The Johns Hopkins Libraries and University Museums invite applications for the Digital Content Metadata Librarian position. The position provides leadership and expertise in developing creative, collaborative, and sustainable solutions for providing and managing metadata for locally hosted digital resources. Primary duties and responsibilities include:
Evaluates, designs, oversees the creation and management of metadata for the digital initiatives of the Libraries and University Museums
Defines strategies and creates guidelines/best practices, policies, procedures for the authoring, harvesting, enhancement, remediation, and transformation of digital metadata including metadata supplied by end users or crowd sourced to support its use and re-use
Collaborates with colleagues across the institution to develop metadata specifications to ensure consistent practice, including the selection of metadata schema , data elements, thesauri, crosswalks, and style sheets to make resources accessible for digital collections in diverse formats including text, image, audio, video, and research data sets
Assists with digital metadata creation, transformation, and maintenance including quality control
Provides training in metadata management, linked data, semantic web applications, and ontologies
Evaluates new technological platforms in regard to the descriptive, administrative, structural, and preservation metadata needs supporting the storage, discovery, and delivery of the Libraries and University Museums’ locally hosted digital resources
Coordinates metadata local ingest as well as its sharing with diverse systems across the institution and with outside entities such as HathiTrust, Digital Public Library of America, and Academic Preservation Trust
Collaborates with library colleagues and the larger institution in the application of name and place identity management across data stores to provide consistency of use and to facilitate end user searching
A key partner in the academic enterprise, the Johns Hopkins Libraries and Museums are a leader in the innovative application of information technology and have implemented notable diversity and organizational development programs. A strategic goal of the Libraries and Museums is to work towards achieving diversity when recruiting and promoting existing staff. The Libraries and Museums prize initiative, creativity, professionalism, and teamwork. For more information visit: http://www.library.jhu.edu
Qualifications
MLS/MLIS/MSI,or equivalent degree, from ALA-accredited Library or Information School or other relevant graduate degree with 3 years related job experience
Experience in creating, editing, and transforming metadata; aptitude for learning new technologies and metadata standards
Demonstrated understanding of data modeling techniques
Familiarity with standard metadata formats frequently used (e.g., Dublin Core, MODS, MADS, METS, scientific metadata standards)
Demonstrated success with project management and workflows
Familiarity with metadata transformation and remediation tools such as Oxygen, MARCEdit, and Open Refine
Experience working in a collaborative environment, including working with people with diverse backgrounds
Familiarity with digitization technology and best practices
Ability to analyze and to solve problems creatively and flexibly in a complex and rapidly changing environment
Self-motivated, ability to multi-task and to exercise independent judgment
Ability to balance priorities and meet deadlines
Strong service orientation and interest in information users’ values and needs
Commitment to professional growth and development
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with identities management systems, including ORCID, VIAF/ISNI
Familiarity with XML/XSLT/XQuery and RDF/SPARQL tools; familiarity with tools that transform metadata and cross walk between standard formats
Familiarity with linked data, semantic web applications, ontologies, and RDF
Experience in an academic or research library,museum, archive, or comparable environment
Familiarity with archival practice and associated metadata such as EAD, DACS, EAC-CPF
NOTE: The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.
If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the Homewood HR Divisional Office at 443-997-5100. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.
For more information and to apply visit https://hrnt.jhu.edu/jhujobs/jobview.cfm?reqId=300059&postId=1209
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