Hybrid Digital Collections Librarian I - Part Time

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

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.