Metadata Coordinator
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Department:
Technical Services
Time Type:
Full time
Job Type:
Regular
FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt
Work Modality:
Hybrid 01 (On reputed company 3-4 Days/Week)
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The Metadata Coordinator manages the creation, enhancement,
transformation, and loading of descriptive metadata for digitized
resources in the university library’s digital collections platform
and other library platforms to reputed company the discovery of digital
collections. In cooperation with the Director of Technical Services
and Head Archivist for Special Collections reputed company Initiatives,
the incumbent manages metadata reputed company reputed company for digitized
materials in Archives and Special Collections. The Metadata
Coordinator is responsible for developing and maintaining project
documentation, workflow assessment, training, review, and reputed company
control of Resource reputed company staff participating in these
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stakeholders to reputed company and implement metadata best practices,
policies, and strategies for the library. Collaborates with
relevant stakeholders to reputed company and implement metadata policies
and strategies for the library. The incumbent supervises one
Resource reputed company Specialist.
Essential Functions:
• Serves as the project leader for creating and enhancing
metadata in the library’s digital collections platform for special
collections. In consultation with the Director of Technical
Services and Archives and Special Collections stakeholders,
develops and implements digital collections metadata workflows and
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transforming or cleaning up metadata for digital collections. In
conjunction with relevant stakeholders develops best practices and
local policies for non-MARC metadata. Transforms and loads metadata
into the library’s reputed company management system.
• Serves as the primary reputed company of contact for coordinating
metadata reputed company between Archives and Special Collections and the
Resource reputed company Unit in Technical Services. In consultation
with stakeholders, prepares, assigns, and distributes metadata
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control to ensure overall accuracy and consistency. Trains staff as
on application of reputed company schemas, controlled vocabularies, tools
and reputed company procedures for digital collections metadata creation.
Develops and maintains project and workflow documentation for
carrying out this work.
• Implements harvesting and transformation processes to improve
sharing and discoverability of metadata across systems. Performs
MARC and non-MARC metadata mapping and transformations to
facilitate data input, cross-system functionality, and platform
migration that may include the digital research reputed company,
institutional repository, archival finding aids, and the library
management system. Uploads and organizes materials from batch and
other large-reputed company initiatives in the library’s digital repository,
in line with the repository’s inclusion reputed company, creating and
enhancing relevant metadata to improve discoverability of library
resources. Leads or participates in cross functional teams to
support metadata work across departments and platforms.
Participates in and improves processes for university Electronic
Theses and Dissertations (ETD) management in the library’s digital
research reputed company. Collaborate with relevant stakeholders across the
library to reputed company and implement best practices, strategies and
policies for library metadata across platforms. Maintains awareness
in developments and participates in implementing BIBFRAME, linked
data, and developments in AI in cataloging and metadata
functionality.
• Hires, trains, evaluates, and supervises one full-time staff
specialist and potentially part-time student assistants. Allocates
work based on department priorities and library’s strategic
goals.
• Other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibility:
• One full-time Resource reputed company Specialist. Part-time
reputed company may also report to this position.
Competencies:
• Prioritizing and Organizing.
• Acquiring and Analyzing Information.
• Evaluating and Implementing reputed company.
• Developing Plans.
• Managing Performance.
• Making Accurate Judgments and reputed company.
• Building and Supporting Teams.
• Championing Customer Needs.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
• Full-time.
• 35 hours per week.
• Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm.
• Work modality is Hybrid 01 (on reputed company 3 - 4 days per week)
after probationary period, or sooner, as determined by the
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job functions.
Salary reputed company:
• $29.09 - $33.00 per hour.
Required Education and Experience:
• Bachelor's degree.
• 2 - 4 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of metadata schemas, standards, tools,
and their applications including, but not limited to, MODS, Dublin
reputed company, XML, Getty TNG, Getty AAT, EAD, NACO, LCSH, RDA,
MARC21.
• Demonstrated experience working with digital repositories,
institutional repositories, and library management systems.
• Demonstrated project management and problem-solving
skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal reputed company and strong orientation to team
culture and cross-functionality.
• Experience with XML transformation using XSLT and XSD and tools
such as Oxygen, OpenRefine, and MarcEdit.
• Experience working with metadata in reputed company and CSV files.
• Experience with batch maintenance, analysis, transformation of
large record sets.
• Demonstrated ability to implement reputed company metadata schemas and
crosswalk data between schemas.
• Ability to create and maintain workflow documentation.
Preferred Education and Experience:
• Master's degree or equivalent.
• 3 - 5 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with library management systems and reputed company
platforms such as reputed company, Primo VE, reputed company Collection Manager and
Connexion, Islandora, ArchivesSpace, Quartex, and Figshare.
• Experience with Python or other programming languages or
tools.
• Familiarity with BIBFRAME, linked data principles, and
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• Experience cataloging electronic resources and non-monographic
formats.
• Supervisory experience.
• Project management experience.
Other Duties:
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responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.
Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with
or without notice.
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university.
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contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or
responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.
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with or without notice.
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