Metadata & Taxonomy Analyst, Harvard University Baker Library, Boston, MA
Posted May 5, 2017
Be a part of the Baker Library information product team – Knowledge and Library Services, Harvard Business School (Part-time; no benefits)
Key responsibilities
- Working with the IPS metadata and taxonomy team, leverage library and information science skills to work on customer-facing projects which may include:
- Oversee branches or entire vocabularies of common and/or proper nouns in taxonomy and metadata modeling tool suite
- Create new branches or entire vocabularies for a given content set / customer
- Curate new branches or entire vocabularies (ex: adding / editing metadata fields, locating concept synonymous terms or proper noun variants in an internal vocabulary or an external ‘reference’ vocabulary or metadata schema
- Analyze and map vocabularies or metadata schema
- Define vocabulary concepts
- Use a product vocabulary to tag / apply to content
- Assist with implementing vocabularies and metadata schema in various ways and through various systems (search, content mgmt. systems, linked open data projects, etc.)
- Assist in administrative content mgmt. system tasks
- Assist in conducting / analyzing user testing data
- Assist in analyzing search logs / web analytics reports
- Pro-actively participate and clearly communicate in multi-step, multi-person workflow processes
- Communicate status updates to team and partners about project process, analysis / findings, and next steps.
Requirements:
- Master’s degree or equivalent graduate education in Library/Information Science, Business Administration, or other relevant discipline (will consider pre-matriculated students in the above graduate programs).
- Professional-level information management / content management, taxonomy, or metadata work experience.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in the use of common office tools (ex: Microsoft Excel, content management systems, taxonomy and metadata modeling systems, ontology development tools, data visualization tools) for information analysis, modeling, management, and presentation.
- Excellent organizational, writing, communication, and interpersonal skills; a superb team player.
Additional Skills, Experience, Credentials needed for this position:
- Self-motivated learner with ability to take initiative and thrive in an evolving and collaborative environment and produce timely, high quality results.
- Data science training / experience – desired
- Highly developed skills in information organization, presentation and delivery; critical thinking; customer service; initiative.
- Flexible and creative in the uses and management of available resources and in identifying, evaluating, accessing, and employing new resources.
- Ability to work independently as well as within a team environment.
Schedule: up to 17 hours per week
Pay Rate: $25/hour
To apply: Please submit resumé and cover letter to Jennifer Wilson, IPS Program Manager at [email protected] or Baker Library, Knowledge and Library Services, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA 02163. No phone calls please. Note that resumés submitted without a cover letter will not be considered.