Salary Range: 86,927.00 – 113,007.00 USD /year
Series & Grade: GS-1410-13/13
Open Period: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 to Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Job Summary: The Assistant Librarian of the United States Tax Court assists in the management and technical operation of the Court’s Library. This involves formulating and implementing various automated library operations, evaluating equipment and instructing library and Court personnel in the use of the systems.
Major Duties:
- Assists the Librarian in the development, organization and maintenance of a properly systemized law library.
- Serves as an expert in reference and information research, using online databases, print materials, legislative histories and other specialized resources appropriate to research projects for Judges, attorneys, and other Court personnel.
- Supplies continuous reference assistance and legal research via print and computerized sources to Judges of the Court and their attorney-advisers in the preparation of judicial opinions.
- Participates in collection development and automation requirement for the library. Investigates current developments in libraries and evaluates their possible use in the library. Works closely with Information Systems to meet the requirements of existing online systems.
- Tracks legislation in Congress involving taxes and the Judiciary using various online and print resources.
- Performs original cataloging with materials that require interpretation of the cataloging rules. Modifies cataloging entries to meet the specific needs of the Court.
- Supervises the library technicians in cataloging and classification of new materials and other online resources.
- Provides specialized training on various online systems to Judges, attorneys and other Court personnel.
- Maintains a listing of recent additions to the library collections which is posted on the Court’s Intranet. Is responsible for the Library web page on the Intranet.
- Supervises the interlibrary loan procedures and the use of OCLC to locate materials requested by various Court personnel.
- Evaluates and selects materials for preservation by digitization. Creates access points to the historical materials through a library online catalog.
- Serves as representative to the AO for contracting with both Westlaw and Lexis/Nexis contracts.
- Monitors online usage for various databases, such as: Westlaw , Lexis/Nexis and PACER. Provides passwords for various online services available to Court personnel.
- Provides research, bibliographic, reference and advisory assistance to the Judges and their staff in their research in matters of Federal law in specific matters of tax law, by use of State and Federal statutes, reports and other legal reference or authoritative works.
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