Please excuse the cross-posting. The Library of 
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
has two job openings for Metadata Librarians. 
This search has been extended until September 21st.

Sarah

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Metadata Librarian (2 positions) - Content Access 
Management (CAM) and Illinois Harvest
Assistant Professor of Library Administration, 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Position Available: September 21, 2007 
(negotiable). This is a full-time, regular, 
faculty position in the University Library.

The University of Illinois Library is at a very 
exciting and dynamic point in its digital library 
development. Prior to the current year, digital 
projects at Illinois were small to medium sized 
and narrowly focused in scope. An infusion of 
funding for FY07 has facilitated our entry into 
several large scale digitization programs, and a 
recently passed library fee holds promise for 
future endeavors. UIUC is a member of the Open 
Content Alliance and houses an Internet Archive 
scanning center in our high-density shelving 
facility. Early in the year, we awarded a large 
RFP for digital scanning services for eleven 
sizeable collections of Illinois related 
materials. As a member of the Committee on 
Institutional Cooperation (CIC), UIUC will be 
contributing up to two million volumes to the 
Google Book Search project in the coming years. 
Our institutional repository, IDEALS, and our 
digital preservation program are starting to 
mature. Last, but not least, we are developing an 
OAI-PMH based web portal called Illinois Harvest 
to aggregate and present digital content created 
at the University of Illinois with digital 
content about Illinois created by libraries and 
museums elsewhere. The successful candidates will 
have an opportunity to help build a great digital 
library at one of the nation’s premier academic libraries.

Duties and Responsibilities: The University of 
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library seeks two 
innovative individuals to provide expertise and 
guidance in metadata schemas and standards and to 
assist in their implementation within the 
Library. The Metadata Librarian is responsible 
for helping plan and manage metadata production 
of digitization projects for the Illinois Harvest 
Project and other digital work for the University of Illinois Libraries.

The Metadata Librarian is a faculty position 
reporting to the Head of Content Access 
Management (CAM). Responsibilities include:
- Lead, manage, and coordinate activities 
relating to metadata production for description, 
access and preservation of digital materials 
acquired or held by the UIUC Libraries. 
Coordinate the work of staff involved in metadata 
production including providing training and 
technical assistance to other department and library staff.
- Work with the Head of Content Access Management 
and other faculty and staff involved in large 
scale digitization work in the planning and 
implementation of metadata provision for digital 
resources, including the selection of metadata 
schema, data elements, thesauri, and development of crosswalks.
- Formulate, document, and implement the 
Library's policies, procedures, and best 
practices for use of descriptive metadata schemas 
(such as MARC, MODS, Dublin Core, and other 
applicable schemas), preservation metadata 
schemas (such as PREMIS), content standards (such 
as AACR2 and CCO), controlled vocabularies (such 
as LCSH, TGN, AAT and other applicable 
vocabularies) and transmission standards such as 
METS. Work with other units (such as the 
University Archives and IDEALS, the campus 
institutional repository) as necessary to 
coordinate alignment of existing policies, procedures, and best practices.
- Implement and use digital library systems and 
applications for improving access to digital 
collections including CONTENTdm, DSpace, DLXS, 
Olive, Oxygen, Voyager, and/or other local 
systems in iShare, the Illinois consortial online 
catalog. Provide input into selection of other digital library systems.
- Participate in metadata remediation, 
transformation, and creation using appropriate 
schemas to support the Illinois Harvest Portal 
and the University of Illinois at 
Urbana-Champaign Library's growing digital collections.
- Create collection level records for the Library's digital collections.
- Assist in metadata harvesting using the Open 
Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH).
- Participate in the Library's research and development efforts.

Required Qualifications:
- MLS from an ALA accredited graduate program
- Minimum of one year’s experience working with 
metadata in a digital library environment
- Experience with one or more of these standards: 
Dublin Core, EAD, MODS, or VRA.
- Experience with XML and XML technologies.
- Knowledge of AACR, MARC and national cataloging standards.
- Knowledge of Dewey Decimal Classification, 
Library of Congress Classification and Library of Congress Subject Headings.
- Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office applications.
- Ability to multitask and prioritize, work 
independently and as a part of a team, have 
excellent written and oral communication skills, 
and work in a fast-paced varied work environment.
- Outstanding communication skills.

Desired:
- Experience creating XSLT stylesheets.
- Experience with preservation metadata such as PREMIS.
- Experience with Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standards (METS).
- Cataloging experience with AACR and MARC 
tagging, preferably on OCLC. NACO, SACO or BIBCO experience.
- Experience with an integrated library system, preferably Endeavor Voyager.
- Work experience in a research library.
- Experience with scripting or programming languages.

Salary and Rank: Salary and rank commensurate 
with credentials and experience. This is a 
full-time faculty appointment at the rank of 
Assistant or Associate Professor, depending on 
the candidate’s record of research and 
professional service. Librarians hold faculty 
rank and title, and must demonstrate excellence 
in librarianship, research and service in order 
to meet University standards for promotion and tenure.

Terms of Appointment: Twelve-month appointment; 
24 annual vacation days; 11 annual paid holidays; 
12 annual sick-leave days (cumulative), plus an 
additional 13 sick-leave days (non-cumulative) 
available, if needed, each year; health insurance 
requiring a small co-payment is provided to 
employee (with the option to purchase coverage 
for spouse and dependents); required 
participation in State Universities Retirement 
System (SURS) (8% of annual salary is withheld 
and is refundable upon termination), with several 
options for participation in additional 
retirement plans; newly-hired employees are 
covered by the Medicare portion of Social 
Security and are subject to its deduction.

Campus and Community: The University of Illinois 
at Urbana-Champaign is a comprehensive and major 
public, land-grant university (Doctoral/Research 
University – Extensive) ranked among the best in 
the world, including “Top 20” programs in 
Chemistry, Engineering, English, Mathematics, 
Music, Library & Information Science, Psychology, 
and Veterinary Medicine. Chartered in 1867, its 
faculty and staff provide undergraduate and 
graduate education in more than 150 fields of 
study, conduct theoretical and applied research, 
and provide public service to the state and the 
nation. It employs 3,000 faculty members serving 
31,000 undergraduate and 11,000 graduate and 
professional students; approximately 25% of 
faculty receive campus-wide recognition each year 
for excellence in teaching. For more information, see: http://www.uiuc.edu.

The University is located in the twin cities of 
Champaign and Urbana, which have a combined 
population of 100,000 and are situated 
approximately 140 miles south of Chicago, 120 
miles west of Indianapolis, and 170 miles 
northeast of St. Louis. The University and its 
surrounding communities offer a cultural and 
recreational environment ideally suited to the 
work of a major research institution and its 
members. For more information, see: http://www.uiuc.edu/community/.

To Apply: Send letter of application and complete 
resume, including names, addresses, telephone 
numbers, and e-mail addresses of three (3) 
references to: Donna Hoffman, Library Human 
Resources, University of Illinois at 
Urbana-Champaign, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, 
IL 61801 (phone: 217-333-8169). Applications may 
also be delivered electronically to 
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Deadline: In order to ensure full consideration, 
applications and nominations must be received by September 21st, 2007.

The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

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Sarah L. Shreeves
Coordinator, Illinois Digital Environment for 
Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS)
University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign
Phone: 217-244-3877 or 217-233-4648
Email: [log in to unmask]
http://ideals.uiuc.edu/