Digital Collections Librarian (Librarian 1 - State Library)

CT; Hartford (CT); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

State employee benefits overview

Professional growth opportunities

Healthy work-life balance

Job summary

The Connecticut State Library in Hartford is seeking a Digital Collections Librarian to support digitization projects and expand online access to historic resources. The role involves metadata creation (MODS), ingest of digitized materials, and coordinating with units to ensure discoverability.

Under the Unit Head, you will help develop web content, research guides, and social media content while maintaining metadata/workflow standards. Strong communication and detail orientation are essential.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in library science or information science.
• Experience creating metadata records for digital collections.
• Experience with library descriptive metadata standards.
• Experience with digital preservation repositories.
• Experience developing or maintaining institutional metadata guidelines.
• Experience creating website or social media content.

Responsibilities

• Cataloging and managing digitized materials and metadata.
• Ingesting digitized materials into digital collections.
• Coordinate discoverability with other units.
• Maintain policies and workflows for metadata and ingest.
• Assist patrons and provide reference services.

Skills

Library science

Cataloging

Reference sources

Automation

Education

Master's in Library Science

Job description

Introduction

The Connecticut State Library (CSL) is currently accepting applications for a Digital Collection Librarian (Librarian 1 - State Library) within the Digitization and Digital Collections Services Unit (DDCS) in Hartford, CT.

What we can offer you

• Visit our State Employee Benefits Overview page!
• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees.

Position Highlights

• Hybrid.
• Monday - Friday.
• Location: Hartford.
• Part Time, 34 hours per week.
• First Shift, between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
• Hybrid; the schedule will include the ability to telework.

The Role

The Digitization and Digital Collections Services Unit (DDCS) at the Connecticut State Library (CSL) is seeking a Digital Collections Librarian (Librarian 1 - State Library). This position plays a key role in helping CSL preserve and provide access to the agency’s significant historic and cultural resources. As demand for online access to library collections continues to grow, the Digital Collections Librarian will support the ongoing expansion of digitization and digital collections initiatives that contribute to the long-term preservation of cultural resources and enhance public access to information.

Working under the direction of the Unit Head, the Digital Collections Librarian performs a variety of tasks related to managing CSL materials in digital collections systems. These tasks include but are not limited to: creating metadata records for digitized materials, following institutional guidelines and metadata standards, including the Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS); ingesting digitized materials into CSL’s digital collections; coordinating with other units to ensure the discoverability of digitized content; participating in metadata cleanup and normalization projects by reviewing existing records, correcting inconsistencies, updating controlled vocabulary terms, and ensuring compliance with metadata standards and institutional guidelines; helping to promote the work of DDCS through writing and editing web pages, creating and updating research guides, and proposing content ideas for social media; maintaining unit policies, standards, and workflows for metadata and ingest; and using digital tools to optimize and automate workflow processes.

The successful candidate shall possess a high attention to detail, the ability to work independently and manage their time effectively, a familiarity with digitization workflows, the ability to learn new technology, and strong communication skills.

About Us

The Connecticut State Library is an independent and non-partisan Executive Branch agency of the State of Connecticut. Open to both residents and users beyond state borders, the State Library serves the employees and officials of all three branches of state government, students, teachers, researchers, town governments, and anyone seeking information within its collections. We are home to the State Archives, Office of the Public Records Administrator, Museum of Connecticut History, and more, providing a variety of archival, public records, museum, library, information, and administrative services.

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Purpose of Job Class (Nature of Work)

In the State Library this class is accountable for independently performing the full range of professional library duties and providing professional library services.

Examples of Duties

• Performs professional library duties in any of the following areas: cataloging, interlibrary loan, reference, bibliographic services and collection management of books, serial publications, computer files, documents, audiovisual and other materials;
• Assists patrons in locating and obtaining materials;
• Furnishes information on library activities, facilities, rules and services;
• Explains and assists in use of reference sources, catalogs, indexes and automated data bases;
• Describes or demonstrates procedures for searching catalog files;
• Searches catalog files and shelves to locate information;
• Assembles and arranges displays of books and other library materials;
• Maintains reference and circulation materials;
• Answers correspondence on special reference subjects;
• May compile subject bibliographies;
• May select, order, catalog and classify materials;
• May review and update records retention and disposition schedules for state agencies;
• May plan and direct or carry out special projects;
• May operate a small law library;
• May train assigned staff;
• May conduct workshops;
• May serve as liaison to library groups and organizations;
• May compile reports and statistics;
• Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge, Skill and Ability

• Knowledge of professional principles and practices of library science including classification systems, reference sources and techniques, acquisition, cataloging and filing, bibliographic sources of information and library automation;
• Knowledge of library administration principles and techniques;
• Skills: interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills;
• Ability to analyze and solve problems relating to library methods and procedures; utilize computer software.

Minimum Qualifications - General Experience

A Master's degree in library science or information science from a library school accredited by the American Library Association.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience creating metadata records for digital collections.
• Experience working with library descriptive metadata standards.
• Experience working with a digital preservation repository.
• Experience developing or maintaining institutional metadata guidelines.
• Experience creating website or social media content.

Conclusion

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

Acknowledgement

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.