Librarian

Summary

ABOUT THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT LIBRARY: The library system serves all federal judges and court staff in the seven states of the Eighth Circuit. The Circuit library consists of a headquarters library in St. Louis and branch libraries. This position reports to the Branch Librarian for St. Louis Missouri.

Duties

PRIMARY RESPONSIBLITIES: This position is responsible for front-line research triage as well as the production and maintenance of the librarys current awareness and user-facing information products and services. This position supports research librarians to ensure professional research capacity is preserved for substantive reference work.

• Producing and editing recurring current-awareness products including topical alerts for judges and chambers
• Administering the librarys distribution lists subscription topics scheduling and delivery schedules for a variety of publications
• Developing and maintaining research guides and online reference resources
• Maintaining the librarys information delivery platform
• Developing and supporting administrative and service functions shared across the branch libraries
• Assisting with chambers and headquarters collections and space tasks
• Performing other duties as assigned

Requirements

Conditions of employment

Applicants must be United States citizens. The U.S. Courts Library is an equal opportunity employer. A background check including fingerprinting is required.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS: Candidates must have a Master of Library Science (or equivalent from an ALA-accredited program) and a minimum of one year of professional library or comparable experience. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency using a wide variety of general research platforms (e.g. ERIC EBSCOhost ProQuest) or proficiency using a legal research platform (e.g. Lexis Bloomberg Law Westlaw). Candidates must have strong organizational interpersonal and written communication skills.

Education

See Qualifications Required section

Additional information

ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: Final interviews of selected candidates will be conducted in Saint Louis Missouri and applicants must pay their own travel expenses. All employees of the Judiciary are at will employees in the excepted service. The U.S. Courts require employees to adhere to a Code of Ethics and Conduct which is available to applicants for review upon request. Employees are required to use the Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) for payroll deposit. This position is eligible for limited telework. Available employee benefits include paid vacation days based on federal years of service paid holidays sick leave health and life plans long-term care insurance Flexible Benefits Program Federal Employees Retirement System and Thrift Savings Plan.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.