Special Collections Librarian

LAC Federal is seeking an experienced Special Collections Librarian to support a project with a prestigious federal library in Beltsville, Maryland. The Special Collections Librarian will be responsible for the management, preservation, and promotion of the library's special collections. This is a long-term, full-time, on-site (40 hours a week; Monday to Friday) benefited contract opportunity.

Responsibilities:

• Assess condition of materials and initiate repairs and/or digitization where needed

• Assess potential donations to collection and recommend whether to accept

• Prepare documents needed to transfer or add collection materials and update collection administrative files to reflect changes/additions

• Accession new materials into the collection and update finding aids to reflect additions

• Monitor and report on collection usage through anecdotes and measures

• Prepare for and participate in tours and outreach; create displays of representative items from the collection and associated talking points

• Prepare physical materials for digitization; coordinate production of in-house and external digitization; and collaborate with digital archivists to preserve and present the digitized content

• Ability to lift and move books and manuscript boxes, to climb ladders to retrieve materials, and push book trucks.