Metadata Librarian
3 days ago
We are seeking a highly skilled Metadata Librarian to join our team at the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries. As a key member of our Resource Acquisition and Metadata Services department, you will be responsible for catalog maintenance and repair, including authority work, batch record manipulation with data tools and analytics, and remediation of current records for improved access.
Key Responsibilities:- Perform original and complex copy cataloging, including cataloging of print and non-print monographic materials for circulating, special, and electronic resources collections.
- Facilitate workflows across multiple content and discovery systems.
- Manage the workflow of new monographic receipts and gifts coming into the collection.
- Oversight for vendor-supplied records and contract cataloging.
- Learning and cataloging to LC-PCC rules and authority control practices.
- Manipulating batch records with data tools and analytics.
- Maintaining existing records, including reparative cataloging.
- Learning and development of metadata crosswalks, scripts, and index normalization rules that support efficient data interoperability.
- Engaging in regional and national communities of practice, integrating evolving standards.
- ALA-accredited graduate degree or accredited graduate degree in another appropriate discipline.
- Familiarity with cataloging and bibliographic maintenance.
- Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU.
We offer a competitive salary, relocation assistance, and professional development allowance. Full-time faculty benefits apply, including 24 vacation days annually and choice of retirement and annuity plans. For more information about benefits, see https://www.vcu.edu/hr/benefits.
Initial interviews will be conducted virtually. We anticipate inviting finalists to campus. Learn about the position in an online information session. We are hosting information sessions for interested applicants in advance of the February 15th review date. Please consider joining one of these sessions to learn more about the position; meet the supervisor, Amanda Echterling; and get answers to your questions about the position.
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