About This Role
This position is responsible for front-line research triage, as well as the production and maintenance of the library's current-awareness and user-facing information products and services. The librarian supports research librarians to ensure professional research capacity is preserved for substantive reference work.
Responsibilities
- Produce and edit recurring current-awareness products, including topical alerts for judges and chambers
- Administer the library’s distribution lists, subscription topics, scheduling, and delivery schedules for a variety of publications
- Develop and maintain research guides and online reference resources
- Maintain the library’s information delivery platform
- Develop and support administrative and service functions shared across the branch libraries
- Assist with chambers and headquarters collections and space tasks
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Master of Library Science (or equivalent from an ALA-accredited program)
- Minimum of one year of professional library or comparable experience
- Proficiency using a wide variety of general research platforms (e.g., ERIC, EBSCOhost, ProQuest) or proficiency using a legal research platform (e.g., Lexis, Bloomberg Law, Westlaw)
- Strong organizational, interpersonal, and written communication skills
- U.S. citizenship
Nice to have:
- Experience in a law, academic, or government library
- Experience providing user training
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively while managing multiple concurrent projects
Benefits
- Paid vacation days based on federal years of service
- Paid holidays
- Sick leave
- Health and life plans
- Long-term care insurance
- Flexible Benefits Program
- Federal Employees Retirement System
- Thrift Savings Plan
Important Details
- Opening date: 06/23/2026
- Application deadline: July 24, 2026
- Appointment type: Permanent
- Classification level: CL 27
- Limited telework eligibility
Application Process
- Submit letter and resume by post or by email with the subject line “Application for # LIB202601”
- Resumes will be screened, and only selected applicants will be contacted for interviews
- Final interviews of selected candidates will be conducted in Saint Louis, Missouri; applicants must pay their own travel expenses
- A background check, including fingerprinting, is required
- Employees are required to use the Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) for payroll deposit
- Adhere to a Code of Ethics and Conduct, available upon request
About the Company
The library system serves all federal judges and court staff in the seven states of the Eighth Circuit. The Circuit library consists of a headquarters library and branch libraries.