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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
Vacancy Announcement No. 97-15
Closing date:  3/14/97

COMPUTER SPECIALIST, GS-334-12
SALARY RANGE:  $45,939-$59,725 P/A

The National Gallery of Art Library is seeking a computer specialist to
serve on the staff of the Deputy Director under the supervision of the
Administrative Librarian.

The Library division of 40 employees supports the curatorial and
research needs of the Gallery staff and visiting scholars, and includes
three distinct collections.  The Library contains a wide-ranging collection
of more than 200,000 books and periodicals on the history, theory, and
criticism of art and architecture, with an emphasis on Western art from
the Middle Ages to the present and American art from the colonial era to
the present.  The Photographic Archives holds more than seven million
black and white images of painting, sculpture, architecture, and
decorative arts.  The Slide Library has approximately 160,000 slides of
painting, sculpture, architecture and the decorative arts.  Information
about all three collections is available onsite through VTLS, the local
system in operation since 1988.


DUTIES:

The incumbent is responsible for the successful planning, development,
acquisition, implementation, evaluation, operation, and maintenance of
automated systems, services and new technologies in the Library to
support the research needs of the Gallery staff and clientele.  In this
capacity, the incumbent serves as manager of library automation
projects, coordinating and directing the work of committees and task
forces involving library automation and information technology; installs
and assists with testing of library system software upgrades and new
releases; and provides essential hardware and software support for
library systems and maintains an awareness of trends and developments
in library automation systems and related technologies.


QUALIFICATIONS:

Candidates must meet the Qualification Standards Handbook requirements
for GS-334-12.  This requires having at least one year of specialized
experience equivalent in responsibility to the GS-11 level in the Federal
service.  Specialized experience is experience that demonstrated
accomplishment of computer project assignments requiring a wide range
of knowledge of computer requirements and techniques pertinent to
library automation systems and local area networks.

Federal status candidates must meet the time-in-grade requirements of
having been at the GS-11 level for at least one year.

Those applicants who meet the minimum qualification requirements will be
evaluated against these factors to determine the best-qualified
candidates:

1.  Skill in management of library automation systems including appropriate
computer hardware and software (SELECTIVE FACTOR)

2.  Ability to analyze problems and perform technical troubleshooting with
reference to library automation

3.  Skill in both written and oral communication

4.  Ability to work effectively with a diverse clientele including
professional and technical library personnel and data processing staff


HOW TO APPLY:

Submit either a resume or OF 612 (Optional Application for Federal
Employment) to:

Personnel Office
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC  20565
(202) 842-6282

To request a printed copy of this announcement or additional forms, call
(202) 842-6283.  Refer to vacancy announcement number 97-15.

The National Gallery of Art is an equal opportunity employer.