LAC Federal is seeking an experienced Librarian to provide professional library, research, reference, collection management, and technical services in support of a federal government customer in the Northern Virginia area. The Librarian will work on-site in a highly secure professional environment, supporting government personnel through effective access to authoritative print and electronic information resources. The successful candidate will combine strong research and reference capabilities with experience supporting library collections, electronic resources, cataloging and metadata, circulation, and other core library operations. This position is well suited for a service-oriented information professional who is comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a highly structured federal environment. Preference will be given to candidates with active Secret or Top-Secret clearance.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide professional reference and research services, responding to routine and complex information requests from government personnel.
- Support circulation, patron services, interlibrary loan, document delivery, serials, and other day-to-day library operations.
- Conduct literature, database, bibliographic, and other information searches using authoritative commercial, government, academic, and open-source resources.
- Assist users in identifying, locating, evaluating, and effectively using print, electronic, and digital information resources.
- Support collection development and management, including selection, acquisition, evaluation, organization, maintenance, inventory, weeding, and disposition of library materials.
- Perform or support cataloging, classification, metadata creation, and bibliographic record maintenance using established professional standards and local procedures.
- Administer or support electronic resources, research databases, digital collections, and integrated library or library services platforms.
- Develop research guides for specific topics, regions, and requested issues; develop and maintain bibliographies, resource lists, instructional materials, standard operating procedures, and other knowledge products.
- Provide individual and group instruction on library resources, databases, research techniques, and information-literacy practices.
- Maintain accurate usage, workload, collection, and service statistics and contribute to recurring reports and performance metrics.
- Participate in collection inventories, quality-control reviews, special research projects, and initiatives designed to improve library services and resource discoverability.
- Handle information, records, systems, and customer requests in accordance with applicable federal security requirements, customer policies, records-management requirements, and established operating procedures.
- Assist users with access issues for electronic resources including internal and vendor-provided databases
