[nfais-l] New Position Opening at NLM

[Bonnie Lawlor]

Job Opening at the National Library of Medicine: Journal Publisher Liaison

 

 

The National Library of Medicine invites applications for the position of
Journal Publisher Liaison. This new position will serve as a liaison to
journal publishers and the principal point of contact for publishers and
editors on matters of review, selection and indexing for MEDLINE, the
premier biomedical database in the world.  This position, located in the
Office of the Associate Director for Library Operations, is now posted on
USAJobs for the government standard five calendar days, today through
September 11.  

 

Position responsibilities include interpreting and communicating NLM
policies to high-level publishers' representatives, organizations, and
information centers in the U.S. and worldwide; providing technical
consultation and support as needed to facilitate the provision of biomedical
information through NLM's indexing and other services; coordinating meetings
of the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee (LSTRC), NLM's
Scientific Review Committees, responsible for selecting journals for
MEDLINE; serving as technical expert on journal publishing trends and
scholarly communication issues to the Scientific Review Administrator for
LSTRC.

 

Other duties include representing the library to outside national and
international publishing and scholarly communication groups; serving as a
senior member of the LO management team in areas relating to the
acquisition, organization, access, and preservation of the biomedical
literature; advising and consulting with senior staff at NLM on
MEDLINE/PubMed content and development; and staying informed about national
and international trends, legislation and pending changes in intellectual
property rights, research and publishing. Prepares written correspondence,
reports, and news announcements to explain and publicize NLM's policies
related to the biomedical literature in MEDLINE/PubMed.

 

This position is located in the Office of the Associate Director, Division
of Library Operations (LO), National Library of Medicine (NLM, National
Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
LO:  (1) selects, acquires, catalogs, and preserves biomedical publications;
(2) indexes and provides access to the material; (3) furnishes reference and
document delivery services; (4) prepares and publishes indexes, catalogs,
and other publications for the use of the biomedical community; (5)
administers national on-line biomedical information retrieval services; and
(6) coordinates the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.

 

The position has a salary range of $89,033 to $115,742 per year.  Complete
vacancy announcement information and application instructions linked from,
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/jobs/jobs.html .

 

 

 

This position, located in the Office of the Associate Director for Library
Operations, is now posted on USAJobs for the government standard five
calendar days, today through September 11.  

 

People who have never worked for the US government should apply here,
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/325608600

Current or previous government employees may use this listing,
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/325606300

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NIH IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

 

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