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Metadata & Discovery Librarian Job at Code4lib in Rock Hill

Metadata & Discovery Librarian Job at Code4lib in Rock Hill

MediabistroRock Hill, SC, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Ida Jane Dacus Library and Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University seek a collaborative and highly motivated Metadata and Discovery Librarian to join our Technical and Digital Initiatives (TDI) team. As the principal cataloger and metadata librarian, this position plays a pivotal role in ensuring the discoverability and accessibility of our library and archival collections. This 12-month, tenure-track appointment reports to the Head of Technical and Digital Initiatives and will be assigned at the assistant or associate professor level commensurate with experience.

Major Responsibilities

  • Catalogs physical and digital library resources using national systems and standards
  • Maintains authority control of the library's catalog
  • Ensures the accuracy of holdings in the shared library services platform
  • Manages deaccessioning projects and physical processing of weeded materials
  • Provides training and guidance to metadata and cataloging Library Specialists
  • Assists in establishing workflows for archival metadata creation and maintenance
  • Maintains institutional repository integrity
  • Ensures the discoverability of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) materials
  • Teaches information literacy and participates in reference service rotations
  • Participates in collection development serving as departmental liaison for select academic units
  • Engages in scholarship and performs activities aligned with tenure and promotion
  • Performs other duties, responsibilities, or special projects as assigned

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

  • Two or more years of cataloging and metadata experience
  • Thorough knowledge of electronic and traditional cataloging, classification, and authority control
  • Demonstrated proficiency with cataloging and metadata tools and standards in a mixed RDA / AACR2 environment using MARC 21 standards, LC classification, Dublin Core, LCSH, OCLC, and NACO
  • Proficiency with Ex Libris Alma, Primo, and OCLC WorldCat / Connexion
  • Expertise in authority control standards, including NACOcertification or equivalent training
  • Working experience with principles of authority control, including selecting and applying controlled vocabularies to local collections.
  • Demonstrated ability for attention to detail.
  • Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Two or more years of supervisory experience.
  • Preferred Qualifications

  • Working knowledge of OAI-PMH and metadata mapping
  • Experience with open-access web publishing
  • Experience working in an academic library
  • Two or more years of project management experience
  • Experience working with archival materials and institutional repositories
  • Familiarity with emerging technologies in collections management such as BibFrame and linked data
  • Application Instructions

    All materials must be submitted electronically via Interfolio. For questions about the position, contact the Dacus Library Search Committee,dacussearch@winthrop.edu

    Applications should consist of the following :

  • A letter of application describing the candidate’s interests and qualifications for the position
  • The names, titles, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, of at least three (3) professional references. Include a brief statement indicating your professional relationship with the reference (e.g. former supervisor, colleague, professor)
  • Graduate and undergraduate transcripts. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable for the application; official transcripts will be required later for an offer of employment
  • Published : Friday, December 6, 2024 01 : 00 UTC

    Description

    Description

    Ida Jane Dacus Library and Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University seek a collaborative and highly motivated Metadata and Discovery Librarian to join our Technical and Digital Initiatives (TDI) team. As the principal cataloger and metadata librarian, this position plays a pivotal role in ensuring the discoverability and accessibility of our library and archival collections. This 12-month, tenure-track appointment reports to the Head of Technical and Digital Initiatives and will be assigned at the assistant or associate professor level commensurate with experience.

    Major Responsibilities

  • Catalogs physical and digital library resources using national systems and standards
  • Maintains authority control of the library's catalog
  • Ensures the accuracy of holdings in the shared library services platform
  • Manages deaccessioning projects and physical processing of weeded materials
  • Provides training and guidance to metadata and cataloging Library Specialists
  • Assists in establishing workflows for archival metadata creation and maintenance
  • Maintains institutional repository integrity
  • Ensures the discoverability of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) materials
  • Teaches information literacy and participates in reference service rotations
  • Participates in collection development serving as departmental liaison for select academic units
  • Engages in scholarship and performs activities aligned with tenure and promotion
  • Performs other duties, responsibilities, or special projects as assigned
  • Qualifications

    Required Qualifications

  • ALA-accredited MLS / MLIS degree
  • Two or more years of cataloging and metadata experience
  • Thorough knowledge of electronic and traditional cataloging, classification, and authority control
  • Demonstrated proficiency with cataloging and metadata tools and standards in a mixed RDA / AACR2 environment using MARC 21 standards, LC classification, Dublin Core, LCSH, OCLC, and NACO
  • Proficiency with Ex Libris Alma, Primo, and OCLC WorldCat / Connexion
  • Expertise in authority control standards, including NACOcertification or equivalent training
  • Working experience with principles of authority control, including selecting and applying controlled vocabularies to local collections.
  • Demonstrated ability for attention to detail.
  • Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Two or more years of supervisory experience.
  • Preferred Qualifications

  • Working knowledge of OAI-PMH and metadata mapping
  • Experience with open-access web publishing
  • Experience working in an academic library
  • Two or more years of project management experience
  • Experience working with archival materials and institutional repositories
  • Familiarity with emerging technologies in collections management such as BibFrame and linked data
  • Application Instructions

    All materials must be submitted electronically via Interfolio. For questions about the position, contact the Dacus Library Search Committee,dacussearch@winthrop.edu

    Applications should consist of the following :

  • Curriculum vitae (CV)
  • A letter of application describing the candidate’s interests and qualifications for the position
  • The names, titles, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, of at least three (3) professional references. Include a brief statement indicating your professional relationship with the reference (e.g. former supervisor, colleague, professor)
  • Graduate and undergraduate transcripts. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable for the application; official transcripts will be required later for an offer of employment
  • How to apply

    https : / / apply.interfolio.com / 154451

    Contact :

    dacussearch@winthrop.edu

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