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Monday, March 08, 2004

Looking for a job in the DC area?

The National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, MD, announces the following vacancy:

Reference Librarian (Biological/ Medical Sciences)
Salary: $ 41,815 - $ 78,826 (GS-1410-9/11/12)
Announcement numbers: HHS/NIH-2004-1863 for current Federal employees
HHS/NIH-2004-1284 for all others
Application Closing Date: 4/5/2004

Are you interested in:

  • working in the Reference and Customer Services (RCS) Section of the world’s largest medical library?
  • providing reference, bibliographic, and consultative
    services to health professionals, health science and hospital librarians, information specialists, government officials, and the general public, from the US and abroad?
  • utilizing the Library’s vast print and electronic resources to answer reference inquiries via phone, e-mail, and in-person?
  • working with other Reference staff to maintain all Reading
    Room collections for ease of use by Library patrons and staff?
  • creating publications and other health information resources
    for the NLM main Web site, including participating in developing and
    maintaining MedlinePlus?
  • collaborating with staff in RCS and other divisions of NLM
    in conducting research projects and planning new initiatives?

The National Library of Medicine is a component of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). If you are interested in this position, HHS has a new, Internet-based method of applying for vacancies within the Department called HHS Careers. To apply:

  • Logon to HHS Careers at https://jobs.quickhire.com/scripts/hhs.exe to browse for vacancies and register to apply for a position.
  • Respond to a series of questions about your education and work
    experience.
  • Cut and paste your resume into the text box provided. [This text box will accept up to 16,000 characters (including spaces), equivalent to about 6-9 typed pages. Only simple text is permitted; special formatting, such as bold print and underlining, are not supported. Please remove any special formatting prior to entering your resume to ensure that it will be readable.]

HHS Careers is the only method you can use to apply for this position.
Applications submitted by US mail or any other type of delivery method are no longer being accepted. Questions? Go to
http://www.hhs.gov/careers/quickhirefaq.html

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