Jobs at Library Systems & Services, LLC

Performs metadata cleanup, remediation, validation, and quality assurance in Ex Libris Alma for a federal research library. Reviews bibliographic and research metadata, verifies scholarly identifiers, applies MARC, RDA, Dublin Core, authority-control, and controlled-vocabulary standards, and uses Python or related tools for analysis and automation. Executes approved changes within governance and change-control procedures, maintains audit documentation, prepares progress reports, and collaborates with library, technical, and government stakeholders.

Provides professional reference, research, circulation, collection management, cataloging, metadata, electronic-resource administration, and library technical services for a federal government customer. Conducts complex information searches, develops research guides and instructional materials, supports users and databases, maintains library records and statistics, and follows federal security and records-management requirements. The role is full-time, on-site in Northern Virginia, with preference for candidates holding active Secret or TS/SCI clearance.

Processes vendor invoices, payment cycles, employee expenses, corporate card transactions, reconciliations, and month-end close activities. Maintains vendor records, resolves invoice and payment discrepancies, supports billing and audits, and responds to vendor and employee inquiries. The role uses Ramp, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, and Excel while supporting general accounting and administrative tasks in a hybrid Rockville, Maryland setting.

Leads a team of catalogers and technicians supporting a large-scale inventory and cataloging project. Creates, corrects, and enhances bibliographic records for diverse materials using established cataloging standards. Reviews work for quality, resolves record issues, maintains bibliographic and holdings data in an ILS, coordinates workloads, monitors production, trains staff, collaborates with management and clients, and supports project documentation and process improvements.

Catalog and enhance metadata for military and engineering history collections across print, archival, audiovisual, rare, and digital materials. Perform original and copy cataloging, metadata quality control, digitization support, collection development, and record maintenance using professional standards and library systems. Collaborate with archivists, historians, digitization staff, and government personnel while handling fragile materials and complying with federal workflows, privacy, security, and preservation requirements. The role is primarily remote with possible travel to Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia, and Missouri.

Administer and support the Ex Libris Alma library platform, Python automation pipelines, metadata workflows, integrations, indexing, monitoring, and recovery processes. Manage technical changes through testing, deployment, validation, rollback, and documentation. Diagnose cross-system data and schema issues, maintain security and governance controls, participate in Agile/Scrum activities, produce operational metrics, and collaborate with librarians, IT teams, vendors, and federal stakeholders.

Provides reference, research, evaluation, circulation, collection management, and instructional services for an Information Center. Responsibilities include managing print and electronic resources, advising on copyright compliance, training patrons and staff, maintaining web-based resources, supporting cataloging and serials management, and producing evaluative reports. The role requires strong library and information science expertise, technology proficiency, communication skills, and cultural sensitivity.

Drives company vehicles to pick up, deliver, and route library materials, supplies, and correspondence between locations. Maintains delivery records, loads and unloads materials, performs vehicle inspections and basic maintenance, and reports vehicle issues. Assists with event setup and teardown while providing courteous service to staff, vendors, and the public. This temporary-to-hire role requires dependable, timely work and safe material handling.

On-site museum curator responsible for inventorying, cataloging, photographing, cleaning, rehousing, and safeguarding ~17,000 artifacts. Manage digital assets, maintain accurate object-level records, apply collection-management standards, identify preservation issues, and support a large digitization initiative while communicating with staff, Navy personnel, researchers, and visitors.

Performs original and copy cataloging for print, technical, specialized, and government materials in a federal library. Creates and maintains accurate MARC bibliographic records using RDA, AACR2, LCSH, classification systems, and authority control. Conducts subject analysis, researches complex materials, edits records, and performs quality-control reviews to support discovery and access. Requires an ALA-accredited MLS or MLIS, at least two years of cataloging experience, and on-site work in Alexandria, Virginia.

Manage and maintain library website/CMS, electronic journals, subscription databases, authentication/proxy services, and digital collections. Create and maintain metadata, monitor access, troubleshoot vendor and subscription issues, generate usage reports, support content discovery tools, ensure licensing and cybersecurity compliance, and collaborate with librarians and technical staff to improve workflows and user experience.

On-site role preparing and processing serials for binding: pull titles, prepare shipments, generate digital bindery tickets, perform quality reviews, and create/update bibliographic and holding records in the ILS. Requires independent, detail-oriented work handling physical materials.

Perform advanced conservation and stabilization of rare books, manuscripts, and paper-based materials using AIC standards; repair bindings and covers; design custom housings; prepare materials for digitization and loans; document condition and treatments with photography and NLM systems; conduct preservation assessments, disaster response, and mold remediation; maintain lab equipment and supplies; support training, outreach, and required contract reporting.

Provide expert guidance and operational support for journal evaluation, indexing (AGRICOLA/Alma), open access compliance, research impact indicators, training, analytics reporting, and stakeholder coordination to advance research integrity and public access.

Administer and maintain a federal librarys digital preservation repository and digitization infrastructure. Configure workflows, metadata schemas, and permissions; validate ingests and fixity; monitor storage and system performance; manage change control; integrate catalog systems; support backups, replication, and disaster recovery; and document configurations and operational metrics.

Prepare, assess, and track library materials for large-scale digitization. Extract and format bibliographic metadata (MARC), coordinate with vendors, perform QA on digital assets, maintain production statistics, and collaborate with cataloging and federal staff to ensure preservation and accessibility.

Manage and improve digital library systems, metadata workflows, and data integrations. Validate APIs, enhance UX and accessibility, develop reporting and automation, and produce documentation and training to support discoverability and interoperability of research outputs.

Support processing, description, preservation, and access of archival collections documenting agricultural history. Create metadata and finding aids using archival standards, prepare materials for digitization, perform preservation handling, assist researchers, and maintain processing documentation and reporting.

Perform original and complex cataloging and metadata creation for artists' books and related materials using RDA, LCC, and LCSH. Create and update bibliographic and item records in OCLC and local ILS/LSP, prepare physical processing and archival rehousing, coordinate with Smithsonian staff, and produce monthly progress reports while following preservation and collections-care practices.

Perform original and copy cataloging of monographs and serials (primarily U.S. federal publications) using OCLC Connexion and MARC21/RDA/AACR2 standards; update bibliographic records, assign LCSH and authorized headings, manage holdings and serial patterns, research name authorities, and maintain metrics and activity reports.