Supervisory Librarian (Cataloging and Metadata Unit Supervisor)

About the role

This position serves as a Supervisory Librarian (Cataloging and Metadata Unit Supervisor) in the Cataloging and Metadata Unit, Moving Image Section, National Audio‑Visual Conservation Center, Researcher and Collections Services at the Library of Congress in Culpeper, Virginia. The role involves leading a team that describes, preserves, and provides access to the nation’s audio‑visual heritage.

Location: Culpeper, VA, USA | Application Date: October 5, 2026

Responsibilities

• Supervise a group of employees performing professional and technical work up to the GS‑13 level.
• Establish guidelines and performance expectations for staff members, communicated through the formal employee performance management system.
• Serve as an expert in the organization, development, and implementation of multiple concurrent projects related to processing, inventorying, and cataloging the Library of Congress’s published and unpublished moving‑image collections.
• Lead project teams, working groups, task forces, or committees pertaining to the processing and cataloging of moving‑image materials.
• Solve highly complex problems involving processing, inventorying, and cataloging of moving‑image collections, including issues that span different cataloging functions.
• Organize, develop, and schedule training projects for a wide variety of materials related to bibliographic access and other cataloging and collection‑management tools for moving‑image collections.
• Initiate, establish, and maintain professional relationships with recorded‑sound and moving‑image archivists, reference librarians, preservation engineers, and other specialists to share resources, information, and coordinate workflow within the NAVCC and the Library of Congress.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Schedule

The incumbent will work a Flexitime or Compflex work schedule.