*****************************************************************************************NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
Vacancy Announcement No. 97-15
Closing date:  3/14/97

COMPUTER SPECIALIST, GS-334-12
SALARY RANGE:  $45,939-$59,725 P/A

The National Gallery of Art Library is seeking a computer
specialist to serve on the staff of the Deputy Director under
the supervision of the Administrative Librarian.

The Library division of 40 employees supports the curatorial
and research needs of the Gallery staff and visiting scholars,
and includes three distinct collections.  The Library contains
a wide-ranging collection of more than 200,000 books and
periodicals on the history, theory, and criticism of art and
architecture, with an emphasis on Western art from the
Middle Ages to the present and American art from the
colonial era to the present.  The Photographic Archives holds
more than seven million black and white images of painting,
sculpture, architecture, and decorative arts.  The Slide
Library has approximately 160,000 slides of painting,
sculpture, architecture and the decorative arts.  Information
about all three collections is available onsite through VTLS,
the local system in operation since 1988.


DUTIES:

The incumbent is responsible for the successful planning,
development, acquisition, implementation, evaluation,
operation, and maintenance of automated systems, services
and new technologies in the Library to support the research
needs of the Gallery staff and clientele.  In this capacity, the
incumbent serves as manager of library automation projects,
coordinating and directing the work of committees and task
forces involving library automation and information
technology; installs and assists with testing of library system
software upgrades and new releases; and provides essential
hardware and software support for library systems and
maintains an awareness of trends and developments in
library automation systems and related technologies.


QUALIFICATIONS:

Candidates must meet the Qualification Standards Handbook
requirements for GS-334-12.  This requires having at least
one year of specialized experience equivalent in
responsibility to the GS-11 level in the Federal service.
Specialized experience is experience that demonstrated
accomplishment of computer project assignments requiring a
wide range of knowledge of computer requirements and
techniques pertinent to library automation systems and local
area networks.

Federal status candidates must meet the time-in-grade
requirements of having been at the GS-11 level for at least
one year.

Those applicants who meet the minimum qualification
requirements will be evaluated against these factors to
determine the best-qualified candidates:

1.  Skill in management of library automation systems
including appropriate computer hardware and software
(SELECTIVE FACTOR)

2.  Ability to analyze problems and perform technical
troubleshooting with reference to library automation

3.  Skill in both written and oral communication

4.  Ability to work effectively with a diverse clientele including
professional and technical library personnel and data
processing staff


HOW TO APPLY:

Submit either a resume or OF 612 (Optional Application for
Federal Employment) to:

Personnel Office
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC  20565
(202) 842-6282

To request a printed copy of this announcement or additional
forms, call (202) 842-6283.  Refer to vacancy announcement
number 97-15.

The National Gallery of Art is an equal opportunity employer.