*Posted on behalf of Alayne Mundt, American University Library*
*Position Title: Metadata Coordinator (14416)*
*Position Number: *
14416
*Open Date: *
12/5/2017
*Department: *
University Library
*Close Date: *
*Salary Range: *
$22.81 - $25.14/hr
*Band: *
Coordinator/Analyst B
*Work Hours per Week: *
35-Non-Exempt
*Position Type: *
Full-time Staff
Link to posting: https://jobs.american.edu/JobPosting.aspx?JPID=7010
*Description: *
The Metadata Coordinator, in conjunction with the Resource Description
Librarian, is responsible for working with counterparts across the WRLC
consortium in the development and implementation of local measures for
managing and maintaining shared bibliographic records according to joint
WRLC Metadata Committee standards. This position serves as the primary
library liaison to campus partner collections, connecting them with library
services, which make their resources discoverable to the wider university
community. The Coordinator works with Archives and Special Collections to
plan and carry out targeted data cleanup and enhancement projects for
digital collections and coordinates the Resource Description unit’s
contributions. This position creates and analyzes sets of records and other
metadata according to select criteria as part of targeted metadata/catalog
clean up, enhancement, and other analytics projects. Additionally, this
position contributes to general copy-cataloging as well as special
projects, such as inventory or move-to-storage.
*Educational Requirements: *
Masters of Library Science is required.
*Minimum Requirements: *
- At least 2 years of library experience or an equivalent combination of
education, training, and work experience in a related position that
demonstrates the necessary skills and abilities for the position including
supervisory and/or project leadership experience
- Experience with analyzing, creating, enhancing, and transforming MARC
and non-MARC metadata in both Integrated Library System (ILS) and non-ILS
platforms
- Experience using OCLC Connexion, OCLC WorldShare Management System,
digital repository platforms, and integrated library systems
- Advanced, extensive knowledge of technical rules and standards for
national cataloging rules and standards, including MARC21 standards
(Machine Readable Cataloging), International Standard Bibliographic
Description, and structure and coding of both local and national cataloging
systems
- Knowledge of Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR2), Resource
Description and Access (RDA), and Program for Cooperative
Cataloging/Library of Congress Policy Statements (PCC-PS’s). Experience
with controlled vocabularies including Library of Congress Subject Headings
(LCSH), Library of Congress Name Authority Cooperative (NACO), and Virtual
International Authority File (VIAF). Knowledge of Dublin Core, Metadata
Object Description Schema (MODS), and other metadata standards as well as
knowledge of bibliographic record editing tools, including MARCEdit (a
metadata editing software suite) and global data change processes in an
integrated library system environment
- Knowledge of report creation techniques in an ILS environment
- Knowledge of metadata creation, maintenance, and transformation
- Familiarity with unique identifiers used in scholarly communication
including DOIs and ORCIDS
- Experience cataloging at least one non-print format such as music,
electronic resources, and/or media
- Knowledge of emerging cataloging and metadata principles and trends
including BIBFRAME or Schema.org (markup website content to be recognized
by search engine spiders and other parsers)
- Excellent organizational skills, analytical thinking, and problem
solving skills, with the ability to resolve conflicts and communicate
effectively
- Strong interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and the ability to
prioritize and multi-task, including the ability to reprioritize tasks to
resolve urgent issues that arise
- Sound judgement with the ability to use discretion in making
evaluative judgements
- Demonstrated initiative and accuracy
- Ability to work independently, develop, plan, and implement short and
long-term goals, and complete projects by deadlines
- Ability to collaborate on many different levels and resolve problems
- Advanced computer skills, experience with Microsoft Excel and Access,
and the ability to adapt to constantly changing procedures and computer
systems
- Ability to sit at a desk and/or computer for extended hours, read
computer screens, and use computer keyboards
- Physical demands of the job include a great deal of sitting, typing,
mousing, standing, walking, and lifting and occasionally shifting books or
other media
- Vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, and
the ability to adjust focus, as well as reading from printed materials and
computer screens, generally switching from one to the other within short
periods of time
- Flexibility in adapting to constantly-changing organization,
technology, and work procedures
*Preferred Requirements: *
- Experience with one or more of the following: XML, XSLT, RDF,
OpenRefine, Oxygen XML Editor
- Familiarity with at least one foreign language
