[LIBJOBS] Job Posting /Cataloger/Dublin, Ireland

Do you desire the opportunity to use your cataloging skills? Do you wish to help preserve and share knowledge? If metadata record creation is your interest, then this position may be the right fit for you!

LAC Group seeks experienced Catalogers to assist with a short-term collection management services project for a prestigious library in Dublin, Ireland. Need is immediate with duration of project lasting seven (7) weeks, pending award of tender. You will have the responsibility of contributing to the collection management process working with unique titles and adding to the historical collections of the library. Applicants must be local to the Dublin area.

Responsibilities:

• Create descriptive metadata for all library material including printed books, manuscripts, newspapers, prints, drawings, photographs and maps
• Determine appropriate guidelines in applying MARC 21, AACR2, Library of Congress Name Authorities, Library of Congress Subject Headings, Library of Congress TGM I & TGM II, ISAD (G) 2nd edition, and Dublin Core
• Edit and update bibliographic authority data based on relevant standards
• Batch process metadata records as required

Qualifications:

• A recognized professional qualification in Librarianship (or a qualification acceptable to library as equivalent)
• A recognized professional qualification in Archival Studies (or a qualification acceptable to the library as equivalent) with proven experience working with historic archives, cataloguing archival collections and with an understanding of the above mentioned cataloguing /archival standards
• Experience with MARC 21, AACR2, Library of Congress Name Authorities, Library of Congress Subject Headings, Library of Congress TGM I & TGM II, ISAD (G) 2nd edition, and Dublin Core
• Excellent experience of tools and standards used in the programmatic manipulation of Marc 21 in either ISO 2709 or MarcXML format
• Excellent cataloguing experience including an understanding of the above mentioned cataloguing standards and ability to produce catalogue records of the very highest quality
• Experience of data entry to a highly consistent and accurate standard
• Excellent organizational and IT skills
• Experience in the creation of high quality metadata
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work under instruction or on own initiative
• Experience cataloguing early printed materials as well as modern publications is desirable

Please apply via http://goo.gl/nA792

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