Technical Services & Metadata Librarian, Colby College Libraries, Waterville, ME

Posted December 8, 2014

Supervisor: Assistant Director for Collections Management

The Colby College Libraries seek a dynamic, engaged, innovative and enthusiastic individual for the position of Technical Services & Metadata Librarian.  Reporting to the Assistant Director for Collections Management, the Technical Services & Metadata librarian is responsible for overseeing content management, cataloging, authority control, and metadata of the Libraries’ electronic, digital, and print collections.  Colby College Libraries currently add approximately 7,000 individual print monographs per year; most items are processed prior to arrival, though some require original cataloging.

The Technical Services and Metadata Librarian works closely with colleagues in the Collections Management department, as well as librarians and staff in Scholarly Resources & Services, and Digital and Special Collections, to ensure students and faculty have ready access to all collections in their various iterations.  In addition, she/he will engage regularly with library colleagues at Bates and Bowdoin colleges on standards, workflows, and procedures involving our shared catalog, CBBcat.  In addition, they will support the work of the Assistant Director for Collections Management in the upkeep of electronic resources managed in the Serials Solutions data management system.

Responsibilities and duties

Technical Services & Metadata

• Some original cataloging and classification of materials in OCLC and the Innovative Interfaces Sierra ILS using AACR2,  RDA and LC Classification
• Support the work of our consortial partners in bibliographic records creation, authority records management and associated processing and reports
• Collaborate with Digital and Special Collections librarians and staff to produce and maintain standardized metadata for rare books, maps, videos, senior thesis, dissertations, and manuscripts
• Responsible for applying professional guidelines and local practices for original and copy cataloging (including creation of manuals for Library staff and student employees)
• Support the work of the Coordinator of Collections Management (Acquisitions) to oversee the process of acquiring materials, updating processes and enhancing workflows
• Support the work of the Assistant Director for Collections Management, and Serials Assistant to manage access to electronic resources (subscription databases, e-journals, eBooks)
• Monitor evolving trends in cataloging and metadata with an eye to  ensuring that the Libraries’ print, electronic, and digital collections are easily discoverable and accessible to students and faculty
• Ability to work collaboratively and collegially in a dynamic, complex and rapidly evolving environment
• Service on College Committees and participation in College activities expected

Minimum Qualifications:

MLS/MLIS from ALA Accredited institution

2-3 years’ experience working with integrated library systems, preferably Innovative Interfaces

Familiarity with shared catalogs and library consortiums

2-3 years’ original cataloging experience with OCLC

Experience with a variety of metadata standards (AACR2, LCSH, EAD, DC, MARC21, DDC, LC, RDA)

Familiarity with acquisitions and ILL services

Ability to work independently and collaboratively

Ability to lift 25 lbs.

Experience providing public service support activities

Preferred Qualifications:

Three or more years’ experience working in an academic library

Ability to conduct training workshops for colleagues, as required

Familiarity with best practices and standards for Music and Rare Book cataloging

Experience with project management

Supervisory experience

Familiarity with emerging metadata standards including linked open data, METS, PREMIS, and MARCXML 

Colby is a highly selective liberal arts college located in central Maine. The Colby College Libraries are “central to scholarship” and a key part of the Colby academic program. There are three libraries, a new state of the art storage facility, a staff of 14 professional librarians, 15 support staff, and more than 75 student employees. Colby librarians are faculty without rank, eligible for sabbaticals and are expected to contribute to creative, scholarly, and professional activities, and to participate in library-wide and campus-wide service. A significant reorganization in 2012 resulted in the Libraries being poised for transformational change in the provision of services, collections, and instruction. Bates and Bowdoin Colleges are key partners in building a shared collection and MaineCat, NExpress, and Rapid are used to facilitate resource sharing.

The Colby Libraries is a member of the Oberlin Group, the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), the Council of Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR), the Hathi Trust, the Library Publishing Coalition (LPC), the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the Maine Shared Collections Cooperative shared print project.

For more information about the Libraries, visit www.colby.edu/library

Applicants should send the following electronically in PDF format to Stephanie Frost ([email protected]).

• a cover letter
• curriculum vitae
• statement of philosophy on the role of technical services in a modern academic environment
• graduate transcripts, and
• three letters of recommendation

Position is open until filled. Priority will be given to applications received by January 3, 2015. Salary is commensurate with education and experience.

Preferred start date: April 1, 2015

Colby is a private, coeducational liberal arts college that admits students and makes personnel decisions on the basis of the individual’s qualifications to contribute to Colby’s educational objectives and institutional needs. Colby College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, or veteran’s status in employment or in our educational programs. Colby is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and operates in accordance with federal and state laws regarding non-discrimination. For more information about the College, please visit our website: www.colby.edu