Museum Metadata Specialist: Data Integrity & Curation

Code4lib; Miami Beach, Northern (FL, KY); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Code4lib is seeking a Records Specialist to organize and maintain digital records for the museum's object and library collections. The role involves applying best practices from AAMD, AAM, and ALA, and coordinating with registrars, curators, librarians, and digital assets teams.

You will lead data audits, cleanup projects, and updates to keep records accurate and searchable in the online catalog, while supporting digitization and metadata standardization efforts.

Qualifications

• Master's degree and 3 years of related experience, OR Bachelor's degree and 5 years of related field.

Responsibilities

• Organize and maintain digital records for museum objects and books.
• Collaborate with registrars, curators, librarians, and digital assets managers.
• Perform data audits, cleanup, and updates to ensure data integrity.
• Support digitization and online catalog upload procedures.
• Research and implement metadata schemas, standards, and vocabularies.
• Supervise interns as needed.

Skills

Data analysis

Metadata editing

Database querying

Problem solving

Mass editing

Education

Master's degree

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MySQL

MarcEdit

OpenRefine

RegEx

ALMA

OCLC

Proficio

Job description

Code4lib is seeking a Records Specialist to organize and maintain digital records for the museum's object and library collections. The role involves applying best practices from AAMD, AAM, and ALA, and coordinating with registrars, curators, librarians, and digital assets teams.

You will lead data audits, cleanup projects, and updates to keep records accurate and searchable in the online catalog, while supporting digitization and metadata standardization efforts.