Systems & Digital Librarian
The New York Botanical Garden seeks a creative and collaborative individual for the Systems & Digitization Librarian position at the LuEsther T. Mertz Library.
The Mertz Library collects and preserves works of merit in botany, horticulture, and landscape design. The Library provides high-quality resources and services to meet the needs of the Garden's research staff, botanists, horticulturists, and graduate students as well as scientific, scholarly, and artistic communities worldwide
The Systems & Digitization Librarian provides leadership and expertise for the Library on existing and emerging technologies. They also participate in decision and policy making, and participates in and provides expertise for collaborative partnerships (within and beyond NYBG).
Additionally, this position supports, through actions and conduct, NYBG’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility initiatives and helps to build and maintain an inclusive organization culture throughout the institution.
Basic Job Functions
The Systems & Digitization Librarian manages the day-to-day technical support as well as the lifecycle of the Library’s systems, applications, hardware and web services, the digital asset management systems, and collections management applications; coordinates the planning, evaluation and implementation of the Library’s electronic resources; recommends, configures, and provides support for new and emerging technologies and processes. The Librarian also manages the Library’s Digitization Program.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Manages, implements, and troubleshoots systems for optimal performance, usability and accessibility.
- Collect statistics for systems usage to assist with resource allocation, identify trends, improve metadata descriptions and gap analysis.
- Works with the IT Department, Library staff, and vendors to maintain the Library’s systems and services.
- Collaborates in the development, creation, promotion and assessment of Library Systems policies, procedures and best practices.
- Works with Library staff to develop and manage grant-funded digitization initiatives.
- Manages digital curation for long-term preservation and access of Mertz Library’s digital assets
- Responsible for maintenance, administration, and upkeep of Library website
- Oversees the management of the Library’s Electronic Resources Management Systems (ERMS) and hosted EZProxy authorizations software.
- Supports library staff in training and use of electronic resources, tools, software.
- Supervises Digital Imaging Technician, grant-funded project staff and volunteers.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in an American Library Association accredited program in Library and Information Science. Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information design, network technology or equivalent experience is preferred.
Technical Knowledge and Skills:
• Demonstrated knowledge of web technologies, including the creation and maintenance of websites using HTML and CSS
• Familiarity with Innovative Interfaces or similar integrated library systems.
• Knowledge of database administration, data modeling, SQL queries, and experience working with APIs.
• Knowledge of current best practices in the field of digital curation.
• Knowledge of Linux, FTP, secure shell (SSH) scripting.
• Advanced knowledge of XML, and familiarity with the many XML-based metadata schemas and standards (including MARC, EAD, MODS, METS, Dublin Core.).
• Comfortable with a Unix server environment, including the installation of software packages and setup, and configuration and troubleshooting of new applications
Benefits:
- 15 Vacation Days
- 13 Paid Holidays
- 12 Sick Days
- Health Insurance Coverage
- 401K
- Pension Plan
Salary: Commensurate with experience within the following range $75,000 -$80,000.
Please be advised, as a term and condition of accepting a job offer the candidate for employment must submit proof of full vaccination. Candidates for employment unable to submit proof of full vaccination at the time of the offer will not be considered for employment.
This policy is subject to the reasonable accommodation provisions of Title VII and the American for Disabilities Act (ADA) and other EEO consideration. If you believe that because of a disability or a sincerely held religious belief that you may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation or exemption to this policy please contact HR@nybg.org.
If you require an accommodation for any part of the application process, please notify the Human Resources department at HR@nybg.org.
If you are interested in applying for a position at the New York Botanical Garden, please go to http://www.nybg.org/employment to submit your application.
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To Apply:
https://www.nybg.org/about/work-with-us/employment/?p=job%2FoELZlfwt
