Technical Services Cataloging and Acquisitions Specialist – Librarian I, Fitchburg State University Library, Fitchburg, MA

Posted May 3, 2021

Description:

General Statement of Duties:  The Technical Services Cataloging and Acquisitions Specialist is responsible for the cataloguing of all materials that are added to the Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio (AVGC) library collections. Types of materials that are catalogued include books, electronic resources, sound recordings and visual materials, among others. Tasks include, but are not limited to, original and copy cataloguing, batch loading of vendor-supplied records, conversion and/or reclamation projects and authority control. The Technical Services Cataloging and Acquisitions Specialist is responsible for maintaining the accuracy and completeness of bibliographic data contained in the ILS on an ongoing basis. This position orders library materials and coordinates and/or conducts physical processing of new materials.

The Technical Services Cataloging and Acquisitions Specialist will also be assigned duties in the University Archives & Special Collections department of the AVGC library, under the supervision of the Head of Archives and Technical Services.. These duties may include: creating and maintaining metadata for archival collections using Encoded Archival Description, cataloguing of rare books, collection guides and university publications, assisting with processing both paper-based and digital archival records, maintaining the stacks for the rare book collection and boxed records in the storage room, assisting with administrative record-keeping for archival collections and workflows, and managing inventory/ordering of processing supplies.

How to apply:

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