[Metadatalibrarians] Job Posting: Digital Collections and Metadata Librarian at Sul Ross State University

[Hannah Marshall]

Job Posting: https://sulross.peopleadmin.com/postings/4653


*Sul Ross State University*

*Position Description*



*Official Title*: Digital Collections and Metadata
Librarian                 *Salary Group*: 5 ($43,846)



*General Statement*
Sul Ross State University seeks an innovative and enthusiastic individual
for the position of Digital Collections and Metadata Librarian/Archivist.
This Librarian will be joining a highly collaborative and energetic
Library/Archives team.



The Digital Collections and Metadata Librarian will help shape future
directions for digital asset management and preservation systems, and will
develop and implement strategies, best practices, standards, and
technologies that support discovery, access, management, and preservation
of the Library/Archives digital collections. Working in conjunction with
Archives staff, Technical Services staff and Librarians, the Digital
Collections Librarian has primary responsibility for building and
maintaining a comprehensive digital Library program, developing policy,
framework, and workflow to provide descriptive metadata for physical and
digital archival resources including, but not limited to, rare books,
photograph and manuscript collections, and digital objects.



*Duties and Responsibilities*

·      With the Senior Archivist, work to identify and prioritize projects
to ensure that digital archival collections and University records are well
described, archived and preserved

·      Plan, coordinate, and oversee workflow for digitizing and cataloging
Archives collections.

·      Supports discovery of and access to the Library and Archives digital
content through metadata creation, analysis, enrichment, and maintenance

·      Managing and uploading documents to ContentDM, and other Library
systems while ensuring full and accurate metadata for those objects.

·      Ensure access to objects in ContentDM are available via the
Library’s discovery system, Sirsi.

·      Publish digital collections or exhibits to the web via ContentDM.

·      Create policies and procedures to ensure tasks are completed
correctly and efficiently in all areas of responsibility.

·      Follows all local and national cataloging and metadata standards and
keeps current with all updates and revisions to those standards

·      Identify vendors for outsourced digitization, prepare shipments for
pickup/delivery, and establish criteria for digitization, metadata, and
project parameters.

·      Participate in the information literacy instruction program under
the direction of the Education and Outreach Librarian

·      Participate in Library reference desk coverage, including nights and
weekends

·      If a U.S. Citizen, participate in passport acceptance agency coverage

·      Perform other reasonable duties as required



*Minimum Qualifications & Requirements*

*Knowledge/Skills/Ability                               *

·      Knowledge of current digitization and metadata standards and best
practices

·      Strong knowledge of personal computing and of the internet,
Microsoft Office, Windows, etc.

·      Demonstrated communication skills

·      Excellent organizational and time management skills

·      Ability to work independently and collaboratively, in teams that
encompass a range of roles and knowledge



*Supervision*

·      Received: Reports to the Dean of the Library and Research
Technologies

·      Given: Supervises Digital Imaging Technician, may supervise student
workers



*Education*

·      Required: Master’s degree from an ALA accredited Library or
Information Science program

·      Preferred:Coursework with an emphasis on digitization or Archives



*Experience *

·      Required:Ability to establish and maintain productive working
relationships with Library/Archives staff and the university community;
experience working with digital collections or Archives.

·      Preferred:Professional experience in an academic Library or
Archives; experience in managing digital collections projects; knowledge of
strategies and best practices for digital object creation, curation,
delivery, and preservation; experience working with digital asset
management, digital repository, and/or digital Library/Archives systems.