The ISSN International Centre (www.issn.org ; 45 rue de Turbigo, 75003) is an intergovernmental organization established in 1975, under a treaty signed between UNESCO and France.
Its main activities are:
- Updating and enhancing the ISSN Register, the standardized and international database of serial print and online publications,
- Coordinating the activities of the 89 ISSN national centres worldwide which share bibliographic data with the ISSN International Centre,
- Assigning ISSN and creating descriptive data for international organisations’ publications and publications produced in countries without any ISSN national centre,
- Marketing the ISSN Register (portal.issn.org) and related services such as ROAD Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources (road.issn.org).
The ISSN International Centre is seeking a Specialist in Automated Processing of Bibliographic Data with a master degree in Library and Information Science or Information Technology and 3-year experience in a related position.
The appointee will be responsible for:
- Assessing the quality of the database and of the bibliographic data created / ingested on a regular basis,
- Performing automated or semi-automated processes to improve the coverage and the quality of the ISSN Register,
- Supervising contractors involved in ISSN data enhancement and check the appropriateness of their deliverables,
- Working with colleagues to outline and specify innovative services based on data collection,
- Designing and implementing new workflows for data sharing within the ISSN network as well as with other stakeholders,
- Contributing to the design and the development of ISSN IC’s RDF triplestore.
For more information, and to apply, please visit http://www.issn.org/career/ .
Gaelle Bequet
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