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Job posting, part-time:
Metadata specialist, Naper Settlement, Naperville

Metadata specialist, Naper Settlement, Naperville

Contract Position: 20 hours/week, 1 year term with possible renewal

Salary: $25/hour

Naperville Historical Society at Naper Settlement is seeking to contract with a qualified Metadata Specialist to research and create metadata in support of our Whole History Project. Reporting to the Digital Archivist, the Metadata Specialist will possess knowledge of archival standards for metadata. The work will take place at our Fort Hill Collections Facility.

• Research archival materials to determine their origins.
• Create and apply appropriate original descriptive metadata to the systems (Standards: EAD, Dublin Core, MODS, METS, PREMIS).
• Follow established workflows and storage procedures to backup digital content and perform activities in support of controlled vocabularies (such as Getty vocabularies and Nomenclature 4.0) and entity management workflows.
• Ingest digital files and their metadata into digital preservation software (Metadata++ and digital preservation software Preservica).
• Ensure that collection material is physically prepped and archival standards are followed for the proper care and handling of physical archival material.
• Verify proper documentation, metadata, and storage procedures are followed, in accordance with nationally accepted standards.

Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited library school/program or in an appropriately
related field from an accredited college or university required. One year of professional
level metadata creation experience working with digital collections required.