Head of Music and Media Metadata Librarian

2 weeks ago


La Jolla, California, United States UC San Diego Full time
Job Overview

The University of California, San Diego Library is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Metadata Librarian to lead the Music and Media Metadata Unit in the Metadata Services Program. This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic team and contribute to the development of innovative metadata solutions for the library's music and media collections.

As the Head of Music and Media Metadata Librarian, you will be responsible for providing metadata expertise and oversight for musical scores, audio, and visual materials from a wide variety of disciplines. You will work closely with the Music and Media Librarian responsible for collection development to accomplish shared strategic collection and access goals.

Key Responsibilities:

* Provide metadata expertise and oversight for musical scores, audio, and visual materials

* Develop and implement metadata strategies that support the discovery of the library's music and media collections

* Supervise, train, and set direction for Music and Media Unit metadata staff and students

* Lead the unit to investigate, experiment with, and implement new approaches and/or batch processes for creating and manipulating bibliographic and authority data

* Share leadership, strategic direction, and management responsibility for the Metadata Services Program as part of the MS Unit Heads Group

* Integrate and coordinate descriptive metadata practices across databases of record and information systems

* Provide intellectual leadership and contribute nationally to the development of emerging cataloging standards and maintain currency with issues in bibliographic and authority control, information organization, and metadata encoding standards

* Participate in the creation and development of Metadata Services Program priorities, policies, procedures, and goals

* Work collaboratively with public services and collections staff to prioritize and create appropriate access to library materials

* Serve on Library-wide, Campus-wide, and/or UC System-wide committees

Requirements:

* MLS/MLIS or equivalent advanced degree

* Demonstrated strong experience cataloging original, copy, and batch processing of physical and electronic audio, moving image, and notated music using Resource Description & Access (RDA), Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), LC Classification, and MARC-21 format and familiarity working with non-MARC metadata formats

* Ability to read notated music and knowledge of the special features of notated music, media, and electronic resources

* Demonstrated experience successfully managing staff and providing collaborative or inclusive leadership with peers and direct reports

* Demonstrated strong intercultural competency and overall ability to communicate and collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders both online and in-person, in one-on-one, small group, and large group settings

* Demonstrated effectiveness in synthesizing a variety of perspectives in order to identify viable approaches and build consensus among stakeholders

* Demonstrated awareness of national and international trends in bibliographic and authority control

* Demonstrated strong analytical and problem-solving skills

* Demonstrated effectiveness in prioritizing multiple concurrent projects in order to meet deadlines in a timely manner

* Demonstrated knowledge of current metadata standards, trends, and issues in academic libraries

* Demonstrated experience advocating for the diverse metadata needs of stakeholders and long-term strategic goals

* Evidence of contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education and libraries and thrives in a collaborative, dynamic, and culturally diverse environment

* Demonstrated commitment and enthusiasm for learning new skills in support of program and library goals

Preferred qualifications include an undergraduate or advanced degree in music, experience cataloging/creating metadata for digital collection repositories, and experience working in an academic research library.

If you are a motivated and collaborative individual with a passion for metadata and music, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to join our team.

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