Digitizer Archives Professional; Library Professional

What You Will Do

Come join a team of staff that are working to digitize, index and digitally curate one of the most mission-critical physical collections at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). You will be working for the National Security Research Center (NSRC) - Digital Collections (DC) Group. The information you digitize and index will have an immediate impact on the Laboratory's mission.

You will be working in coordination with one of the largest libraries in the Federal Government, the NSRC. The NSRC is LANL's classified library, containing tens of millions of documents, films, books, and other archival material related to the development, testing and production of nuclear weapons, dating back to the first days of the Manhattan Project. The NSRC's collections encompass a wide range of classified technical information related to physics, chemistry, engineering, material science, intelligence, and national security.

We are looking for an individual with education and experience in handling, digitizing, indexing, tracking, storing, and transmission of electronic and hard copy documentary materials.

As a Library Professional 1 you will digitize different types of materials and construct metadata/indexing information that will be used to develop a robust catalog. You will also conduct quality control of digital images and metadata. Media that you will work with may include paper, microfilm, microfiche, motion picture film, video, and others. You will also occasionally assist librarians to upload digitized materials into the National Security Data Solution, the NSRC customer access database, assist archivists to improve organization and tracking of archived materials and provide information to fulfill customer research requests.

This position may be tasked with contributing to the development of workflows for new and existing digitization operations, conducting research for digitization projects, and taking part in initiatives to support the needs of WRS-NSRCDC or the NSRC  may be tasked to interact with customers to investigate potential projects, assess materials, and help to develop estimates for project costs and timelines.

• Technical Knowledge - Experience in operating at least one type of professional digitizing equipment, populating indices for small to moderate size collections of documentary materials, and performing quality control/assurance reviews of digital files and metadata. Experience with assessing collections, supporting the development and implementation of digitization workflows and processes.
• Digitization Workflows & Processes - A qualified candidate will have experience assessing collections, executing digitization workflows and processes, and supporting the development, implementation, and improvement of digitization workflows and processes.
• Self‑Motivated - You must be a demonstrated self‑starter who is detail oriented and capable of working independently without direct supervision.
• Communication - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, customer service skills and experience in customer‑focused communication and relations.
• Collaboration - Ability to work in a team environment, act as a member of a team to complete your work as part of the larger workflow, and work with other team members collaboratively to resolve technical or operational issues as needed.
• Clearance - Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance.
• Education/Experience - Position requires a master's degree in Library and Information Science from a program accredited by the American Library Association and 2 years of experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

• LANL Familiarity - Understanding of the weapons program within LANL, along with experience working with classified material in a classified environment.
• Archival Organization Experience - Experience working in a major archival organization, such as the National Archives and Records Administration, a museum, or a library with significant archival holdings would be helpful. Experience assisting scientists and/or engineers…