Metadata Librarian (Knowledge Analyst)- R&S-21251
Primary Location: DC-Washington
Employee Status: Regular
Overtime Status: Exempt
Job Type: Standard
Travel: No
Shift: Day Job
Years of Experience Required: 1
Education Required: Master's or Equivalent Exp.
Relocation Provided: Yes
Salary Grade Low: 24 [see here for pay ranges https://www.federalreserve.gov/careers-salary.htm]
Salary Grade High: 25
Posting Date: Dec 3, 2018
Position Requirements
The Research Library at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is seeking an experienced Metadata Librarian (within the Knowledge Analyst job family).
The Federal Reserve Board is the central bank of the United States, and its mission is to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system. As a Federal Reserve staff member, you will play an important role in accomplishing this mission. The Research Library, with a full-time staff of 16 librarians and 2 technicians, offers a full array of desktop and customized library services to the approximately 2,700 staff members at the Board.
The Metadata Librarian leads efforts to manage metadata necessary for the discovery, access, and stewardship of varied information collections and data resources that support the Federal Reserve Board’s mission. The librarian is responsible for the creation and management of descriptive metadata in multiple databases for diverse materials, including traditional print, serials, online resources, and datasets. As the subject matter expert, the incumbent will apply their in-depth knowledge of relevant standards, rules, and best practices to the creation, analysis, enrichment, normalization, and maintenance of metadata. The librarian will also use their metadata expertise to aid in collaborative, team-based efforts in the Research Library and throughout the Board to develop innovative discovery tools, further workflow automation, enrich the Board’s Subject Taxonomy, and enhance the institutional repository of Board research.
The responsibilities and duties will include:
Providing subject matter expertise on library and metadata standards and authority control, recommending policies, developing processes and best practices, creating documentation, and keeping abreast of national and international developments in metadata standards, technologies, trends, and techniques
Original and complex copy cataloging and authority control for a variety of materials, including monographs, serials, news, and data assets, in accordance with current standards and rules such as RDA, LCSH, LCC, MARC, NACO authority rules
Ensuring an accurate inventory of print, serials, electronic resources, and data holdings
Metadata quality control, cleanup, editing, enhancement, migration, and mapping, using tools such as the ILS’s native headings reports, MarcEdit, and/or OpenRefine, and use of regular expressions and SQL queries
Overseeing copy cataloging and physical processing workflow
Collaboration with colleagues in serials (including holdings and check-ins), dataset cataloging (including documenting legal terms of use), and ILS administration
Management of ERM (electronic resources module) coverage loads to support discoverability
Assistance with development of the Board’s taxonomy, institutional repository, data inventories, and other innovative tools to enhance discovery and automate workflows
Participation as a member of various teams, including Collection Management, Technology, and Taxonomy and Metadata Teams
Liaison work with external groups at the Board and in the larger Federal Reserve System, especially regarding data assets
If necessary, assistance in managing vendor services and relationships
Creation of the monthly recent acquisitions list
Qualifications:
Required:
MLS/MLIS from an ALA-accredited institution
Ability to solve problems independently or collaboratively, using sound judgment and analytical skills; ability to meet deadlines; excellent service-orientation; strong written and oral communication skills
Full-time experience in library systems, cataloging, and authority work, in a variety of formats, including monographs, electronic resources, serials, and, if possible, data assets
Mastery of original and complex copy cataloging standards and practices, such as MARC21, Dublin Core, FRBR, FRAD, RDA, AACR2-R, LCRI/LCPSs, LCSH, and LC classification schedules
Expertise in multiple types of metadata, including descriptive, structural, technical, and operational
Experience with metadata quality control, including use of automated routines for metadata maintenance
Experience working with library systems and metadata tools, including: integrated library systems (ILS); OCLC Connexion; LC’s Cataloger’s Desktop and Class Web; MarcEdit, OpenRefine; RDA Toolkit
Familiarity with emerging standards and information technologies in the metadata and electronic resources management area
Knowledge of XML and linked data technologies (e.g., XSLT, RDF, OWL, SPARQL, BIBFRAME)
Experience analyzing and remediating existing metadata to meet current standards
Basic programming skills
Desired:
Experience with institutional repository systems (e.g., OCLC CONTENTdm, Fedora, Omeka, DSpace, Dataverse, or comparable products)
Experience cataloging data assets
Familiarity with taxonomy development
SharePoint experience
Experience collecting and analyzing metrics for library services
Knowledge of economics, finance, and business
Knowledge of project management principles
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or application, membership, or service in the uniformed services.
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