[LIBJOBS] Metadata Creation Professional, UC Berkeley

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Metadata Creation Professional #17738

• Job ID: 17738
• Location: Main Campus-Berkeley
• Full/Part Time: Full-Time
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• Department: Library
• Application Review Date: The First Review Date for this job is May 6, 2014.

About Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley, is one of the world's most iconic teaching and research institutions. Since 1868, Berkeley has fuelled a perpetual renaissance, generating unparalleled intellectual, economic and social value in California, the United States and the world. Berkeley's culture of openness, freedom and acceptance-academic and artistic, political and cultural-make it a very special place for students, faculty and staff.

Berkeley is committed to hiring and developing staff who want to work in a high performing culture that supports the outstanding work of our faculty and students. In deciding whether to apply for a staff position at Berkeley, candidates are strongly encouraged to consider the alignment of the Berkeley Workplace Culture with their potential for success at http://jobs.berkeley.edu/why-berkeley.html.

Departmental Overview

In addition to maintaining the Library's catalog OskiCat, the Catalog & Metadata Services Department is responsible for cataloging and physical treatment of all new monographs and serials in all formats and languages (except Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) for the UC Berkeley Main and subject specialty libraries.

Responsibilities

Creates and upgrades metadata/catalog records for materials in all formats. May create, upgrade, or otherwise work with non-MARC metadata for digital collections. Performs complex database maintenance by resolving conflicts, improving, or correcting bibliographic, item, holdings and/or authority records in the UCB online catalog, OskiCat. Performs problematic snag analysis for NRLF, subject specialty, and other library collections. Works with special workflows such as: analytics, replacements, and multi-volume monographs. May contribute authority records to national cooperative cataloging program and/or may perform complex authority and headings work in local database. Analyzes, evaluates, interprets, and revises or proposes revisions to established guidelines; writes documentation and provides training pertaining to unit procedures and policies. May serve as a metadata expert liaison to other Library units.

Required Qualifications

• Knowledge of and proven ability to apply/use current cataloging standards, practices, and tools for original and complex copy cataloging, including but not limited to: RDA, AACR2, MARC21 formats, Program for Cooperative Cataloging BSR and Policy Statements, Library of Congress Classification and Subject Analysis, Cataloger's Desktop, and RDA Toolkit
• Experience using OCLC and integrated library systems, preferably Millennium.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills together with attention to detail for complex, possibly repetitive, detail-oriented work.
• Ability to participate in multiple concurrent projects in a given timeframe, monitor project workflow, provide regular reports or updates as necessary, and meet project deadlines
• Must be self-motivated and able to work creatively, collaboratively, and effectively both independently and as a team leader and member.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong service orientation

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluency in Spanish
• Experience with serials, especially holdings statements and holdings records
• Demonstrated ability to implement and maintain a variety of simultaneous workflows
• Experience working with and/or creating non-MARC metadata
• Masters degree in library & information science, or other academic subject

Salary & Benefits

Monthly: $3,850 - $5,725

Annual: $46,200 - $68,700

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit:http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/forms_pubs/misc/benefits_of_belonging.pdf

How to Apply

Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying. Apply through jobs.berkeley.edu.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct.

If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please see:http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf.​

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Lisa Rowlison de Ortiz
Head, Catalog & Metadata Services
The Library
University of California Berkeley
250 Moffitt #6000
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
lrowliso@library.berkeley.edu
phone: (510) 643-2038
fax: (510) 642-4956