This position is located in the library of the United States Tax Court and reports directly to the Supervisory Librarian. The incumbent supports Judicial and Court personnel by providing a variety of technical and data management services, including the creation and editing of MARC and non-MARC metadata records.
KEY INFORMATION
U.S. citizens.
If required, must have registered with the Selective Service.
See qualifications below.
Responsibilities
Support the U.S. Tax Court Library’s digital curation initiative in the creation, selection, preservation, maintenance, collection, and archiving of digital assets.
Scan and create digitized materials from the Court’s physical collection and incorporate external digitized products from outside sources into the digitization project. Set up quality control and quality assurance procedures. Work with the Supervisory Librarian and other Technical Information Specialist (TIS) to establish and document metadata standards unique to the Court.
Work with other TIS in editing bibliographic records in the area of access points, and virtual or internal links in the Integrated Library System (ILS). Bibliographic record editing and holding field creation and editing using MARC standards will occupy a substantial portion of this position.
Responsible for performing original and complex copy cataloging and preparing bibliographic records and/or metadata to represent the information and research resources in the collection and databases. This may include determining elements such as description, subject analysis, access to content, authority control, quality control, metadata application, and metadata-related decision making, i.e., the determination of which metadata standard to use.
Work with Supervisory Librarian and TIS on establishment of metadata standards. Apply these agreed upon standards independently.
Effectively link each bibliographic item record to a physical volume in the Court’s ILS to a third-party vendor RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) system. Create patron access for new employees.
Work with TIS in establishing a robust discovery layer over the ILS and digital repository.
Provide subject-area reference services and information searches for Presidentially- appointed Judges and other Court personnel by performing searches in response to specific requests, locating and selecting information from a broad range of current and retrospective resources. Guide Court personnel in the use of internal and external resources.
Responsible for interlibrary loan (ILL) materials, including identifying materials using online catalogs, maintaining a record of all ILLs in the Library’s Open Source Software ILS, physically retrieving or coordinating the physical retrieval of any material the Court borrows, monitoring Court materials borrowed by others and recalling materials upon request.
Travel Required
Not required
Supervisory status
No
Job family (Series)
1412 Technical Information Services
Requirements
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Special Rating Factors (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities required by the position): Applicants are required to address each Special Rating Factor providing detailed evidence of the listed factors in the form of clear, concise examples of accomplishment and degree of responsibility. Please use specific examples to illustrate how your qualifications and accomplishments are relevant.
Knowledge of policies, procedures, applications, and practices related to metadata standards, mapping, transformation and management of bibliographic records.
Ability to perform program and project management functions related to library metadata, and provide advice and assistance to managers.
Ability to research, evaluate, develop, and implement appropriate metadata standards for description, inventory, access, retrieval, preservation, and management of the Library’s collections, both analog and digital.
Ability to interact collaboratively with others, particularly about the development and implementation of bibliographic records.
Qualifications
To qualify at the GS-9 level, applicants must have completed at least two full years of progressively higher level graduate education or have a bachelor’s degree and at least one year of qualifying specialized experience at the GS-7 level, which demonstrates skill in data management systems, query languages, table relationships and views, and the ability to identify and evaluate tools for creating metadata. Promotion to the full performance level of this position is contingent upon completion of the MLS or MLIS degree as well as successful performance of the duties listed in the position description.
To qualify for the full performance level GS-11, applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience, which demonstrates skill in data management systems, query languages, table relationships and views, and the ability to identify and evaluate tools for creating metadata at the GS-9 level and a MLS or MLIS from an ALA-accredited institution.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to performing metadata and cataloging functions within a U.S. Court.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Additional information
THIS IS AN AT-WILL POSITION
Special Note: Favorable suitability determination – Selection for this position is contingent on a favorable suitability determination and security background check, including a credit check, Federal income tax check and criminal check. A candidate selected for this position must be current on his or her Federal income tax obligations before employment with the Tax Court, and remain current at all times while employed by the Tax Court. Continued employment post appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of the background investigation and credit check, and favorable adjudication . A background reinvestigation or supplemental investigation may be required at a later time.
BENEFITS
As a Federal employee, you may be eligible to enroll in health, dental, vision and life insurance, flexible spending accounts, and apply for long term care insurance. For more information, go to: http://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/Guide-Me/New-Prospective-Employees/
In addition, almost all new employees are automatically covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a three-tiered retirement plan. The three tiers are: Social Security Benefits, Basic Benefit Plan, and Thrift Savings Plan. Visit: http://www.opm.gov/retire/index.asp
Also, Federal employees may earn both annual and sick leave. Visit: http://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/index.asp
Finally, new employees also may be covered under other U.S. Tax Court benefit policies. Our Human Resources Office can provide additional information on these programs.
OTHER INFORMATION
The U.S. Tax Court requires employees to adhere to a Code of Conduct.
Employees of the U.S. Tax Court serve under excepted appointments and are considered “AT WILL” employees. At will employees can be dismissed for any reason, without cause and without warning.
Employees will be required to complete a 52-week probationary period.
Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.
Any male born after December 31, 1959, and subsequently selected for this position must certify before appointment that he is registered for the military selective service. Not having registered with the selective service, may disqualify an applicant from employment consideration.
All information is subject to verification. Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the conditions herein outlined may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.
If selected for this position, you will be required to complete the I-9 form and provide appropriate identification.
Relocation expenses are not authorized for any selected applicant, and any travel expenses incurred for an interview will not be reimbursed by the U.S. Tax Court.
The U.S. Tax Court will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please notify us. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
If you fail to provide the information as required, your application will not be evaluated beyond the basic screening process. The examining Office of Human Resources (OHR) makes the final determination concerning whether you meet the minimum qualifications.
If you meet the minimum qualifications for this position, the Court will then evaluate your application package to assess the quality, depth, and complexity of your accomplishments, experience, and education as they relate to the requirements listed in this vacancy announcement.
Application of Preference Eligibles: Preference eligibles will be placed above non-preference eligibles within each rating category. Preference eligibles who meet the eligibility and qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent are listed in the highest quality category, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-9 level or higher.
Special Appointment Authority Information: In accordance with the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA) of 1998, veterans who are preference eligibles or who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous service may also apply. You must provide documentation of veterans’ preference or military service (e.g., SF-15, DD-214), if applicable.
Background checks and security clearance
Security clearance
Q – Nonsensitive
Required Documents
Required Documents
A cover letter in PDF format stating the position for which you are applying and providing any supplemental information that may be necessary to address the special rating factors listed in this vacancy announcement.
Resume – Any written format you choose to describe your job-related qualifications and that reflect how your background and experience correspond to the special rating factors listed in this announcement.
A concise narrative addressing EACH of the special rating factors listed in this announcement.
Transcripts (may be unofficial to submit with the application, with official transcripts required if you are selected) supporting any education claims in your application.
A current SF-50, if currently a Federal government employee.
All required documents listed above may also be emailed to the Court at
. The documents must be in PDF format and attached to your email where you identify your name and the position to which you are applying. Complete application materials must be received in the Office of Human Resources by 11:59 p.m. on the closing date of this vacancy announcement.
Benefits
Benefits
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