Data Specialist

Responsible for planning and execution of digital asset management system and public access enhancements for Queens Public Library’s (QPL’s) archival collections. Reports to the QPL Digital Archives Manager. Performs metadata record cleanup, creates new collection and item level metadata, writes data transformation programs and develops and enhances automation scripts, batch processes and trouble-shooting activities. Contributes to teams working on authority control and data harvesting through APIs. Contributes to team establishing staff and community partner workflows involving the digital asset management system, including digitization and ingest of archival assets and storage and manipulation of marketing assets. Serves as liaison between Metadata Services and project team in ITD. Prepares and trains staff members and key community partners for adoption of new features within the library’s Digital Asset Management System, including the development of training documentation. ** This is a temporary grant funded position through July 31, 2026. **