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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.



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