Special Collections Metadata Librarian

Responsibilities:

Under the direction of the Metadata Operations Librarian, the Special Collections Metadata Librarian leads the creation of bibliographic descriptions for materials in all formats, including books, maps, broadsides, audiovisual materials, continuing resources, and manuscripts with an emphasis on materials acquired or held by Rare Books & Special Collections and Preservation (RBSCP) at the River Campus Libraries (RCL). Along with their colleagues in Metadata Services, the incumbent supports workflows and targeted projects requiring MARC-based cataloging and catalog maintenance activities and is responsible for continuing resource cataloging and holdings maintenance.

They contribute to and maintain RCL’s guidelines and best practices for rare materials cataloging and serves as the domain authority in rare materials cataloging across the UR Libraries. The Special Collections Metadata Librarian collaborates closely with RBSCP's curators and colleagues in Metadata Services.

• Following accepted national standards and local guidelines, provides MARC-based complex original and copy cataloging for materials in the RBSCP collection in MARC and non-MARC schemas. Materials include but are not limited to monographs, serials, broadsides, maps, and ephemera.
• Conducts research and engages with experts to enhance and enrich bibliographic records with relevant information.
• Enriches and updates bibliographic descriptions to improve user discovery, access, and accessibility.
• Develops and maintains RCL’s guidelines and best practices for rare materials cataloging to ensure currency, consistency, and clarity.
• Collaborates with RBSCP staff on workflows and project plans in support of rare materials cataloging.

• Provides original cataloging for a wide variety of unique materials and formats for collections across all of RCL. Supports colleagues in Metadata Services engaged in projects focused on these materials.
• Works closely with RCL’s Acquisitions department on continuing resources cataloging and holdings maintenance for print titles.
• Creates cataloging/metadata descriptions for materials deposited in the Libraries' institutional repository, including electronic thesis and dissertations (ETDs).

• Serves as the lead original cataloger in Metadata Services.
• Serves as a domain authority in rare and unique materials cataloging for colleagues across the UR Libraries, ensuring consistency and the application of national and local best practices.
• Supports the department’s Library Assistant in their work on complex copy cataloging for RCL’s general collections.
• Supports the department’s Library Assistant in their work on complex copy cataloging for RCL’s rare and unique materials.

• With the Metadata Projects Librarian, support the creation, review, and maintenance of descriptive and subject non-MARC metadata throughout the UR Libraries digital collections infrastructure.
• Participate in select projects to develop digital collections or digital projects, particularly in support of the unique and distinctive collections held in RBSCP.
• Participate in select projects to enhance digital finding aids from across the UR Libraries. May include entity and subject creation in Archives Space.

• Supports the department’s authority work by updating headings and resolving issues in the Authority Control Task List in the UR Libraries' LMS (Alma).
• Coordinates with colleagues at the Sibley Music Library on authority work for music-related headings.
• With the Metadata Operations Librarian, develops and executes bibliographic data clean-up…