[SigLAN-L] Position Announcement

[Larrin Robertson]

All,

The following is information concerning a librarian/information =
specialist position opening in Bethesda, MD.  The KEVRIC Company, Inc. =
(www.kevric.com) is located in Silver Spring, MD and has developed =
strong ties with the National Institutes of Health via our more than 10 =
year professional relationship with various Institutes. Contact =
Information follows the announcement.

Located on-campus at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in =
Bethesda, MD, the LinkOut project handles all external linking to =
web-accessible resources from the Entrez databases.  The goal is to =
facilitate access to relevant online resources beyond the Entrez system =
to extend, clarify, or supplement information found in the Entrez =
databases.  Existing LinkOut resources includes full-text publications, =
library holdings, biological databases, consumer health information, =
research tools, and more.  Details about LinkOut can be found at its =
homepage: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/linkout/

The successful candidate will primarily be a contact point for libraries =
and other link providers to help them through the participation process =
and ensure the quality of their links on a continuous basis.

Essential Responsibilities
Incumbents will consult with the NCBI help desk, the NLM Customer =
Service and the Regional Medical Libraries to help to solve questions =
and issues related to LinkOut that are presented to them.  Candidates =
will establish and maintain strong lines of communication and supportive =
relationship with link providers, especially libraries, assist in =
establishing policies and procedures to handle large volume of LinkOut =
participation, and provide administrative, procedural and technical =
support for link providers, including reviewing the XML LinkOut files, =
to make sure links submitted are in line with the established =
requirements.  Incumbents will also perform quality assurance checking =
on links, establishing policies and procedures to achieve this goal =
effectively.

Qualifications

		*	Ability to organize and prioritize high volume of questions and =
requests in a timely manner, while maintaining good attitude, patience =
and flexibility

		*	Strong analytic skill with attention to details, and ability to =
conduct thorough quality checking on product and services

		*	Knowledge and experience of technology related to World Wide Web, =
especially linking within and among electronic scientific/scholarly =
publications and databases

		*	Knowledge and experience with UNIX, XML/SGML, and Entrez/PubMed

		*	Knowledge on database structure, searching and indexing concepts, =
bibliographic record formats and electronic scholarly journals

		*	Master degree in information/library science or equivalent.

All resumes should be submitted via fax to (301) 588-1777; email at =
jobs@kevric.com; or via mail at:

The KEVRIC Company, Inc.
Attn: Larrin Robertson
8484 Georgia Ave., Suite 550
Silver Spring, MD   20910

Larrin Robertson
Human Resources
The KEVRIC Company, Inc.

(301) 588-6000 x272
lrobertson@kevric.com


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