Title: Digital Librarian

  
Category: Librarian (Open Rank)

Department: Digital Conversion and Media Reformatting

  
Benefits: 22 Days Annual Leave, 15 Days of Sick Leave

3 Days Personal Leave, 15 Paid Holidays

Tuition Remission, Health, Dental, Vision, and Prescription

  
As the largest university library system in the Washington D.C.-Baltimore
area, the University of Maryland Libraries serve 37,000 students and faculty
of the flagship College Park campus. The University of Maryland Libraries
share the teaching, learning and research goals of the university. Its role as
a key academic resource is evident in its service to the academic community
and its actionable strategic plan.

  
The University of Maryland Libraries is seeking a Digital Librarian to manage
the digitization center for textual, photographic, audio, and moving image
materials, including the workflows for on-demand requests and longer term
projects. The librarian will provide technical guidance and support to staff
throughout the Libraries to facilitate both patron-initiated digitization
requests and other digitization projects, and works with colleagues in
Technical Services on quality control of metadata records that are entered
into the digital repository. He/She will be responsible for the maintenance of
sophisticated digitization equipment. The librarian will supervise and perform
quality control on digital objects. The librarian will manage in-house
digitization projects as necessary. The librarian will be expected to remain
current with digitization standards and best practices. The librarian will
also supervise student digitization technicians.

  
Requirements:

  * Master's degree from an ALA-accredited institution in Library Science, or an equivalent degree
  * At least two years experience in a library, preferably working with special collections or archival materials.
  * At least one year experience working with digitizing materials.
  * At least one year experience supervising students.
  * Demonstrated project management skills.
Preferred

  * Specialization in archives or special collections
Position is appointed to Librarian Faculty Ranks as established by the
University System of Maryland Board of Regents. Rank at appointment is based
on the successful applicant's experience and relevant credentials. For
additional information, consult the following website:
http://www.president.umd.edu/policies/ii-100B.html

  
To view the full position description, please use the following URL:
http://www.lib.umd.edu/hr/employment- opportunities/staff-faculty-positions.



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