[LIBJOBS] USA - Philadelphia - Collection Management and Metadata Librarian (faculty)

 

 

JOB TITLE: Collection Management and Metadata Librarian (faculty) 

         

FLSA: Exempt

 

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: Department Chair

 

DEPARTMENT: Information Science

 

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PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

 

The Collection Management and Metadata Librarian is responsible for the acquisition, organization, and assessment of the library’s online, print, and other collections. As a faculty member in the Department of Information Science, perform all professional librarian duties including, but not limited to: reference desk, collection development, teaching, scholarly activities, and service.

 

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

·       Coordinate operations of the acquisitions, cataloging and metadata, and serials areas.

·       Participate in the selection of online resources and in associated contract negotiations.

·       Supervise, train, evaluate and assign tasks to two FTE technical services personnel.

·       Establish and assess services, policies, and practices for acquisitions, cataloging and metadata, and serials.

·       Administer the serials, books, cataloging and metadata, and bindery budgets.

·       Serve as the administrator for technical services functions of the library’s ILMS (integrated library management system). 

·       Maintains and updates library’s knowledge base for journals and other resources.

·       Develops and implements cataloging and metadata policies and procedures and oversees the processing of monographs, serials, e-resources, and special collections materials.

·       Coordinate the collection development activities of the other Information Science faculty.

·       Lead the technical services area to identify areas for update and improvement of library services. 

·       Teach information literacy classes, hold scheduled reference consultations, and serve at the reference desk.

·       Promote the University of the Sciences information literacy initiative as a departmental liaison.

·       Serve on various committees and taskforces as a non-tenure track voting member of the Faculty.

 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

·       Three to five years of supervisory experience in a service environment.

·       Master’s degree in library or information science from an ALA-accredited program.     

·       Experience in online cataloging and metadata systems and library technical services, including managing relationships with vendors. 

·       Experience with ILMS, RDA, OCLC, LCSH, and LC classification.

                                                             

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.

 

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

None

 

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.

 

PHYSICAL EFFORT:

Limited physical effort required.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:

No or very limited exposure to physical risk.

 

HOW TO APPLY:

Please follow the instructions on this page to apply: https://careers.usciences.edu/postings/4982

Applications by email will not be accepted.