Federal Metadata Librarian

University of Alabama Libraries; Bethesda, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Plan

Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Family Leave

Disability

Training & Development

Job summary

Aretum is seeking a skilled Metadata Librarian to perform metadata corrections, updates, validation, and standardization in Alma, ensuring complete and accurate bibliographic data while meeting governance and audit requirements.

As a federal consulting organization, candidates may handle Controlled Unclassified Information and must follow agency standards and the CCB intake process; travel to client locations is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Library Science, Information Science, Information Management, Computer Science, or related field (Must have 5-7 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of degree).
• Experience with library metadata standards and schemas (MARC, RDA, Dublin Core).
• Familiarity with metadata remediation workflows in Alma.
• Experience supporting federal government entities.
• Knowledge of controlled vocabularies and metadata quality assurance methods.

Responsibilities

• Carry out metadata corrections and updates in Alma according to COR.
• Apply metadata standardization, validation, and correction per agency standards.
• Follow procedures defined in CCB task packets and document work.
• Document updates to ensure traceability and auditability.
• Communicate questions or blockers through the COR to the CCB Secretariat.
• Keep records of updates and ensure all metadata meets governance requirements.
• Ensure metadata is complete and accurate for all required fields.
• Maintain consistency with source bibliographic information and agency ingestion standards.

Skills

Metadata standards

MARC

Dublin Core

RDA

Alma familiarity

Python scripting

Governance & audit

Education

Bachelor's degree in Library Science/Information Science/Information Management/CS

5-7 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree

MLIS/MLS preferred

Tools

Alma

Job description

Aretum is seeking a skilled Metadata Librarian to perform metadata corrections, updates, validation, and standardization in Alma, ensuring complete and accurate bibliographic data while meeting governance and audit requirements.

As a federal consulting organization, candidates may handle Controlled Unclassified Information and must follow agency standards and the CCB intake process; travel to client locations is required.