Digital Initiatives Coordinator

Description

As the shared center of intellectual inquiry at Wheaton College, the library’s mission is to build, preserve, and promote the use of physical and virtual academic resources; foster skilled and confident users of these resources; and promote community on the Wheaton campus.

Group Mission

The Resource Description & Digital Initiatives Group mission is to facilitate user discovery of and access to libraryresources. The group is active in these areas:

• Cataloging & Metadata to efficiently create and facilitate the means by which users can discover and access library resources
• Preservation to extend the life of library resources
• Digital Initiatives to advance the discovery and use of library resources via digital innovations

Responsibilities

In the context of teamwork and mutual support, the Digital Initiative Coordinator advances the above-stated missions as follows:

• Proposes and implements digital innovations that advance faculty and students’ discovery and use of library resources, including the creation of digital collections
• Proposes and implements digital innovations to support the library’s operations
• In collaboration with others, maintains and enhances the library’s Web presence and other electronic services
• Contributes actively to Group objectives and priorities
• Contributes actively to library-wide mission, plans, and objectives
• May lead and/or participate in cross-functional library teams
• Trains and supervises one staff member and may employ student assistants

Characteristics & Qualifications

• Strong commitment to teamwork and collegial relationships, excellent communication skills, and personal flexibility. Engages in outcomes-focused thinking. Desires to continually learn and grow. Displays a work ethic that is consonant with Col. 3:23 (“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men”).
• Undergraduate degree. Broad interests and intellectual curiosity.
• Ability to provide leadership for the library’s digital innovations. Preferred: Work experience in academic library context.
• Technical knowledge and experience required for the position (e.g., library and information standards, platforms, and products; metadata standards, including non-MARC schema).
• Highly accurate with data and detail. Organizational and problem-solving skills.