[nfais-l] Job Opening - National Library of Medicine

[Bonnie Lawlor]

Open Position Soon to be Announced the National Library of Medicine

 

The week of July 15th or soon after, there will be an announcement on
USAJOBS.gov <https://www.usajobs.gov/>  for the Head of MEDLARS Management
Section (MMS) position within the Bibliographic Services Division at the
National Library of Medicine. The position will be listed as a Supervisory
Technical Information Specialist (GS-1412-14), with a salary range from
$105,211 to $136,771 including locality pay per annum. The announcement will
be posted for five days. This brief posting period is because of the federal
government's interest in accelerating the hiring process and should not be
interpreted as an indication that someone has already been selected. 

 

The selected candidate will serve as the Head of the MEDLARS Management
Section, a section of 23 staff members within the Bibliographic Services
Division at the National Library of Medicine. The MEDLARS Management Section
provides a range of services supporting several of the Library's leading
bibliographic information and terminology resources. 

 

The Head of the MEDLARS Management Section assists the Division Chief in
managing MMS, and is responsible for: overseeing  budget and staffing
requirements;  analyzing programs and assessing resource requirements;
coordinating activities related to data quality assurance, system testing,
documentation, distance education, and customer service support; Formulating
long- and short-range goals and plans for the section; advising the Division
Chief on recommended policy issues; and representing NLM to various
professional and government organizations.

 

MMS is responsible for contributing to the National Library of Medicine's
mission of providing biomedical research and health information worldwide
through a variety of programs and activities, including:  providing data
quality assurance, system testing, documentation, distance education, and
customer service for MEDLINE/PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed);
providing data quality assurance, system testing, documentation, distance
education, and customer service for NLM terminology resources such as the
Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)
(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/index.html), RxNorm
(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/),
<http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/),%20>  and the Value Set
Authority Center (VSAC) (https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/);  publishing the NLM
Technical Bulletin (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/tb.html), NLM's
communication resource to the libraries and information professionals
concerning electronic information resources; and overseeing the data
distribution and licensing programs for NLM bibliographic and terminology
resources.

 

In addition to an interesting, challenging work environment, NLM has a great
location on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda,
Maryland.  It is a short Metro ride from Washington D.C. and a short walk
from Bethesda's thriving restaurant and retail district.

 

Please contact David Gillikin, Chief, Bibliographic Services Division at
301.496.6217 or gillikd at mail.nlm.nih.gov with questions.

 

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