Metadata Technologies Program Manager, Harvard Library, Cambridge, MA
Posted July 18, 2017
The Harvard Library is currently seeking candidates for the position of Metadata Technologies Program Manager.
The Harvard Library seeks a dynamic individual to take a leadership role in furthering the success of the libraries’ digital presence by enhancing resource discovery and improving access to collections. As a member of the Information & Technical Services department management team, under the supervision of the Head of Metadata Management, the Metadata Technologies Program Manager will lead and collaborate with colleagues to develop a diverse metadata program focusing on incorporating emerging technologies, such as linked data, and experimenting with innovative approaches to creating discovery metadata. The incumbent will focus on expanding the range of options being employed to address library metadata needs by conceptualizing projects, developing project plans, identifying training for metadata staff to build the required skill set, developing solid working relationships and infrastructure plans with campus technology units, and participating in forward-looking collaborative projects with our peer institutions (e.g. the Linked Data for Libraries project). Not solely a metadata technologist, the incumbent would also serve as a metadata consultant for the broader Harvard community, including performing outreach and advocacy to academic or administrative departments as appropriate for developing collaborations across campus (e.g. HarvardX or other high-profile initiatives where digital assets are being created from legacy collections in the libraries, museums or archives). The incumbent will develop a broad understanding of the range of use cases and collection types requiring discovery metadata at Harvard. Please find the complete position description attached.
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