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From: Logan, Ayaba A CTR US USA [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 10:14 AM
To: Riggs, Beth
Subject: FW: [NEWFED] Advanced LIS graduate student needed for cataloging and content curation contract fellowship at FDA (UNCLASSIFIED)
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From: New Federal Librarians [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Hernandez, Jessica
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:08 AM
Subject: [NEWFED] Advanced LIS graduate student needed for cataloging
and content curation contract fellowship at FDA
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)'s Center for Devices and
Radiological Health (CDRH) seeks an advanced Library & Information
Science graduate student to assist with the development of the CDRH
Knowledge Hub repository. The CDRH Knowledge Hub is a pilot research
project to develop an institutional repository for Office of
Surveillance and Biomarkers (OSB) internal information objects related
to medical devices. OSB generates a large quantity of data, information,
and knowledge, and aims to develop a consolidated and systematic way of
collecting, storing, preserving, and finding this content for future use
and re-purposing.
Work Needed: Administration and mediation to prepare content for
inclusion in the repository, and to facilitate later searchability,
findability, and discoverability; content must be catalogued and curated
according to established metadata standards and best practices.
Qualifications: Functional competency in one or more major descriptive
metadata standards; working knowledge of bibliographic utilities,
digital asset management systems, and institutional repositories; strong
technology skills; excellent communication and customer service skills;
knowledge of current digital preservation practices and tools, the
research process and data life cycle, and trends in the organization and
management of information; completion of advanced coursework in digital
collections, metadata, or curation is preferred; ability to combine
excellence in information resources with strong organizational and
interpersonal abilities.
This is a full-time position located on the FDA White Oak campus in
Silver Spring, Maryland. This position is a contract fellowship through
the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE). The
fellowship is for a one year term. Candidates will be offered a
competitive salary depending on their experience and academic level.
Closing date: April 13, 2012
Send: Resume, cover letter and 2 professional references to: Jessica
Hernandez, [log in to unmask]. Please include enrollment
status information and anticipated graduation date.
To learn more about the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and
the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, go to:
http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/default.htm
Jessica Hernandez, MLS, MS
Office of the Director
Office of Science & Engineering Laboratories Center for Devices &
Radiological Health U.S. Food & Drug Administration WO62, Room 3222
10903 New Hampshire Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20993
Phone: (301) 796-0511
Fax: (301) 796-9959
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: FOUO