Hybrid Digital Archives & Metadata Specialist

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Livermore (CA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Relocation assistance

Education reimbursement program

Flexible schedules

Job summary

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory seeks a Digital Collections and Preservation Specialist to develop and curate technical collections within SD Knowledge Management's repository systems, ensuring long-term discoverability of mission-critical materials. You will work with subject matter experts to identify materials for collection development and perform metadata QA and remediation when needed.

The role is within Administration Division, Operations and Business Directorate, with potential

Qualifications

• Experience in a library, archive, or repository environment with metadata standards and collection development.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. Citizenship.
• Strong attention to detail and quality assurance discipline.

Responsibilities

• Develop and curate technical collections within the repository, from source materials through to a published, discoverable entry.
• Recommend collections, resources, or materials for addition to the repository based on programmatic needs with subject matter experts.
• Perform quality assurance and metadata review of digitized and repository content.
• Apply metadata practices when preparing content for repository ingestion.
• Support duplication and completeness checks prior to collection development or ingestion.
• Use established taxonomies to organize knowledge collections.
• Maintain records and documentation for collection development activities.
• Train, mentor, and provide guidance to staff on collection development and QA.

Skills

Attention to detail

Metadata review

Working with subject matter experts

Independent in secure environment

Experience with library/archive/repo

Excel

Word

DOE Q clearance eligibility

Education

Master's degree in Library & Information Science / Archives & Records Administration

Tools

Python

OpenRefine

Metadata standards tools

Job description

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory seeks a Digital Collections and Preservation Specialist to develop and curate technical collections within SD Knowledge Management's repository systems, ensuring long-term discoverability of mission-critical materials. You will work with subject matter experts to identify materials for collection development and perform metadata QA and remediation when needed.

The role is within Administration Division, Operations and Business Directorate, with potential