Please post the following job ad on the LIBJOBS list:
Metadata and Catalog Librarian
Baylor seeks to fill the following faculty position within the Baylor University Central Libraries Division: Metadata and Catalog Librarian. The Division seeks a creative and service-oriented professional to support access to scholarly resources by providing metadata and associated authority control, quality control, and implementation of metadata standards, and to be responsible for the creation and maintenance of data related to both digital and print materials and works in close collaboration with the Digitization Projects Group. This position will also perform original and complex copy cataloging of web-based resources available through the Baylor library systems. This is an academic professional position with faculty status.
Qualified candidates will possess a Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited program, relevant practical experience with MARC and non-MARC metadata in a library environment, experience with XML-based standards such as Dublin Core, EAD, VRA Core, MODS, METS, and PREMIS, knowledge of current bibliographic standards, such as AACR2, LC classification, LCSH, and catalog management procedures/techniques, a working knowledge of OCLC cataloging utilities, local integrated online library systems, and digital management systems. Desired qualifications include experience with XSLT language, knowledge of RDA and FRBR/FRAD, experience with DSpace and CONTENTdm, a working knowledge of a foreign language (modern European language preferred), familiarity with archival practices and digitization workflow, knowledge of Semantic Web and linked data, and recent professional or paraprofessional experience in an academic institution.
For a full list of requirements and more details about the position, please visit http://www.baylor.edu/hr/index.php?id=81307 .To learn more about the Baylor University Libraries and Baylor University, please visit us online at http://www.baylor.edu/lib and http://www.baylor.edu.To apply, please submit a letter of application and a résumé or current curriculum vitae via email to Mr. Bruce J. Evans, Chair, Metadata and Catalog Librarian Search Committee, at Bruce_Evans@Baylor.edu. To ensure full consideration, your application must be completed by July 16, 2012. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Baylor, the world’s largest Baptist university, holds a Carnegie classification as a “high-research” institution. Baylor’s mission is to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and Christian commitment within a caring community. Baylor is actively recruiting new faculty with a strong commitment to the classroom and an equally strong commitment to discovering new knowledge as Baylor aspires to become a top tier research university while reaffirming and deepening its distinctive Christian mission as described in Baylor 2012 (http://www.baylor.edu/vision/).
Baylor is a Baptist university affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. As an AA/EEO employer, Baylor encourages minorities, women, veterans, & persons with disabilities to apply.
Thank you.
Eileen M. Bentsen
Associate Librarian, Reference & Instruction
Baylor University
Jesse H. Jones Library
One Bear Place #97146
Waco, TX 76798-97146
(254) 710 - 2350
"The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card." * * * E.L. Doctorow
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