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Medatata Anlyst - Indiana University Libraries
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Inserito il 12/11/2011
> Metadata Analyst > > Assistant Librarian/Associate Librarian > > Indiana University Bloomington Libraries > > The IU Bloomington Libraries are seeking an energetic, innovative and > service-oriented individual for the newly created position of Metadata > Analyst for the Indiana University Digital Library Program (DLP). > > The DLP is a system-wide resource that is dedicated to the production, > maintenance, delivery, and preservation of a wide range of > high-quality networked resources. As part of the Library Technologies > and Digital Libraries division, the DLP assumes a leadership role in > the development and delivery of services to preserve and provide > access to digital content from IU’s libraries, archives, museums, > faculty, and academic departments to local users, citizens of the > state of Indiana, and beyond. The DLP provides a focus for the > development of strategies and initiatives that will help guide the > University's libraries through the transformations necessary to > succeed in the digital age. > > The Metadata Analyst reports to the Associate Director for Digital > Library Content and Services and will be responsible for: > > Planning long-term metadata strategies for the IU Libraries and DLP > Advising on appropriate standards and approaches to creating and > managing metadata for digital projects, collections, and systems > Working with collection managers, subject specialists, and > catalogers to identify appropriate metadata standards in digital > projects covering a variety of media, including text, music, still > images, audio, and video > Designing and/or adapting XML schemas, XSLT stylesheets, > Schematron assertions, and RDF ontologies for digital systems and > projects > Translating metadata between formats and integrating metadata from > a variety of sources > Participating in the design and development of services to support > preservation of and access to digitized and born-digital content from > IU's collections > Collaborating with local, national, and international partners on > research to advance the state of the art in digital libraries > Serving as a liaison between the Digital Library Program and > internal and external partners on collaborative metadata projects > Performing project management activities for individual digital > collection and systems projects > > The Metadata Analyst will work on projects across the spectrum of the > Digital Library Program, including those in support of the Lilly > Library, University Archives, Cook Music Library, Archives of > Traditional Music, Wells Library, and other units on the IU > Bloomington campus, as well as in support of other IU campuses. The > Metadata Analyst will also provide metadata planning and analysis > support for IUScholarWorks, IU’s suite of online scholarly > communication services (based on DSpace and Open Journal System > software), and IU’s Fedora-based digital collections repository. > > The Metadata Analyst will also contribute to DLP's involvement in IU's > efforts to support data management and curation for its researchers > and in the groundbreaking work on data publishing and curation to be > undertaken as part of an NSF funded DataNet award. Additional work > will overlap with the HathiTrust Digital Library > (http://hathitrust.org) and the HathiTrust Research Center > (http://www.hathitrust-research.org). > > QUALIFICATIONS: > Required: > > ALA-accredited master's degree in library science, information > management/science, or related degree > Minimum 2 years of experience in metadata analysis and support > Knowledge of the concepts and applications used in the standards > and practices of organizing information > Experience in recommending, designing and implementing metadata > schemes for digital library projects > Experience in the transformation of XML documents using XSLT > Experience with metadata standards including MARC, MARCXML, EAD, > Dublin Core, METS, MODS, FRBR, VRA and others > Experience with creation and/or knowledge and management of > digital objects in various text, image, sound, and/or video formats > Experience with digital repository systems such as Fedora or DSpace > Excellent written and oral communication skills > Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work well with > diverse population of faculty, students, and academic colleagues > Good organization skills and an aptitude for complex analytical > and detailed work > Ability to meet the requirements of a tenure-track librarian position > > Preferred: > > Demonstrated ability to plan, coordinate, manage, and implement projects > Experience with programming using Perl or Java > Experience in writing grant proposals and/or managing grants > Experience cataloging in MARC > > SALARY AND BENEFITS: > Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and education; > benefits include a university healthcare plan, university-funded base > retirement plan, a 100% university paid group life insurance plan, and > a generous paid time off plan. This is a tenure-track academic > appointment that includes eligibility for sabbatical leaves. For a > full list of benefit programs, please refer to the following > resources: > > Website: http://www.indiana.edu/~uhrs/benefits/neweeo-profe.html > Video: http://www.indiana.edu/~uhrs/benefitsvideo/academic.html > Brochure: http://hr.iu.edu/enroll/video.html > > APPLICATION REVIEW: > > Review of applications will begin on January 1, 2012. The position > will remain open until filled. How to apply.
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