Metadata Librarian

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Metadata Librarian

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Library Operations

The Hofstra University Library seeks an innovative and collaborative Metadata Librarian to support the discovery, access, and stewardship of physical and digital resources through high-quality cataloging and metadata practices. Reporting to the Chair of Technical and Digital Library Services, the Metadata Librarian serves as the Library’s primary professional resource for cataloging and metadata, providing expertise in original cataloging, metadata quality and remediation, and maintenance of standards, policies, and workflows.

The position also offers a significant opportunity for a librarian interested in expanding beyond traditional cataloging to help develop new services in data-related and digital areas of librarianship.
Working collaboratively with Library colleagues and campus partners, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to explore and develop an additional area of specialization based on their interests and expertise and the evolving needs of the University community, such as research data management, data curation, data visualization, digital scholarship, repository services, or other emerging areas that build upon or complement metadata expertise.

We seek a colleague who is intellectually curious, enjoys working as part of a team, and is excited by the opportunity both to provide professional leadership for established metadata services and to help shape the future of Axinn Library.
In this position, the successful candidate will be expected to:

• Provide professional expertise and leadership for cataloging and metadata practices and workflows across the Library; develop and maintain documentation
• Perform original cataloging for materials in a variety of formats, including materials from Special Collections; enhance bibliographic records as appropriate
• Monitor developments in cataloging standards and emerging trends in metadata, linked data, and library technologies.
• Collaborate with Library colleagues to identify and address metadata needs, training needs, and services associated with physical and digital collections, library systems, repositories, and other initiatives.
• Serve as a liaison to campus partners, consortia, and national metadata initiatives.
• Develop an additional area of specialization based on professional interests, expertise, and institutional needs. Potential areas include research data management, data curation, data…