Metadata and Discovery Librarian

Description

Ida Jane Dacus Library and Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC seeks a collaborative and highly motivated Metadata and Discovery Librarian to join our Technical and Digital Initiatives (TDI) team. As the principal cataloger and metadata librarian, this position plays a pivotal role in ensuring the discoverability and accessibility of our library and archival collections. This 12-month, tenure-track appointment reports to the Head of Technical and Digital Initiatives and will be assigned at the assistant or associate professor level commensurate with experience. 

Major Responsibilities

•         Catalogs physical and digital library resources using national systems and standards
•         Maintains authority control of the library's catalog
•         Ensures the accuracy of holdings in the shared library services platform
•         Manages deaccessioning projects and physical processing of weeded materials
•         Provides training and guidance to metadata and cataloging Library Specialists
•         Assists in establishing workflows for archival metadata creation and maintenance
•         Maintains institutional repository integrity
•         Ensures the discoverability of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) materials
•         Teaches information literacy and participates in reference service rotations
•         Participates in collection development serving as dept. liaison to academic units
•         Engages in scholarship and performs activities aligned with tenure and promotion
•         Performs other duties, assignments, and special projects as assigned

Requirements

Required Qualifications

•         ALA-accredited MLS/MLIS degree
•         Two or more years of cataloging and metadata experience
•         Thorough knowledge of electronic and traditional cataloging, classification, and authority control
•         Proficiency with Ex Libris Alma, Primo, and OCLC WorldCat/Connexion
•         Expertise in authority control standards, incl NACO certification or equivalent training
•         Working experience with principles of authority control, including selecting and applying controlled vocabularies to local collections.
•         Demonstrated ability for attention to detail.
•         Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills. 
•         Two or more years of supervisory experience.
•          Demonstrated proficiency with cataloging and metadata tools and standards in a mixed RDA/AACR2 environment using  MARC 21 standards, LC classification, Dublin Core, LCSH, OCLC, and NACO

Preferred Qualifications

•         Working knowledge of OAI-PMH and metadata mapping
•         Experience with open-access web publishing
•         Experience working in an academic library
•         Two or more years of project management experience
•         Experience working with archival materials and institutional repositories
•         Familiarity with emerging technologies in collections management such as BibFrame and linked data