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Metadata Librarian
San Diego State
University Library and Information Access invites applications from experienced
and innovative individuals for the position of Metadata Librarian.
Reporting to the Head of Monographs Cataloging, the successful candidate will
provide leadership in developing, implementing and managing metadata standards,
and will create metadata for the library’s growing number of digital collections
and repositories, including text, images, audio, video and data files.
Responsibilities:
- Leads the evaluation and implementation of appropriate metadata standards
for description, access, retrieval and management of the library’s digital
assets
- Serves as the local authority for metadata standards, keeping abreast of
developments in electronic publishing, digital conversion and related
copyright concerns
- Documents locally adopted metadata standards, practices and workflows
- Creates metadata for the library’s digital collections
- Trains staff and supervises metadata creation
- Manages authority and quality control issues for the library’s metadata
- Participates in the Digital Initiatives Steering Group to plan digital
collections and projects
- Collaborates with faculty, librarians and staff as they develop digital
collections
- Serves as the library’s metadata liaison to the University
- May collaborate with colleagues to structure, plan and build
University-wide repositories
- Experiments with promising new metadata/cataloging tools or technologies
- Participates in appropriate library and University task forces,
committees, and outreach activities
- Provides exceptional customer service to colleagues and library users
alike
Required Qualifications:
- ALA-accredited MLS degree, or equivalent
- A minimum of one year of experience working with two or more recognized
metadata schema, such as Dublin Core, EAD, METS, MODS or MARC in a
digital library environment
- Basic knowledge of the processes involved in digitization/data
transformation
- Demonstrated knowledge of information organization concepts
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with diverse constituencies
- Ability to work well with library staff to provide access to the library’s
digital collections
- Ability to be flexible and responsive in a rapidly changing work
environment
- Demonstrated leadership skills
- Ability to meet the requirements for tenure and promotion at San Diego
State University
Preferred Qualifications:
- Two years of library experience
- Project management experience
This is a full-time,
twelve-month, tenure track faculty position. Tenure is dependent upon
continuing library service effectiveness, professional growth and development,
and service to the University and community. Rank of either Senior
Assistant or Associate Librarian with a salary range of $55,944-$89,472.
Excellent benefits, including medical, dental and vision plans, as well as 24
days vacation per year.
San Diego State University is one of the
largest academic institutions in California, and is the oldest in the San Diego
region. Part of the California State University system, SDSU serves an
ethnically diverse student body of approximately 36,500 students. SDSU is
the nation’s most productive small research university, offering bachelor’s
degrees in 81 areas, master’s degrees in 74 and joint-doctoral degrees in 16
areas. Its mission is to provide well-balanced, high-quality education for
undergraduate and graduate students, and to contribute to knowledge and the
solution of problems through excellence and distinction in teaching, research
and services. Additional information is available at http://www.sdsu.edu.
SDSU is a
Title IX, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against
individuals on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation,
gender, marital status, age, disability or veteran status, including veterans of
the Vietnam era.
Please send letter of application, resume and
names, postal and e-mail addresses of five professional references to [log in to unmask] . Print
versions of the application packet may be sent to:
Mark
Lester
Director, Administrative Operations and Communication
Library and
Information Access
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San
Diego, CA 92182-8050
Please indicate the position for which you are
applying. Screening will begin March 3, 2008 and will
continue until the position is filled.
