Hi Greg,
  I'm a 2004 graduate of the Selznick School and was wondering what you
knew about a Canadian getting hired for the below positions. The online
application asks for a social security number - which I don't have not
being an American Citizen. What would you suggest I do? I have a very
old temp number I got through an exchange program in 1999 but I think
this would just cause me more trouble. I could put all zeros in but again...
   Any suggestions you have are greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Siue Moffat

----- Original Message -----
From: Gregory Lukow <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2005 11:58 am
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Position vacancies for the Library of Congress NAVCC

> The Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded
> SoundDivision is seeking to hire four Library Technicians to
> process the
> division's audiovisual collections. Two of the positions will work in
> the division's Recorded Sound Section and two in the Moving Image
> Section. The positions will be permanently located in Culpeper,
> Virginia, at the Library's new National AudioVisual Conservation
> Center;the first phase of the NAVCC - the Collections Building - is
> openingthis spring. Below is a summary of the position
> responsibilities. For
> complete information and application instructions go to
>
http://jsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobId=27597638&AVSDM=2005%2D02%2D25+00%3A01%3A01
> .
>
> Thank you.
>
> Gregory Lukow
> Chief, MBRS Division
>
> ================
>
> VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
> VACANCY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: AT203343
>
> OPENING DATE: FEBRUARY 25, 2005
> CLOSING DATE: MARCH 28, 2005
>
> POSITION: LIBRARY TECHNICIAN, GS-1411-5/6/7/8
>
> PROMOTION POTENTIAL: GS-8
>
> SALARY:
> GS-5 (10812) $28,620 - $37,211 PER ANNUM*
> GS-6 (10811) $31,903 - $41,474 PER ANNUM*
> GS-7 (10810) $35,452 - $46,088 PER ANNUM*
> GS-8 (10800) $39,262 - $51,036 PER ANNUM*
> *Salary reflects locality pay
>
> EMPLOYMENT WILL NOT BEGIN UNTIL APRIL 1, 2005 DUE TO BUDGETARY REASONS
>
> TOUR OF DUTY: FULL-TIME. INCUMBENT WILL WORK A FLEXITIME WORK SCHEDULE
>
> POSITION TYPE: PERMANENT
> NON-SUPERVISORY, NON-BARGAINING UNIT POSITION
>
> LOCATION(S): CULPEPER, VA - 4 VACANCIES
>
> EMPLOYING AGENCY: MOVING IMAGE AND RECORDED SOUND SECTIONS, MOTION
> PICTURE, BROADCASTING AND RECORDED SOUND DIVISION, CS DIRECTORATE,
> LIBRARY
> SERVICES, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
>
> MAJOR DUTIES:
>
> Incumbent receives/accessions, sorts, and arranges various moving
> image
> material following established procedures, guidelines, and
> standards of
> the
> Division. Prepares materials for use/storage. Such preparation
> includes, but
> is not limited to, performing basic preservation and phased
> conservation
> tasks, filing, housing, labeling, and shelving the material. Inputs
> information in manual/automated systems for inventories, container
> lists,
> shelflist, or other kinds of finding aids using box/folder
> information,series
> titles, and other data compiled during processing and/or provided
> by a
> librarian, cataloger, curator, specialist, or supervisor. Prepares
> manual/automated preliminary access/inventory records for single items
> or
> collections following the established procedures of the Division.
>
> QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
>
> FOR GS-5 LEVEL:
>
> A. Have at least six months of specialized experience at the GS-4
> levelin
> the Federal service, or at a comparable level of difficulty outside
> the
> Federal service, sorting, arranging, shelving and retrieving library
> material.
>
> OR
>
> B. Have completed at least four years (120 semester/180 quarter hours)
> of
> education above high school; or have completed at least 20 hours of
> classroom
> instruction per week for approximately 144 weeks in a business or
> technical
> school.
>
> OR
>
> C. Have an equivalent combination of education and experience when
> combined is equal to at least 6 months of related specialized
> experience at
> the appropriate level.
>
> FOR GS-6 LEVEL:
>
> Have at least six months of related specialized experience, equivalent
> to
> the GS-5 level in the Federal service or at a comparable level of
> difficulty
> outside the Federal service, performing duties such as
> receiving/accessioning,
> sorting, arranging, and recording information about moving
> image/recorded
> sound materials following established procedures, guidelines, and
> standards.
>
> FOR GS-7 LEVEL:
>
> Have at least six months of related specialized experience, equivalent
> to
> the GS-6 level in the Federal service or at a comparable level of
> difficulty
> outside the Federal service, performing duties such as
> receiving/accessioning,
> sorting, arranging, and recording information about moving image and
> recorded
> sound materials following established procedures, guidelines, and
> standards.
>
> FOR GS-8 LEVEL:
>
> Have at least six months of related specialized experience, equivalent
> to the
> GS-7 level in the Federal service or at a comparable level of
> difficulty
> outside the Federal service, performing duties such as
> receiving/accessioning,
> sorting, arranging, and recording information about moving image and
> recorded
> sound materials following established procedures, guidelines, and
> standards,
> performing complex collections maintenance, organizing and preparing
> complex
> material for reformatting, training and technically reviewing the work
> of
> junior processing technicians.
>
> KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: The following KSAs have been
> identified as being important to the performance of this position at
> the
> GS-5/6/7/8 grade levels. The percentages in parenthesis indicate the
> relative
> importance of each KSA to this position.
>
> 1. Knowledge of basic collections maintenance (e.g. moving image
> recorded
> sound). (40%)
>
> 2. Ability to use an alpha or numeric filing system. (20%)
>
> 3. Ability to operate an automated database. (20%)
>
> 4. Skill in oral and written communications. (20%)
>