Post date: August 14,  2024

The Metadata Services department of Iowa State University Library is seeking applications for a collaborative and detail-oriented Metadata Librarian I. Metadata Services is responsible for implementing, promoting, and managing metadata strategies to support the discovery, access, sharing, management, and preservation of our library collections ecosystem, which includes physical, electronic, digitized, and born-digital resources. Metadata Services is also committed to creating and using inclusive metadata.  

Reporting to the Head of Metadata Services, the Metadata Librarian joins the Metadata Unit in Metadata Services. This unit is dedicated to non-MARC metadata creation for the library’s digital collections. The Metadata Librarian collaborates with others in Metadata Services and with Library stakeholders in standardized and accessible metadata creation, enrichment, and quality control, and the application of appropriate controlled vocabularies for the library’s digital collections. The Metadata Librarian may use Excel spreadsheets, Google Sheets, OpenRefine, CSVs, or templates to create and correct descriptive metadata; use OpenRefine, expressions, or scripts to transform metadata; and participate in the development and implementation of metadata creation best practices.

Salary:  Starting at $46,350. 

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