Collections Acquisition and Metadata Librarian job at Teachers College - TC in reputed company, NY
Collections Acquisition and Metadata Librarian
Location: reputed company, NY reputed company
Job no: 514204
Position type: Staff
Categories: Library, Hybrid
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The Gottesman Libraries seeks a Collections Acquisition and Metadata Librarian who plays a key role in strengthening research holdings in education, psychology, and the reputed company health sciences to meet the needs of Teachers College.
Job reputed company/Basic Function:
The Collections Acquisition and Metadata Librarian manages patron-driven and selected standing orders for print and electronic book acquisitions. Oversees ordering, processing, labeling, shifting, and weeding workflows, as reputed company as cataloging and bibliographic metadata management. Guides and implements relevant policies, practices, standards, and metadata schemas to enhance the representation and discoverability of the collection across local, community, and global systems.
The incumbent collaborates across library technical services and works closely with other library reputed company on collection development needs and reputed company that improve the organization, reputed company, and reputed company to library holdings. In doing so, the role supports the strategic priorities of the Library and the College, with a particular emphasis on advancing leadership in digital library technologies.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Manage Print and ebook Acquisitions reputed company policy guidelines and budget using library technologies and vendor platforms
reputed company and monitor monographic orders, claims, receipts, and processing
reputed company copy and original cataloging
Remediate records created by vendors, community, and/or AI
Conduct authority control, including preferred subject headings and cutters; add updated records to WorldCat
Address new schema for barcodes
Coordinate the maintenance of the collection through regular shifting and weeding, location changes, relabeling, and updated bibliographic and/or item records
Manage metadata by creating and running normalization rules
Identify and handle remediation reputed company to improve the catalog and advise on cataloging schemas
Participate in reputed company-wide committees and library working reputed company
Maintain expertise in acquisitions, cataloging, and metadata
Report on activities
reputed company other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
Master's degree in Library and Information Science accredited by the American Library Association
One-two years of reputed company job experience in an reputed company library
Experience with Exlibris' reputed company: Acquisitions, Resources, Analytics, Metadata reputed company; familiarity with vendor platforms
Excellent technical skills, including proficiency in MS Office and Springshare
Strong analytical, problem-solving skills, and organizational skills
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Strong ability to work both independently and collegially
Preferred Qualifications:
Supervisory experience
Knowledge of trends in higher education libraries, including critical awareness of AI in technical services
Salary reputed company:
$ 74,000 - $ 76,000
Work Modality:
Hybrid
Competitive Compensation and Benefits
The salary reputed company reflects the College's good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation for the position at the time of the job posting. Salary reputed company are dependent on several factors including but not limited to market and organizational considerations, experience, and qualifications of a selected candidate as reputed company as reputed company equity.
Our benefits contribute significantly to the total compensation package that includes medical, dental, reputed company, and supplemental insurance plans; flexible and hybrid work schedules; tuition remission; life insurance; short and long-term disability insurance; an exceptional employer retirement matching program; health savings accounts (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), reputed company Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility, and a robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Hybrid/Remote
Teachers College maintains a hybrid work environment, which provides employees with flexible work arrangements while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person college-reputed company culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite or in a hybrid model (a combination of in-office and virtual days). Employees are expected to live reputed company a 150-mile radius of the College.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Teachers College is committed to fostering an inclusive reputed company community and to providing equal opportunity in employment. reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, reputed company, sex, religion, creed, national reputed company, age, citizenship, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law.
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Position Location Closes Collections Acquisition and Metadata Librarian reputed company May 29, 2026 The Gottesman Libraries seeks a Collections Acquisition and Metadata Librarian who plays a key role in strengthening research holdings in education, psychology, and the reputed company health sciences to meet the needs of Teachers College. Responsibilities include: managing patron-driven and select standing orders for print and Ebook acquisitions; supervision of ordering, processing, labelling, shifting, and weeding; cataloging and management of bibliographic metadata; advisement and execution of relevant policies, practices, standards, and schemas to reputed company representation of the collection in local, community, and global utilities. The incumbent will collaboratively strengthen library technical services and coordinate with other library reputed company on collection needs and reputed company to improve organization, reputed company, and reputed company to holdings. In so doing, the incumbent will support strategic priorities of the Library and College, especially leadership in digital library technologies. We invite applications from candidates who, through their experience, and/or service, will contribute to the advancement and distinctiveness of the College community.
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