Cataloger (Librarian 1 or 2)
Sonoma County LIbrary
Santa Rosa
Sonoma County Library Announces an Employment Opportunity
LIBRARIAN I/II - FULL TIME - 40 HOURS PER WEEK
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT DIVISION - CATALOGING - CENTRAL LIBRARY
The Sonoma County Library is seeking a customer service driven library
professional with excellent communication skills and attention to detail for
its full-time Librarian position in Cataloging. This position is located at
the Central Library in downtown Santa Rosa in the heart of the California Wine
Country with the Redwoods and Pacific Ocean only minutes away.
THE POSITION:
This benefited, full-time position in the area of Cataloging performs original
and derived cataloging for materials in all formats; creates metadata for
digitized special collections material; creates and updates authority records;
compiles and reviews records for monthly authority control processing; and
serves as back-up for all copy cataloging tasks and other related duties in
the Cataloging Department as needed. The position reports to the Cataloging
and Metadata Librarian in Materials Management, located at the Central
Library.
TYPICAL DUTIES include, but are not limited to:
• Preforming original and derived cataloging for special collections materials
in all formats, local government documents, local author books; local
musician/musical group sound recordings; foreign language materials
• Researching names, birth dates, street names, etc. in the
Library catalog and other databases to create and update authority records and
digital projects metadata
• Entering metadata for photos, archival collections and other special
collections materials into Excel spreadsheets
• Loading new records in CONTENTdm or other platforms
• Correcting existing bibliographic records in the Library's catalog, and
metadata in CONTENTdm and archives databases
• Compiling information on new Horizon records from a number of monthly
reports; investigating problems such as missing or malformed call numbers; and
searching WorldCat via OCLC Connexion for replacement records
• Preparing and exporting monthly batches of new bibliographic records to
Marcive, Inc. for authority processing; retrieving, importing and
troubleshooting processed files
• Managing retrieval of vendor-provided shelf-ready MARC files via FTP,
importing files into Horizon and trouble-shooting problems
SCHEDULE
• 8 hours per day, Monday through Friday; flexibility on the precise schedule
but must be within 8:00 am & 6 pm
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• Education and Experience: MLIS/MLS required
• Knowledge and abilities: Basic cataloging principles; strong attention to
detail; basic knowledge of computers; basic knowledge of MS Office Excel or
similar applications.
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
• Cataloging experience (strongly preferred); 2 yrs. experience necessary to
qualify for Librarian II
• Experience working OCLC Connexion and Horizon
• Close attention to detail
• Knowledge of metadata standards, digital asset management systems
• Multilingual (Spanish especially helpful)
• Basic programming/scripting knowledge helpful
WORKING CONDITIONS
Incumbent will perform repetitive arm/hand movements using a keyboard and
mouse, and will grasp/handle materials that weigh up to and occasionally more
than 25 pounds. Incumbent will push wheeled carts weighing up to or
occasionally more than 100 pounds.
SALARY RANGES: Librarian I: $27.09 - $33.02 per hour - plus
benefits / Librarian II: $28.46- $34.70 per hour - plus benefits
POSITION AVAILABLE: August 8, 2016 or later
CLOSING DATE: 5:00 pm, Friday, July 8, 2016
APPLICATIONS: A formal application is required.
Applications can be obtained from the Library jobs page:
http://sonomalibrary.org/sites/default/files/application.pdf or by contacting
Jane Klickman at [log in to unmask] . Please send your completed
application by e-mail to [log in to unmask] or fax (707-525-9563), or
mail to 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95404.
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