The New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University is seeking a Metadata Librarian.
Recruitment/Posting Title: Metadata Librarian, Non-Tenure Track Librarian of Practice III
Department: Tech & Automated Services
Salary: Commensurate With Experience
Posting Summary
Rutgers University Libraries (RUL) seeks a dynamic, creative, and
experienced individual to provide strategic direction and leadership in
the creation and management of non-MARC metadata. This newly created
position reports to the Head of Central Technical Services (CTS), and
the successful candidate will serve in a department that is actively
engaged in meeting evolving information organization, discovery, and
access trends. In collaboration with CTS colleagues and other library
units, the incumbent will create, process, and manage metadata and
associated files for RUcore, Rutgers’ institutional repository. RUcore
content includes scholarship deposits as mandated by the University’s
Open Access policy, and special collections and archival materials that
will be managed in a forthcoming ArchivesSpace application.
Additionally, the successful candidate will participate in projects at
the state and national level, and in grant-funded initiatives.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop policies, procedures, and workflows for best practices regarding metadata creation.
- Investigate and align divergent metadata practices across RUL to determine appropriate metadata standards and aggregation strategies for unified discovery and access.
- Provide ongoing quality assurance, problem resolution, and remediation of collections as necessary.
- Perform identity disambiguation and reconciliation, by consulting VIAF; participate in identity management, such as ORCID.
- Create and add project specific vocabularies to RUcore as needed.
- Provide coordination in support of RUL’s special collections and in the creation of EAD finding aids via the ArchivesSpace archival management system.
- Respond to queries and correspond with faculty and publishers regarding scholarship deposits as required by the University’s Open Access policy.
Minimum Education and Experience:
- ALA accredited MLS
- 2+ years original cataloging/metadata creation experience in an academic library setting within the last 5 years.
- Working knowledge of metadata tools and systems, and emerging technologies and trends in this area.
- Strong command of at least one of the following non-MARC metadata schema: MODS, Dublin Core, or Encoded Archival Description (EAD).
- Working knowledge of MARC format.
- Experience applying a resource description standard, such as RDA.
- Experience with a major Library Service Platform or other system that enables the creation and management of non-MARC metadata.
- Demonstrated success with project management.
- Familiarity with identifier management systems, including LC/NAF, ORCID, ISNI, and DOI
- Ability to work creatively and effectively, both individually and on a team.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
Required:
- ALA accredited MLS
- 2+ years original cataloging/metadata creation experience in an academic library setting within the last 5 years.
- Working knowledge of metadata tools and systems, and emerging technologies and trends in this area.
- Strong command of at least one of the following non-MARC metadata schema: MODS, Dublin Core, or Encoded Archival Description (EAD).
- Working knowledge of MARC format.
- Experience applying a resource description standard, such as RDA.
- Experience with a major Library Service Platform or other system that enables the creation and management of non-MARC metadata.
- Demonstrated success with project management.
- Familiarity with identifier management systems, including LC/NAF, ORCID, ISNI, and DOI
- Ability to work creatively and effectively, both individually and on a team.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
- Experience with creating EAD finding aids.
- Experience with data analytics and usability testing
- Working knowledge of MARC format and METS standard.
- Working knowledge of XML, metadata application profiles, and metadata transfer specification such as OAI-PMH or OAI-ORE, and RDF and other web service technologies.
- Experience with Alma and Primo VE.
SALARY: Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.
STATUS/BENEFITS: Faculty status, twelve-month renewable appointment, retirement plan, life/health insurance, prescription drug, dental and vision plans, tuition remission, 22 vacation days annually.
LIBRARY PROFILE: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the state of New Jersey’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Chartered in 1766 as Queen’s College, Rutgers is the eighth oldest higher education institution in the United States, a land-grant university, and a member of the Association of American Universities, the Big Ten, and the CIC. More than 67,000 students and 22,000 faculty and staff learn, work, and serve the public at Rutgers locations across New Jersey and around the world. Rutgers includes Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers University–Newark, and Rutgers University–Camden. Rutgers comprises 33 schools and colleges and is home to more than 300 research centers and institutes. The university is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to providing services, solutions, and clinical care that help individuals and the local, national, and global communities where they live.
Rutgers University Libraries are the intellectual center of the university—serving all members of the university community, supporting all disciplines, and playing a key role in advancing student learning and faculty research. The Libraries serve Rutgers–New Brunswick, Rutgers–Newark, Rutgers–Camden, and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. The Libraries have a highly valued staff of about 300, who are committed to developing innovations in undergraduate support, information control, and digital initiatives. The Libraries operate with a budget of $34 million and have outstanding collections, especially in New Jerseyana and jazz. Collectively, the Libraries’ holdings include more than 4.8 million volumes. The Libraries hold memberships in ARL, CNI, CRL, Lyrasis, METRO, NERL, VALE, SPARC, and the Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions; use SirsiDynix and OCLC as primary bibliographic utilities; and utilize a Fedora-based institutional repository.
Central Technical Services is a central unit of the Libraries and is located on Busch Campus in Piscataway. The building is accessible by car or via the University public transportation system.
For more information about Rutgers University Libraries, please check the Libraries website: https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/
Statement
All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, military service or any other category protected by law. As an institution, we value diversity of background and opinion, and prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of any legally protected class in the areas of hiring, recruitment, promotion, transfer, demotion, training, compensation, pay, fringe benefits, layoff, termination or any other terms and conditions of employment.
The Libraries are strongly and actively committed to diversity, and seek candidates who will contribute creatively to the University’s multicultural environment.
Posting Details
Posting Number: 18FA0273
Special Instructions to Applicants
Campus: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Home Location Campus: Busch (RU-New Brunswick)
Organization/Corporation: Rutgers University
To Apply:
http://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/68405
