Vacancy for Metadata Specialist at University of Cambridge

Digital Preservation Coalition; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading university is seeking a Metadata Specialist to support its exciting Digital Preservation Programme. This role focuses on managing metadata to improve access and usability of digital collections. As part of a pioneering initiative, you will ensure ongoing access to critical digital artifacts and enhance their discoverability for current and future users.

Qualifications

• Experience in metadata workflows for digital collections.
• Ability to analyze and evaluate existing metadata systems.
• Knowledge of metadata standards and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Analyze existing metadata workflows for digital collections.
• Optimize, clean, and enrich metadata for improved efficiency.
• Develop and monitor compliance with metadata standards.

Skills

Metadata management

Data modeling

Workflow optimization

Education

Degree in Information Science or related field

Job description

Vacancy for Metadata Specialist at University of Cambridge

28 March 2021

Cambridge

Fixed Term

Cambridge University Libraries are about to embark on an exciting five-year Digital Preservation Programme to establish the Cambridge University Libraries Digital Preservation Service.

Based at the main University Library, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Metadata Specialist on the Programme. This is a new role essential for delivering the digital preservation service and contributing to a wider Digital Transformation Programme, supporting the Library's extensive digital collections and those of other university bodies.

The Digital Preservation Programme is a pioneering initiative for the University Library, involving a cloud-native, open-source digital repository and preservation system to ensure ongoing access to digital materials. The project includes tools for digital deposit, search, discovery, access, use, and re-use.

The service will support digital collection materials from creation or acquisition through to access, use, and re-use, ensuring accessibility for current and future users. These collections include digitised images, research publications and data, and born-digital archives.

Within the Digital Preservation team and reporting to the Head of Digital Preservation, the Metadata Specialist will focus on metadata management to support digital preservation and access. The role involves ensuring metadata exists within systems, developing data models and schemas, and optimizing processes around collection metadata.

The key activities include:

1. Analyzing and evaluating existing metadata workflows for digital collections.
2. Cleaning, transforming, optimizing, and enriching metadata to support collection management and improve efficiency.
3. Informing how metadata is consumed by current and future systems.
4. Promoting the use of metadata in creation, enrichment, analysis, and management reporting.
5. Developing and monitoring compliance with metadata standards and policies, and implementing workflows accordingly.