” (CCHC). This effort will help produce models for supporting cloud-based research computing, and will make the costs and possibilities of this work more transparent to the broader cultural heritage community.
The two Digital Innovation Specialists will work together and with other Library staff to support four research experts in the sub-setting, transformation, analysis and documentation of Library collections for use in computational research. The person in this position will take the lead in liaising with Library of Congress curators and reference librarians to develop workflows and services to support content related reference questions that require data transformations or computational approaches. They will also engage in internal and external outreach about the CCHC project and its outcome, and work with colleagues to advance support for digital scholarship within the Library. They will also document digital collection materials that can be made available for large-scale computational use, and support the coordination of Library efforts to establish legal and policy frameworks for cloud based computational research. The Library can consider 100% telework for this position.
Enhances the agency’s online research capabilities and use of its digital collections by increasing the use of current digital technologies and identifying emerging digital technologies and methods in librarianship, humanities, scholarship and research. The employee refines or develops more specific guidelines or methods for the measurement and improvement of effectiveness of activities related to digital scholarship.
Identifies resources to inspire Library of Congress patrons to consult and use its resources to fulfill their personal goals and aspirations and for lifelong learning. Helps sustain and enhance the Library of Congress’s longstanding strengths in digital collections, metadata expertise and long-term stewardship, merging them with research in the digital humanities and digitally enhanced learning.
This position authorized 100% remote work.
The position description number for this position is 359147.
The salary range indicated reflects the locality pay adjustments for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area.
The incumbent of this position will work a compflex; flextime; or maxiflex work schedule.
This position is eligible for a full-time telework.
This is a non-supervisory, bargaining unit position.
Relocation expenses will not be authorized for the person(s) selected under this vacancy announcement.
For the duration of the project, the Digital Innovation Specialist will:
Translate research consultations into user requirements and provide technical support to four research experts whose projects require computational access to Library collections.
Document research datasets based on the needs identified by the research experts.
Provide support around data visualization, text, sound, or video analysis, network analysis or another computational method within the Library.
Document the pilot’s technical workflows.
Share grant progress through regular meetings, reports, and updates to PIs and assist with grant reporting.
Support efforts to grow digital scholarship capacity and expertise across the organization.
Help the PI, Co-PIs, and Senior Digital Innovation Specialist create the conditions to implement the project transition plan.
Travel Required
Not required
Supervisory status
No
Promotion Potential
12
Job family (Series)
0301 Miscellaneous Administration And Program
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Requirements
Conditions of Employment
No additional requirements to those listed above.
Qualifications
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.
Knowledge of libraries and digital scholarship.**
Ability to problem solve complex systems.**
Ability to document and present information.
Knowledge of data management, data science, and analysis.
Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing.
The Digital Innovation Specialist will have:
Experience in working with cultural heritage materials used for computations purposes.
Experience documenting processes and workflows and creating research guides.
Experience making API requests and preparing datasets for research use.
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
Knowledge of least one of the following areas: data visualization, text analysis, network analysis, computational research platforms and workflows.
Education
Additional information
Although it is the Library’s policy to afford the maximum pay benefit to employees when setting rates of pay, a new appointee who has had no previous Federal service will generally be paid the minimum step of the grade.
The Library of Congress is an equal opportunity employer. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities who meet eligibility requirements are strongly encouraged to apply.
Applicants must submit a complete application package that is received by the closing date of this announcement.
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 email [email protected]. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be determined 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. The proof or disability/certification may be issued by the State Vocational Rehabilitation Office, Disability Services or Career Services office of the applicant’s college or university, or the Department of Veterans Affairs. The letter must verify that the applicant has a severe disability and must be dated within three years of the date of the application. Certification from health care providers are not accepted. For more information contact the Library’s Office of EEO/Diversity Programs at 202-707-6024 or email [email protected]. FAILURE TO SUBMIT YOUR CERTIFICATION WILL CAUSE YOUR APPLICATION TO NOT BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT PROGRAM.
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.
The Library of Congress may offer repayment for all or part of federally insured student loans. However, not all service units within the Library of Congress participates in the repayment of federally insured student loans. Therefore, determination to repay a federally insured student loan is subject to approval by the appropriate service unit.
A “Not to Exceed“ (NTE) status is used to identify an appointment with a specific ending date. However, the Library has the right to separate a NTE employee at any time due to either performance issues or budget constraints.
Are you a veteran? Please indicate the type of veterans’ preference you are claiming in your application materials and/or applicant profile and provide the appropriate supporting documentation to validate your claim. Those applying for 5-point preference must submit Member Copy 4 of your DD 214. Those applying for 10-point preference must fill out an SF-15 (click here for the form) and provide the required documentation listed on the back of the form. If required supporting documentation is not attached, Veterans’ Preference will not be considered in the application process.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
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.
For more information regarding eligibility requirements, please see the Library of Congress Merit Selection Plan, Section X.D, at: http://www.loc.gov/hr/employment/msp010909.pdf.
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Background checks and security clearance
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test required
No
Required Documents
Required Documents
Current or former federal employees must submit their most recent Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50 or equivalent).
Applicants with disabilities may be considered under special hiring procedures and must submit an appropriate certificate of eligibility when applying for this position. The proof or disability/certification may be issued by the State Vocational Rehabilitation Office, Disability Services or Career Services office of the applicant’s college or university, or the Department of Veterans Affairs. The letter must verify that the applicant has a severe disability and must be dated within three years of the date of the application. The program does not accept certification from health care providers. For more information contact the Library’s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Programs at 202-707-6024 or email [email protected]. FAILURE TO SUBMIT YOUR CERTIFICATION WILL CAUSE YOUR APPLICATION TO NOT BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT PROGRAM.
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