Metadata Quality & Remediation Specialist

Library Systems & Services Llc; Beltsville (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

Retirement Plan (401k)

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Family Leave

Disability Insurance

Training & Development

Job summary

LAC Federal in Beltsville, MD seeks an experienced Metadata Specialist to ensure metadata quality and remediation across bibliographic, administrative, and research records used in a major discovery environment.

Responsibilities include cleaning and standardizing metadata in Ex Libris Alma, validating identifiers such as DOIs and ISSNs, applying MARC/RDA/DC standards, and documenting changes within governance procedures; scripting in Python supports QA and reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience with library metadata standards (MARC, RDA, Dublin Core).
• Familiarity with metadata remediation workflows in Ex Libris Alma.
• Knowledge of controlled vocabularies and authority control practices.
• Ability to work within governance/change-control procedures and document changes.
• Experience with scripting/automation tools, especially Python, to support data review, reporting, validation, or QA.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to produce technical, procedural, and audit documentation.
• Ability to review, normalize, validate, and correct complex bibliographic metadata.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Government credentials (suitability, PIV/LincPass, system-access).
• Ability to work in a highly controlled federal information environment and comply with security/privacy requirements.
• Ability to perform full-time work during the period of performance.

Responsibilities

• Perform systematic metadata cleanup and remediation in Alma per standards.
• Execute approved metadata change requests with change-control procedures.
• Review and improve accuracy and machine-readability of metadata for discovery and data services.
• Validate metadata fields such as authors, subjects, funding, and identifiers.
• Verify DOIs, ISSNs, ISBNs, ORCID against authoritative sources.
• Apply MARC, RDA, Dublin Core and authority control in remediation work.
• Use Python and scripting to support metadata review, analysis, and QA.
• Maintain auditable records of remediation activities and validation results.
• Prepare monthly progress reports and annual summaries.
• Collaborate with librarians, metadata specialists, and government representatives while ensuring privacy/security compliance.

Skills

Metadata standards

Python scripting

Governance process

Documentation

Communication

Education

MLS or MLIS

Tools

Ex Libris Alma

OpenRefine

MARCEdit

APIs

SQL

Job description

LAC Federal in Beltsville, MD seeks an experienced Metadata Specialist to ensure metadata quality and remediation across bibliographic, administrative, and research records used in a major discovery environment.

Responsibilities include cleaning and standardizing metadata in Ex Libris Alma, validating identifiers such as DOIs and ISSNs, applying MARC/RDA/DC standards, and documenting changes within governance procedures; scripting in Python supports QA and reporting.