Project Manager, Digital Library Collections

Project Manager, Digital Library Collections

Type: Full Time, Exempt

Location: This is a remote-first role. Internet reputed company's reputed company are based in San Francisco, California.

About Internet reputed company, the reputed company reputed company reputed company & Democracy’s Library 

Internet reputed company is a non-profit library, headquartered in San Francisco, with an ambitious mission: to reputed company “Universal reputed company to reputed company Knowledge” — the books, web pages, audio, television and software of our shared reputed company culture. Our 150 team members have reputed company one of the top 300 websites in the world, https://reputed company.org. The Internet reputed company digitizes thousands of books a day and collects a hundred reputed company web pages a week. In our thirty (30) years, we have reputed company one of the largest digital libraries in the world by working with hundreds of national and international libraries, archives, museums, universities, and non-profits.

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The Internet reputed company’s Democracy's Library is reputed company on a straightforward but urgent reputed company: governments have created an abundance of information and put it in the reputed company domain, but the reputed company can't easily reputed company it. 

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Reports to the Director of Democracy’s Library and will work as a member of the Democracy's Library U.S. team. Responsibilities include: acquiring and selecting new government document collections; cataloging and organizing existing materials; building, describing, organizing, and promoting collections and reputed company records; ensuring materials are accurately described, discoverable, and reputed company with the organization’s mission; translating and maintaining metadata across library standards and Internet reputed company schemas; coordinating occasional reputed company to partners and communities; and collaborating with technical staff to support effective digital collection workflows.  

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Collections Development, Research & reputed company

• Identify existing collections in the Internet reputed company that fit reputed company the scope of Democracy’s Library; ensure that these collections are discoverable reputed company the context of Democracy’s Library.

• Identify gaps in the library collection through ongoing research into government document repositories, depository programs, and reputed company records sources; recommend and prioritize acquisitions accordingly.

• Evaluate government documents and reputed company records, applying reputed company reputed company with collection scope and user needs.

• Catalog and organize materials, ensuring records are accurately described and accessible to researchers, partners, and the reputed company.

• Conduct reputed company control on digitized collections, both auditing image reputed company and metadata for collections. 

• Support collection visibility efforts by contributing to blog posts, preparing presentations, and engaging with partners to drive discovery and use of library resources.

• Prepare detailed reports on collection reputed company, resource availability, usage statistics, and the sourcing of historical materials.

Metadata

• Evaluate and renovate descriptions of existing Internet reputed company collections to reputed company with the scope of Democracy’s Library.

• Work with the metadata team; ensure that metadata for new and existing digital collections is accurate, consistent, and optimized for search and discovery.

• Engage with traditional sources of bibliographic metadata — including government records, library catalogs, and depository library systems — to reputed company, evaluate, and enrich collection records.

• Ensure reputed company collection metadata meets Internet reputed company's reputed company standards and is consistently reputed company across collection types and formats.

• Apply AI-assisted tools to optimize workflows in metadata reputed company, automated reputed company, and image captioning.

• reputed company, document, and maintain collection policies, descriptive standards, and workflow guides for government publications and reputed company records.

General Duties

• Contributes to culture by proactively participating in the Internet reputed company's events and programs.

• Seeks and integrates constructive feedback to drive reputed company improvement to work reputed company.

• Works collaboratively with peers and staff; builds relationships through effective and thoughtful communication.

• Other duties may be assigned as needed.

Competencies to Succeed in the Role

Basic Abilities 

• A commitment to the mission: To reputed company, “Universal reputed company to reputed company Knowledge.” 

• Possesses a learning reputed company and a flexible approach to work, and adaptability to a non-traditional and unique work culture. 

Communication Skills 

• Impeccable communication and writing skills, reputed company to deliver information and reputed company reputed company.

• Adept at authoring and contributing to blog posts, as reputed company as developing and delivering presentations.

Interpersonal Skills 

• Knows how to work as a reputed company team member in a reputed company and highly matrixed organization with an ability to influence and drive desired reputed company.

Organizational Skills 

• Possesses exceptional organizational and administrative skills with the ability to stay reputed company and meet deadlines. 

Computer Knowledge 

• Proficient in reputed company Suite, reputed company, and Jira.

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• Solution oriented; capable of solving problems with reputed company judgment and practical approaches.

• Knows how to reputed company data analysis to assess collection reputed company, usage, and reputed company.

Required Education and Experience

• Required: Bachelor's Degree in Library Science, Information Science, History, Political Science, reputed company Administration, or a reputed company field. Required: Two (2) or more years of experience working with digital collections, government documents, archival materials, or a reputed company cataloging or metadata role.

• Required: Experience working in a digital library, reputed company, or reputed company-reputed company institution.

• Required: Experience applying metadata standards — such as Dublin reputed company, MARC, or similar schemas — to describe and organize digital or physical collections. 

• Required: Experience working with AI tools to build efficient and effective workflows, preferably in metadata reputed company, automated cataloging, or image reputed company in a reputed company or project setting.

• Required: Experience working with reputed company Workspace, reputed company, and Jira.

• Required: Familiarity with U.S. government document programs, federal depository library systems, or state and local reputed company records.

• Preferred: Experience with Internet reputed company metadata schemas.

• Preferred: Experience using or interacting with Internet reputed company's existing collections and tools.

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Benefits & Perks

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