This position is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for an experienced hands-on library professional to oversee one of the world’s premier sports libraries. The Special Collections Librarian will work with the Museum Director to develop, supervise and execute the tactical plans that will to ensure the USGA’s Library remains the leading golf research center in the world.
The Librarian will use best archival practices to process the collections; support researchers; catalog books, periodicals, and other written materials on a day-to-day basis; identify materials needing repair and conservation; ensure use of proper preservation techniques; help prepare information and collections for USGA content; and perform any other function necessary to the Library’s operation. This will include developing, documenting, prioritizing and administering procedures, policies and guidelines for the use of materials in the Library.
The Special Collections Librarian will also maintain a database of all archived material within the Library and propose changes and updates as appropriate to the existing system. This position will have formal training and an understanding of current best-practices in Library Science and knowledge of digital technologies and resources. The successful candidate will be knowledgeable about the acquisition and preservation of digital records and will be asked to develop and implement a comprehensive digital collections plan for the Library.
What You Can Expect:
Preferred Skills and Abilities:
Provides leadership and coordination of library activities, with responsibility for the effective management and administration of the Sentry Library to provide information resources for all company operations.
Sentry's excellent benefits package is designed to meet today's most important needs. Benefits for full-time Sentry Insurance employees include:
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Who You'll Want to Contact
Javier Sotelo at 715/346-6742
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About Sentry
Sentry employees have been helping individuals and businesses build and protect their futures since 1904. Because of the trust placed in us, Sentry is one of the largest and strongest mutual insurance companies in the United States, and is rated A+ by A.M. Best, the industry's leading rating authority.
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This is a unique opportunity to apply your skills in content and digital asset management (i.e. taxonomy, indexing, cataloguing, archiving, metadata tagging, content management systems) toward an innovative content transformation initiative (CTI) with a global pharmaceutical company.
Our client is implementing a web content management solution for the reuse of modular marketing promotional content through multiple channels (web, print, e-mail, iPad, social) and the Content Steward plays a critical leadership role in this initiative.
The Content Steward manages and maintains all modular content deemed as master content for the digital repository, which contains print and online content as well as images and videos. This includes ensuring that the storing, archiving, and taxonomical layout of information resources are consistent across and throughout the organization. The Content Steward is responsible for keeping all metadata associated with content up-to-date and accurate.
Other responsibilities include the following collaborative committee work: