Cataloguer

Important messages

AMENDEMENT TO CLOSING DATE - MAY 25, 2017

Duties

• Perform original (including complex) and copy cataloguing of all formats of library materials;
• Interpret and apply Library of Congress subject headings, the Dewey Decimal System, the AACR2; RDA and the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) manuals in cataloguing and classifying library materials;
• Maintain authority records and perform needed authority work in the ILS;
• Perform ILS maintenance for bibliographic and authority records;
• Provide assistance to cataloguing technicians in resolving difficult cataloguing problems;
• Resolve cataloguing/ILS problems and questions;
• Assess and analyze proposed new or enhanced cataloguing tools and services and develops options and recommendations;
• Maintain cataloguing statistics;
• Participate on project teams and committees and provide recommendations for the improvement and streamlining of cataloguing services;
• Provide backup functions within Technical Services.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff 1 indeterminate position.

A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used for similar indeterminate or specified period employment or acting appointments.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

EDUCATION:
•Graduation from a recognized post-secondary institution with a master's degree in library science or in library and information science; or
•Graduation from a recognized post-secondary institution with a bachelor's degree in library science or in library and information science for which another bachelor's degree was a prerequisite.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
Recent* and significant* experience working with an integrated library system (ILS);
Recent* and significant* experience in cataloguing, classification standards and subject analysis of print and electronic materials.
Experience troubleshooting technical problems between the ILS and the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC).

*Recent and significant experience is defined as the depth, breadth and diversity of experience normally acquired through performing a broad range of various, complex activities over a period of approximately three (3) years within the last five (5) years.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

EXPERIENCE:
Experience using the Cataloguing module of Millennium or Sierra Integrated Library System.
Experience using Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC);
Experience developing and delivering training to support library cataloguing functions;
Experience using Resource Description and Access (RDA);
Experience working in other sections within Technical Services of a Library.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

KNOWLEDGE:
Knowledge of ISBD (International Standard Bibliographic Description )
Knowledge of MARC21 (MAchine-Readable Cataloging )
Knowledge of AACR2 or RDA (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules or Resource Description and Access)
Knowledge of LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Heading)
Knowledge of CSH (Canadian Subject Headings)
Knowledge of RVM (Répertoire de vedettes-matière)

COMPETENCIES:
Adaptability
Planning and Organizing
Teamwork
Initiative
Interactive Communication

ABILITIES:
Ability to work under pressure;
Ability to analyze, develop solutions and recommend options to management or staff;

Conditions of employment

Reliability Security clearance.

Ability and willingness to work overtime
Ability and willingness to serve as backup for other similar positions within Library Operations.

Other information

Applications submitted by email will not be accepted. You must apply on-line through www.jobs.gc.ca.

Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language(s) of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language(s) in their application.

Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence, may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

Appointment decisions may be based on one or more of the following criteria:
- Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the strengths and weaknesses of the work team.
- Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the specific duties of the position being staffed.
- Depth, breadth, type of work-specific experience.
- Level/degree of one or more competencies/qualifications.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.