Metadata and Collection Services Librarian

Description

As a key member of the Resource Management Services unit, this position will:

• Manage all aspects of the cataloging/metadata unit, including planning and procedures, description, processing and preservation. Supervise Metadata and Special Projects specialist and Library specialist, as well as student employees. May also supervise interns or volunteers.
• In coordination with the Associate Director of Resource Management Services, set policy for metadata services.
• Oversee the efficient creation of metadata for library collections in a wide range of formats, both electronic and physical.
• Provide original cataloging as needed; perform complex copy cataloging; subject analysis; classification. Oversee and monitor authority control.
• Collaborate with cataloging efforts and practices in the Orbis Cascade Alliance, a large academic library consortium to which Collins Memorial Library belongs.
• Coordinate and supervise metadata efforts for exposing external university collections to users.
• Collaborate with library colleagues on appropriate metadata planning and implementation for exposing contents of the Institutional Repository, Digital Collections and Archives.
• Monitor national trends in metadata, cataloging and discovery; develop and implement best practices in these areas, particularly RDA and FRBR.
• Thoroughly understand and exploit the cataloging module of the integrated library system, its relation to other discovery systems and consider its effects on users in determining procedures.
• Develop crosswalks to convert data from one metadata schema to another with minimal manual intervention.
• Actively participate in regional consortia, pursue continuing education and professional development opportunities.
• Foster a work environment of productivity, assessment based planning and user centered practices.
• Provide and/or organize training to keep appropriate staff current in job responsibilities and metadata skills.
• Maintain essential records and statistics and prepare reports as needed.
• Other duties as may be assigned by the Associate Director of Resource Management Services.

Qualifcations:

Required:

• Graduate degree in library and information science from an ALA-accredited institution.
• Demonstrated training or experience working in cataloging/metadata.
• Demonstrated understanding of metadata principles and practices, such as those found in AACR2, RDA, Dublin Core and other emerging metadata schemes.
• Demonstrated experience working with a bibliographic utility.
• Awareness of current issues and trends in metadata development.
• Ability to collaborate with others in designing and facilitating work processes across unit lines.
• Ability to function effectively in an ambiguous and rapidly changing environment.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, time management and communication skills.
• A commitment to quality service and to the ideals of a liberal arts education.
• Demonstrated potential to be an effective supervisor.

Preferred:

• Cataloging experience in a library-work environment, preferably academic.
• Experience with content standards RDA, AACR2 and with FRBR concepts.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of classification standards LCSH and SuDocs.
• Demonstrated experience working within a large, widely-used Integrated Library System (ILS) platform.
• Demonstrated experience manipulating standards-based (such as MARC, XML) metadata using lower-level utilities (MarcEdit, oXygen) or scripting languages (such as Perl, PHP, XSL).
• Demonstrated understanding of digital collections and the tools used to work with them.
• Second language familiarity (Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish or German preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to supervise and mentor employees.