The Databrary project at New York University seeks a Data
Curator, an information specialist who will work with researchers in
developmental science to acquire and organize the content of the Databrary
digital library. While its content is heterogeneous, a significant portion of
the library is video material.

  
**RESPONSIBILITIES**  
  
You will work in close collaboration with individual faculty and researchers
across the country in preparing files for deposit, including

  * Analysis of the structure of study data;
  * Data normalization, cleaning, authority management;
  * Organization of digital and physical inventories.
You will also work in close collaboration with the Databrary software
developers to

  * Devise metadata schema that are flexible but that also offer incentives to consistency;
  * Devise effective discovery services that function across heterogeneous metadata, and which foster interactions among a highly diverse community of researchers, including UX design and evaluation;
  * Create best practices for long-term sustainability of data formats, including video formats, such as format migration and transcoding;
  * Create deposit, maintenance, and annotation workflows;
  * Create taxonomy(ies) and initial tag sets.
**QUALIFICATIONS**  

  * MLS and 3-5 years experience in a related field, such as developmental science, metadata schema design and management, taxonomy management, or equivalent education and experience;
  * Working knowledge of data management, including metadata, data retrieval and research data use, format migration, preservation;
  * Demonstrated experience in consulting with faculty regarding technology or metadata options/requirements;
  * Excellent oral and written communication skills.
**PREFERRED**  
  
Familiarity with video data and/or sensor data.

Familiarity with data management technologies such as XML, SQL, unix
filesystems.

Familiarity with current efforts in annotation standards.



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