Serials Bindery Assistant - LAC Federal

Location: USA - DC - Washington DC

LAC Federal seeks a qualified Serials Bindery Assistant to work at a major federal library in Washington, D.C. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of serials records and experience working with an Integrated Library System. Work will be performed on-site. This is a full-time contract (40 hour a week; Monday - Friday), benefited position.

Responsibilities:

• Pulling selected serials titles from the stacks
• Preparing serial units for shipment to bindery
• Preparing digital bindery tickets
• Creating and updating bibliographic item records and holdings summaries
• Quality review of all pre-bindable units

Qualifications:

• Prior experience working in library technical services
• Prior experience working with serials preferred
• Data entry and shelving experience
• Experience with binding software desirable
• Experience using an integrated library system, preferably Voyager
• Ability to analyze and identify serial patterns and records in multiple languages
• Must have working knowledge of one Baltic or Eastern European language
• Strong attention to detail
• Able to push 50 lbs.