As a key member of the Resource Management Services unit, this position will:
* Manage all aspects of the cataloging/metadata unit, including planning and procedures, description, processing and preservation. Supervise Metadata and Special Projects specialist and Library specialist, as well as student employees. May also supervise interns or volunteers. * In coordination with the Associate Director of Resource Management Services, set policy for metadata services. * Oversee the efficient creation of metadata for library collections in a wide range of formats, both electronic and physical. * Provide original cataloging as needed; perform complex copy cataloging; subject analysis; classification. Oversee and monitor authority control. * Collaborate with cataloging efforts and practices in the Orbis Cascade Alliance, a large academic library consortium to which Collins Memorial Library belongs. * Coordinate and supervise metadata efforts for exposing external university collections to users. * Collaborate with library colleagues on appropriate metadata planning and implementation for exposing contents of the Institutional Repository, Digital Collections and Archives. * Monitor national trends in metadata, cataloging and discovery; develop and implement best practices in these areas, particularly RDA and FRBR. * Thoroughly understand and exploit the cataloging module of the integrated library system, its relation to other discovery systems and consider its effects on users in determining procedures. * Develop crosswalks to convert data from one metadata schema to another with minimal manual intervention. * Actively participate in regional consortia, pursue continuing education and professional development opportunities. * Foster a work environment of productivity, assessment based planning and user centered practices. * Provide and/or organize training to keep appropriate staff current in job responsibilities and metadata skills. * Maintain essential records and statistics and prepare reports as needed. * Other duties as may be assigned by the Associate Director of Resource ManagementServices. **Qualifcations:** Required: * Graduate degree in library and information science from an ALA-accredited institution. * Demonstrated training or experience working in cataloging/metadata. * Demonstrated understanding of metadata principles and practices, such as those found in AACR2, RDA, Dublin Core and other emerging metadata schemes. * Demonstrated experience working with a bibliographic utility. * Awareness of current issues and trends in metadata development. * Ability to collaborate with others in designing and facilitating work processes across unit lines. * Ability to function effectively in an ambiguous and rapidly changing environment. * Excellent organizational, analytical, time management and communication skills. * A commitment to quality service and to the ideals of a liberal arts education. * Demonstrated potential to be an effective supervisor. Preferred: * Cataloging experience in a library-work environment, preferably academic. * Experience with content standards RDA, AACR2 and with FRBR concepts. * Demonstrated working knowledge of classification standards LCSH and SuDocs. * Demonstrated experience working within a large, widely-used Integrated Library System (ILS) platform. * Demonstrated experience manipulating standards-based (such as MARC, XML) metadata using lower-level utilities (MarcEdit, oXygen) or scripting languages (such as Perl, PHP, XSL). * Demonstrated understanding of digital collections and the tools used to work with them. * Second language familiarity (Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish or German preferred). * Demonstrated ability to supervise and mentor employees. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/1148/
