Position: Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services F-10102-19-11
Extended Application Receipt Deadline: January 8, 2020
Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services
Required Qualifications
Under the direction of the Director of Collection and Resource
Management, the Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services provides
leadership, guidance, and expertise to the department, including
supervision of faculty librarians and professional staff. The Head
of Cataloging and Metadata Services will be expected to conduct
research and scholarship, and participate in faculty governance,
committee work, and continuing professional development consistent with
University standards for promotion and tenure. As a faculty
librarian, the successful incumbent will take an active role in
liaison, reference and instruction duties. The selected candidate will
be responsible for the following:
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Master's in Library Science from an ALA accredited institution.
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At least three years of significant experience in acquisitions, cataloging, and metadata services.
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Strong working knowledge of RDA and MARC cataloging rules and
conventions and non-MARC metadata schemas, formats, standards and
protocols.
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Evidence of successful and creative management of staff and operations,
including demonstrated potential for leading transformational change.
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Evidence of leadership in the fields of knowledge access and resource
management, including demonstrated effective management, planning and
organizational skills.
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Ability to lead in an atmosphere of continuous change, to work within a
collaborative environment with diverse groups and to inspire and
motivate.
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Strong collaboration and communication skills.
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Record of professional activities, including research and engagement in professional organizations.
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Demonstrated knowledge of emerging areas of librarianship, including the
capabilities and future trends of library technology and systems to
optimize discovery and access to scholarly resources.
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Supervisory and training experience.
Preferred Qualifications
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Additional advanced degree.
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Working knowledge of one or more non-English languages.
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Knowledge of cataloging and metadata as applied to music and map collections.
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Experience in cataloging special collections, archival materials, and digital collections.
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Solid understanding of the research university environment and scholarly communication issues.
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Experience in coordination or management of integrated library systems
functions, including experience with Ex Libris' Alma and Primo.
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Experience in batch cataloging, metadata normalization, and metadata manipulation tools or programming languages.
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Demonstrated ability to work with library and university constituencies, including library and academic faculty.
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Strong service orientation.
Responsibilities & Requirements
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Provide leadership, guidance, and expertise to CMS, including regular
review of cataloging and metadata faculty librarians and professional
staff.
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Advise Director of Collection and Resource Management in the
articulation of a user-centered, holistic cataloging and metadata vision
to meet current and emerging information needs and new models of
collection/content building and delivery.
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Review and evaluate workflows and work assignments with an eye toward
increasing efficiencies, bringing more high-quality content to users
more quickly, and building sustainable workflows to handle increasingly
heterogeneous digital assets.
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Plan, implement, and evaluate operations, establish policies and
procedures, and set priorities in cataloging and metadata services.
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Train cataloging librarians and staff in cataloging/metadata standards,
new technology applications, systems, and tools to ensure compliance
with nationals, SUNY, and local cataloging/metadata standards and
practices (MARC, RDA, AACR2r, LCSH, LCCS, OCLC, LC,
etc.) and to continuously improve cataloging efficiency and quality.
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Work with the Director of Collection and Resource Management, Digital
Projects Librarian, and Director of Special Collections to assess,
implement, and manage vendor arrangements for the outsourcing of
cataloging and metadata projects.
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Work with SBU Library senior leadership, consortia partners, and
library/higher education organizations to identify opportunities for
improvement in Libraries' discovery and deliverance operations and
services.
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Work with Director of Collection and Resource Management and Libraries
leadership to develop and implement University Libraries strategic
priorities and provide the infrastructure needed to achieve those
priorities.
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Work with Director of Collection and Resource Management and Associate
Dean for Collection Strategy and Management to develop, coordinate, and
implement bibliographic control policy and practices across the ILS,
Discovery, and digital repository systems
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Participate in liaison, reference and instruction duties.
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Participate in research, publication, teaching and service in consonance with University standards for promotion and tenure.
Special Notes
This is a tenure track position. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for
the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Internal and external search to
occur simultaneously. Anticipated
Start Date: as soon as possible.
**Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. However, to guarantee consideration, please apply by January 8, 2020.
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permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for
employment provide
his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history,
until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of
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The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.
Application Procedure
Those interested in this position should:
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Complete the online Applicant
Information Survey . Do not submit this survey to the department with your application. Any questions regarding the survey,
please email oide@stonybrook.edu .
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Submit a State
Employment Application , cover letter and
resume/CV to the departmental address or email address below. Priority
will be given to applications submitted prior to 1/08/2020, but
applications will be accepted until
the position is filled.
Campus Description
Stony Brook
University Libraries is the largest academic research library on Long
Island serving the
University population and the State University of New York system. The
Library is also a resource for the local community, state-wide, and
nationally and internationally. Known for a wide-range of print and
digital resources and world-renowned special collections,
the University Libraries belong to the Association of Research
Libraries (ARL), with a Health Sciences Center Library that is a member
of the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries. The
collection exceeds 2 million volumes, including e-books, print,
streaming media, electronic holdings of scholarly journal
subscriptions, microforms, music recordings, and a sizable map
collection. The SBU Libraries include eight distinct facilities,
including the recently renovated and flagship Melville Library,
Chemistry,
Health Sciences, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Math/Physics, Music,
Southampton, and SUNY Korea-SBU campus. Currently at the start of a
renewed strategic plan, the faculty and staff are a talented and diverse
group sharing in the mission and vision of
the Libraries. Librarians hold full faculty status and rank, and
participate at all levels of the University. The Libraries is currently
migrating to the new Library Services Platform, Alma with Primo VE as
its discovery solution. Assets of its actively
growing institutional repository and digital collections are managed by
Omeka, Bepress Digital Commons, DSpace, and CONTENTdm. The Libraries
maintain memberships and affiliations in arXiv, Association of Research
Libraries, Center for Research Libraries,
SUNY Connect, DuraSpace (as a SUNY member), the Council on Library and
Information Resources, Digital Library Federation, Coalition of
Networked Information, EDUCAUSE, Inter-university Consortium for
Political and Social Research, Roper Center, OCLC Research
Library Partnership, ORCID through the National Network of the National
Libraries of Medicine, and locally with the Long Island Library
Resources Council.
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Official Job Title: |
Senior Assistant Librarian |
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REF#: |
F-10102-19-11 |
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Campus: |
Stony Brook West Campus |
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Department: |
University Libraries |
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Salary: |
Commensurate with Experience |
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Posting Start Date: |
11/08/2019 |
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Posting End Date: |
01/08/2020 |
Applications for this position must be received, as specified in the
Application Procedure Section, no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time on 01/08/2020, unless specifically
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