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The Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has two job
openings for Metadata Librarians. This search has been extended until
September 21st.
Sarah
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Metadata Librarian (2 positions) - Content Access Management (CAM) and
Illinois Harvest
Assistant Professor of Library Administration, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign Library
Position Available: September 21, 2007 (negotiable). This is a full-time,
regular, faculty position in the University Library.
The University of Illinois Library is at a very exciting and dynamic
point in its digital library development. Prior to the current year,
digital projects at Illinois were small to medium sized and narrowly
focused in scope. An infusion of funding for FY07 has facilitated our
entry into several large scale digitization programs, and a recently
passed library fee holds promise for future endeavors. UIUC is a member
of the Open Content Alliance and houses an Internet Archive scanning
center in our high-density shelving facility. Early in the year, we
awarded a large RFP for digital scanning services for eleven sizeable
collections of Illinois related materials. As a member of the Committee
on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), UIUC will be contributing up to two
million volumes to the Google Book Search project in the coming years.
Our institutional repository, IDEALS, and our digital preservation
program are starting to mature. Last, but not least, we are developing an
OAI-PMH based web portal called Illinois Harvest to aggregate and present
digital content created at the University of Illinois with digital
content about Illinois created by libraries and museums elsewhere. The
successful candidates will have an opportunity to help build a great
digital library at one of the nation’s premier academic
libraries.
Duties and Responsibilities: The University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign Library seeks two innovative individuals to provide
expertise and guidance in metadata schemas and standards and to assist in
their implementation within the Library. The Metadata Librarian is
responsible for helping plan and manage metadata production of
digitization projects for the Illinois Harvest Project and other digital
work for the University of Illinois Libraries.
The Metadata Librarian is a faculty position reporting to the Head of
Content Access Management (CAM). Responsibilities include:
- Lead, manage, and coordinate activities relating to metadata production
for description, access and preservation of digital materials acquired or
held by the UIUC Libraries. Coordinate the work of staff involved in
metadata production including providing training and technical assistance
to other department and library staff.
- Work with the Head of Content Access Management and other faculty and
staff involved in large scale digitization work in the planning and
implementation of metadata provision for digital resources, including the
selection of metadata schema, data elements, thesauri, and development of
crosswalks.
- Formulate, document, and implement the Library's policies, procedures,
and best practices for use of descriptive metadata schemas (such as MARC,
MODS, Dublin Core, and other applicable schemas), preservation metadata
schemas (such as PREMIS), content standards (such as AACR2 and CCO),
controlled vocabularies (such as LCSH, TGN, AAT and other applicable
vocabularies) and transmission standards such as METS. Work with other
units (such as the University Archives and IDEALS, the campus
institutional repository) as necessary to coordinate alignment of
existing policies, procedures, and best practices.
- Implement and use digital library systems and applications for
improving access to digital collections including CONTENTdm, DSpace,
DLXS, Olive, Oxygen, Voyager, and/or other local systems in iShare, the
Illinois consortial online catalog. Provide input into selection of other
digital library systems.
- Participate in metadata remediation, transformation, and creation using
appropriate schemas to support the Illinois Harvest Portal and the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library's growing digital
collections.
- Create collection level records for the Library's digital
collections.
- Assist in metadata harvesting using the Open Archives Initiative
Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH).
- Participate in the Library's research and development efforts.
Required Qualifications:
- MLS from an ALA accredited graduate program
- Minimum of one year’s experience working with metadata in a digital
library environment
- Experience with one or more of these standards: Dublin Core, EAD, MODS,
or VRA.
- Experience with XML and XML technologies.
- Knowledge of AACR, MARC and national cataloging standards.
- Knowledge of Dewey Decimal Classification, Library of Congress
Classification and Library of Congress Subject Headings.
- Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office applications.
- Ability to multitask and prioritize, work independently and as a part
of a team, have excellent written and oral communication skills, and work
in a fast-paced varied work environment.
- Outstanding communication skills.
Desired:
- Experience creating XSLT stylesheets.
- Experience with preservation metadata such as PREMIS.
- Experience with Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standards
(METS).
- Cataloging experience with AACR and MARC tagging, preferably on OCLC.
NACO, SACO or BIBCO experience.
- Experience with an integrated library system, preferably Endeavor
Voyager.
- Work experience in a research library.
- Experience with scripting or programming languages.
Salary and Rank: Salary and rank commensurate with credentials and
experience. This is a full-time faculty appointment at the rank of
Assistant or Associate Professor, depending on the candidate’s record of
research and professional service. Librarians hold faculty rank and
title, and must demonstrate excellence in librarianship, research and
service in order to meet University standards for promotion and
tenure.
Terms of Appointment: Twelve-month appointment; 24 annual vacation days;
11 annual paid holidays; 12 annual sick-leave days (cumulative), plus an
additional 13 sick-leave days (non-cumulative) available, if needed, each
year; health insurance requiring a small co-payment is provided to
employee (with the option to purchase coverage for spouse and
dependents); required participation in State Universities Retirement
System (SURS) (8% of annual salary is withheld and is refundable upon
termination), with several options for participation in additional
retirement plans; newly-hired employees are covered by the Medicare
portion of Social Security and are subject to its deduction.
Campus and Community: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a
comprehensive and major public, land-grant university (Doctoral/Research
University Extensive) ranked among the best in the world, including
“Top 20” programs in Chemistry, Engineering, English, Mathematics, Music,
Library & Information Science, Psychology, and Veterinary Medicine.
Chartered in 1867, its faculty and staff provide undergraduate and
graduate education in more than 150 fields of study, conduct theoretical
and applied research, and provide public service to the state and the
nation. It employs 3,000 faculty members serving 31,000 undergraduate and
11,000 graduate and professional students; approximately 25% of faculty
receive campus-wide recognition each year for excellence in teaching. For
more information, see:
http://www.uiuc.edu
.
The University is located in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana,
which have a combined population of 100,000 and are situated
approximately 140 miles south of Chicago, 120 miles west of Indianapolis,
and 170 miles northeast of St. Louis. The University and its surrounding
communities offer a cultural and recreational environment ideally suited
to the work of a major research institution and its members. For more
information, see:
http://www.uiuc.edu/community/.
To Apply: Send letter of application and complete resume, including
names, addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of three (3)
references to: Donna Hoffman, Library Human Resources, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801
(phone: 217-333-8169). Applications may also be delivered electronically
to [log in to unmask] Applications without email address will not be
accepted.
Deadline: In order to ensure full consideration, applications and
nominations must be received by September 21st, 2007.
The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Employer
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Sarah L. Shreeves
Coordinator, Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and
Scholarship (IDEALS)
University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign
Phone: 217-244-3877 or 217-233-4648
Email: [log in to unmask]
http://ideals.uiuc.edu/
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Sarah L. Shreeves
Coordinator, Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and
Scholarship (IDEALS)
University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign
Phone: 217-244-3877 or 217-233-4648
Email: [log in to unmask]
http://ideals.uiuc.edu/