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Position: Metadata Quality Coordinator Reports to: Director of Technology Benefits: Health, dental, 401k CrossRef, a membership association for collective scholarly publishing technologies, seeks a Metadata Quality Coordinator to maintain and improve the quality of our metadata database of bibliographic information for scholarly publications. This position provides technical support to our member publishers addressing problem resolution and instructional issues related to the use of CrossRef’s services. The Metadata Quality Coordinator will create and analyze reports to identify issues, notify members of errors and track developments to make sure that problems are resolved. The Metadata Quality Coordinator will report to the Director of Technology and will work with the Metadata Quality Committee of the Board of Directors on data quality issues. In addition, the Metadata Quality Coordinator will work with the Director of Business Development as the technical liaison with regards to metadata quality for CrossRef services and compliance with CrossRef guidelines. CrossRef has a small staff and the ability to work independently, to be flexible and to perform a wide variety of duties is essential. Key Tasks - provide frontline support to member publishers - proactively track numerous system reports on metadata quality - proactively contact publishers to fix problems identified by system reports and to check for compliance with data submission requirements - track outstanding issues and problem resolution - management and normalization of journal, book and conference proceedings title lists - provide advice and basic technical support to members regarding data quality - produce data quality reports that will involve analyzing data for trends - regular ongoing data correction - make suggestions for ways to improve data quality - make suggestions for improving overall metadata quality and establishing best practices - maintain skills through attendance of workshops and training courses This position requires knowledge of XML and experience in scholarly publishing or an academic library environment. The qualified individual will have at least two years of full-time work experience, will have strong communication skills and be comfortable interacting with both business and technical staff at member publishers. The qualified individual will have hands on experience working with databases and XML and preferably have electronic production experience. Some knowledge of scripting languages (e.g. PERL, MS Macros) is preferred. Qualifications/requirements: - Excellent organizational and written/verbal communication skills - Bachelor's degree; scholarly publishing experience or MLS preferred - Electronic publishing production or academic library experience a plus - Minimum two years relevant work experience in the research information, library or scholarly publishing area, with strong recommendations - Strong knowledge of XML and database technology - Excellent computer skills with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook s - Knowledge of PERL, MS Macros or other languages Contact: Chuck Koscher [log in to unmask]