TECHNICAL SERVICES SPECIALIST, MEDIA AND METADATA*
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Swarthmore College seeks a qualified individual to be responsible for
general acquisition and cataloging of videos. The position also
provides support for in-house streaming video conversion and rights
acquisition. Videos in all formats, including streaming, are used
extensively throughout the curriculum, and requests for videos often
need to be rushed in order to be available for classroom use. Media
cataloging is relatively complex and requires extensive annotations and
enhancements to available records in order to meet local standards
required by the Film and Media Studies faculty.
Working with the Digital Initiatives Group, the position is responsible
for creation of descriptive metadata for items in the library's digital
repositories such as DSpace and ContentDM. Items may include films,
recorded performances and lectures, student theses, faculty scholarship
and digitized archival records. The incumbent also contributes to the
general acquisition and cataloging of monographic publications.
Skills and Qualifications:
* Undergraduate degree required. Familiarity with at least one
foreign language required.
* One to two years experience cataloging in an academic library
environment required. Experience cataloging visual media
preferred. Experience using the OCLC system for acquisitions or
copy cataloging and similar functions in an integrated library
system such as Millennium.
* Prefer experience in cataloging digital objects using non-MARC
metadata schema, such as Dublin Core, in a repository such as
DSpace or ContentDM.
* Demonstrates facility with PC or Macintosh hardware and software,
particularly with standard word processing and email programs and
basic email functionality, in order to assure efficiency and
effectiveness in daily work. Proficient in searching library
databases.
* Requires knowledge of Library of Congress classification and
subject heading schemes.
* Possesses strong organizational skills and detail orientation and
ability to juggle competing priorities.
* Evidence of ability to work effectively with initiative and
creativity within a collegial framework.
* Ability to work effectively with colleagues, students, faculty,
and staff in a rapidly changing complex environment.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Please apply through our web site at www.swarthmore.edu under Human
Resources and Employment Opportunities. Swarthmore College is a highly
selective liberal arts college located in the suburbs of Philadelphia,
whose mission combines academic rigor with social responsibility.
Swarthmore has a strong institutional commitment to excellence through
diversity in its educational program and employment practices and
actively seeks and welcomes applications from candidates with
exceptional qualifications, particularly those with demonstrable
commitments to a more inclusive society and world.
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues
relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control,
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective
working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and
distributors.
