Yale University - Catalog​/Metadata Librarian

Catalog/Metadata Librarian

Salary Range: $68,000.00 - $

Yale Library seeks a highly collaborative, knowledgeable, and user-centered Catalog/Metadata Librarian to join the Bibliographic Description Unit within Special Collections Technical Services, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Reporting to the Associate Director of the Bibliographic Description Unit, the Catalog/Metadata Librarian creates, enhances, and maintains original and complex bibliographic and authority records for a wide range of special collections materials in various formats.

They may plan, direct, and review the work of cataloging assistants and/or student assistants and provide project management for cataloging and metadata projects. The incumbent collaborates closely with colleagues across functional units and throughout special collections and the Library in support of the sustainable stewardship and discovery of special collections materials. Candidates should have experience engaging with evolving descriptive metadata models and standards, knowledge of the politics of metadata, and an understanding of the materiality of text objects.

The role involves engagement with national and regional communities of practice and participation in the implementation of national standards and best practices in Special Collections Technical Services. The position will be assigned a rank of Librarian 1 to Librarian 3 based on a combination of professional experience and accomplishments.

• Excellent reading and writing knowledge of Arabic.
• Takes responsibility for fulfilling job duties with consistently high-quality work, productive output, thoroughness, and ability to coordinate a variety of activities within set deadlines.
• Collaborates with others within the library and across the university to achieve common goals and forms effective working relationships with staff at all ranks.
• Provides direction and motivation through open communication, modeling of best practices, and openness to change.
• Acquires new knowledge and skills that contribute to individual and organizational growth and may advance the profession. Experience cataloging non-monographic formats (e.g., serials, cartographic, manuscript, graphic) preferred.

• Advanced reading and writing knowledge of Persian.
• Reading knowledge of Coptic, Syriac, Turkish, or Armenian, or one or more modern European languages.
• Academic training in Islamic studies or Middle Eastern studies.
• Experience with Arabic script paleography.
• Special collections cataloging experience according to AACR2, RDA, and/or Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (DCRM).
• Experience cataloging non-monographic formats (e.g., serials, cartographic, manuscript, graphic).
• NACO experience.
• Experience working with current and emerging standards and tools, e.g., linked data.
• Record of involvement or desire to engage with special collections and other cataloging communities.