Serials / Systems Librarian

Oversee the activities of the library and provide assistance, guidance and training to library customers on accessing and retrieving information contained in the library system.

• Provide support for customers through in-depth reference and research on topics ranging from moderate to complex difficulty.
• Respond to informal requests for library information received in-person, via e-mail or phone, such as whether specific material (journal issue) has been received, where to find a given title in the collection, and how to access particular electronic resources.
• Interpret the information query to identify the nature of the information requested; select appropriate print and/or electronic information resources; perform literature searching; evaluate information retrieved and provide information it to the requestor.
• Provide technical services support for the library system, including acquisition of information from a variety of sources, cataloguing and classification of materials in the library collection using established cataloguing and classification systems and processes, inter-library loans of materials and other services essential to the operation of the entire library system.
• Participate in the development and testing of electronic information resources.
• Keep abreast of rapidly changing advances in the profession and of Agency initiatives through participation in professional associations, consortia, committees, workshops, panels, discussion groups, and advisory groups.