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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NLM Position Now Open: Head of MEDLARS Management Section<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Head of MEDLARS Management Section (MMS) position within the Bibliographic Services Division at the National Library of Medicine is now open on USAJOBS.com and will close on Tuesday, July 23, 2013. 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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Supervisory Technical Information Specialist (MP)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/347233700?share=email"><span style='color:blue'>https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/347233700?share=email</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>MP stands for merit promotion. Applicants for MP announcements must be qualified current or former federal employees.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Supervisory Technical Information Specialist (DE)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/346569100?share=email"><span style='color:blue'>https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/346569100?share=email</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>DE stands for delegated examining. Typically, candidates who are entering Federal service for the first time from the private sector will need to apply for delegated examining positions.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The position is for a Supervisory Technical Information Specialist (GS-1412-14), with a salary range from $105,211 to $136,771 including locality pay per annum<span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed</span></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"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/index.html</span></a>), RxNorm (<a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/),%20"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/),</span></a> and the Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) (<a href="https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/"><span style='color:blue'>https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/</span></a>); publishing the <i>NLM Technical Bulletin </i>(<a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/tb.html"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/tb.html</span></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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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"><span style='color:blue'>gillikd@mail.nlm.nih.gov</span></a> with questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>