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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Open
Position Soon to be Announced the National Library of Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
week of July 15th or soon after, there will be an announcement on <a
href="https://www.usajobs.gov/">USAJOBS.gov</a> 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. <i>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.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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 (<a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed</a>);
providing data quality assurance, system testing, documentation, distance
education, and customer service for NLM terminology resources such as the
Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) (<a
href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/index.html">http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/index.html</a>),
RxNorm (<a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/),%20">http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/),</a>
and the Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) (<a href="https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/">https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/</a>);
publishing the <i>NLM Technical Bulletin </i>(<a
href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/tb.html">http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/tb.html</a>),
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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please
contact David Gillikin, Chief, Bibliographic Services Division at 301.496.6217
or <a href="mailto:gillikd@mail.nlm.nih.gov">gillikd@mail.nlm.nih.gov</a> with
questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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