Librarian
- Location
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Category
- Education & Training
- Industry
- Education & Training
- Salary
- $70,623 – $91,815 / year
- Openings
- 1
- Apply by
- 6 Nov 2026
About the role
Join the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, as a Librarian in the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate. You will catalogue a wide range of materials in an automated setting, including items that are non-technical or only partly technical, using standard reference tools to obtain, analyse and organise information, alongside collection-related assignments and building cooperative relationships with other library units. Applicants need progressively responsible experience or training, English plus one or more Southeast Asian languages — preferably Vietnamese — and knowledge of cataloguing rules, library software and platforms, and the history, politics, literature and culture of Vietnam and/or Cambodia. Pay is $70,623 to $91,815 a year (GS-09). The post is full-time on flexitime, with a one-year probationary period and security and suitability vetting; relocation is not paid. By law, employment is generally limited to U.S. citizens, though non-citizens may be hired where immigration law allows. Apply by 11/05/2026 through USAJOBS.
Requirements
Progressively responsible experience or training, English plus one or more Southeast Asian languages, preferably Vietnamese, and knowledge of cataloguing rules, library software and platforms, and the history, politics, literature and culture of Vietnam and/or Cambodia.
How to apply
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