Metadata and Cataloging Librarian

Digital Library Federation; San Luis Obispo (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading library seeks a Metadata and Cataloging Librarian to lead initiatives in metadata creation and cataloging policies, focusing on diversity and inclusion in resource description. The candidate will collaborate with library and community stakeholders to enhance library accessibility and representation in metadata practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of professional metadata and/or cataloging work experience.
• Knowledge in critical librarianship and practices.
• Ability to lead metadata workflows and standards implementation.

Responsibilities

• Create original and enhanced metadata description.
• Lead planning and implementation of cataloging policies.
• Collaborate with community members for cataloging initiatives.

Skills

Diversity, equity, and inclusion

Critical cataloging

Data normalization

Interoperability

Education

ALA-accredited Master’s Degree in Library and Information Sciences

Tools

Ex Libris’ Alma and Primo systems

OCLC Connexion

Job description

Reporting to the Associate Dean for Collections, Systems and Digital Strategies, the Metadata and Cataloging Librarian will join a library team of faculty and staff specializing in Acquisitions and Electronic Resource Management (ERM), Interlibrary Loan, Systems, Cataloging, and Digital Initiatives. A core element of this position’s work is the creation of original and enhanced metadata description of library resources and collections in multiple formats with emphasis on inclusive and reparative resource description. An expected focus will be to work with relevant colleagues within the library and the Cal Poly community to identify opportunities to collaborate with community members to identify, prioritize, and add names and topics to national subject, geographical, and name indexes, including those associated with the U.S. Library of Congress, with a specific focus on underrepresented, marginalized, and Indigenous communities. The Metadata and Cataloging Librarian will lead planning, evaluation, and implementation of metadata and cataloging policies, standards, procedures, and workflows that prioritize access for a diverse user population. The person in this position will represent the library in implementing California State University (CSU)-wide consortia level cataloging policies and procedures and may lead local implementation.

Required Qualifications

• ALA-accredited Master’s Degree in Library and Information Sciences at the time of appointment or comparable experience with a relevant advanced degree.
• A minimum of 3 years of professional metadata and/or cataloging work experience.
• Knowledge, publications, and/or experience in critical cataloging and/or critical librarianship.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in professional performance, teaching, research, and/or service, and to inclusive practices and working with a diverse student body, staff and faculty.
• Demonstrated ability to provide original and complex copy cataloging in a contemporary MARC-based environment according to national, consortia, and local standards, centered on inclusive metadata practices and inclusive and reparative resource description.
• Demonstrated ability to lead planning, evaluation, and the consistent implementation of metadata and cataloging policies, standards, procedures, and workflows that prioritize access to a diverse user population.
• Capacity for data normalization, serialization, transformation, and enrichment, and for using tools to prepare data for interoperability with other systems.
• Ability to work closely with internal and external stakeholders, and across a variety of metadata standards and formats, to support a comprehensive and cohesive approach to the discovery, presentation, and delivery of the library’s resources.
• Evidence of and willingness to maintain current knowledge of the development of national and international standards and emerging practices for cataloging, metadata, and linked data.
• Ability to rigorously analyze metadata and cataloging practices and their impact on students, faculty, and other library users, and to devise user-centered improvements based on analyses.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with Ex Libris’ Alma and Primo systems, including the Metadata Editor and bibliographic systems jobs; experience with bibliographic and cataloging tools such as OCLC Connexion.
• Experience with cataloging rare books and serials, ephemera, audiovisual materials, music, organizational records, and manuscripts.
• Familiarity with authority control principles and practices; experience with or training in name and/or subject authority work including creation of original records or contribution to NACO and/or SACO.
• Demonstrated ability to collaboratively work in multidisciplinary settings.
• Preference will be given to those with expertise in or demonstrated commitment to teaching, scholarship, and/or service that contributes to access, diversity, and equal opportunity in higher education.

How to apply

To view the complete position description and to apply please visit:https://jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/544881/metadata-and-cataloging-librarian