(apologies for cross-posting)

Hi everyone,

Please take note of the following position with has just opened in the Digital Library Program at Indiana University. We welcome applications from candidates with experience with metadata crosswalking and XML/XSLT. Individuals from all scholarly backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This is a tenure-track librarian position.

Dot Porter (Associate Dir. for Content & Services, DLP)

(Full description posted here, also available at )

Metadata Analyst

Assistant Librarian/Associate Librarian

Indiana University Bloomington Libraries

The IU Bloomington Libraries are seeking an energetic, innovative and service-oriented individual for the newly created position of Metadata Analyst for the Indiana University Digital Library Program (DLP).

The DLP is a system-wide resource that is dedicated to the production, maintenance, delivery, and preservation of a wide range of high-quality networked resources. As part of the Library Technologies and Digital Libraries division, the DLP assumes a leadership role in the development and delivery of services to preserve and provide access to digital content from IU’s libraries, archives, museums, faculty, and academic departments to local users, citizens of the state of Indiana, and beyond. The DLP provides a focus for the development of strategies and initiatives that will help guide the University's libraries through the transformations necessary to succeed in the digital age.

The Metadata Analyst reports to the Associate Director for Digital Library Content and Services and will be responsible for:

Planning long-term metadata strategies for the IU Libraries and DLP    Advising on appropriate standards and approaches to creating and managing metadata for digital projects, collections, and systems    Working with collection managers, subject specialists, and catalogers to identify appropriate metadata standards in digital projects covering a variety of media, including text, music, still images, audio, and video    Designing and/or adapting XML schemas, XSLT stylesheets, Schematron assertions, and RDF ontologies for digital systems and projects    Translating metadata between formats and integrating metadata from a variety of sources    Participating in the design and development of services to support preservation of and access to digitized and born-digital content from IU's collections    Collaborating with local, national, and international partners on research to advance the state of the art in digital libraries    Serving as a liaison between the Digital Library Program and internal and external partners on collaborative metadata projects    Performing project management activities for individual digital collection and systems projects

The Metadata Analyst will work on projects across the spectrum of the Digital Library Program, including those in support of the Lilly Library, University Archives, Cook Music Library, Archives of Traditional Music, Wells Library, and other units on the IU Bloomington campus, as well as in support of other IU campuses. The Metadata Analyst will also provide metadata planning and analysis support for IUScholarWorks, IU’s suite of online scholarly communication services (based on DSpace and Open Journal System software), and IU’s Fedora-based digital collections repository.

The Metadata Analyst will also contribute to DLP's involvement in IU's efforts to support data management and curation for its researchers and in the groundbreaking work on data publishing and curation to be undertaken as part of an NSF funded DataNet award. Additional work will overlap with the HathiTrust Digital Library (http://hathitrust.org) and the HathiTrust Research Center (http://www.hathitrust-research.org).

QUALIFICATIONS: Required:

ALA-accredited master's degree in library science, information management/science, or related degree    Minimum 2 years of experience in metadata analysis and support    Knowledge of the concepts and applications used in the standards and practices of organizing information    Experience in recommending, designing and implementing metadata schemes for digital library projects    Experience in the transformation of XML documents using XSLT    Experience with metadata standards including MARC, MARCXML, EAD, Dublin Core, METS, MODS, FRBR, VRA and others    Experience with creation and/or knowledge and management of digital objects in various text, image, sound, and/or video formats    Experience with digital repository systems such as Fedora or DSpace    Excellent written and oral communication skills    Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work well with diverse population of faculty, students, and academic colleagues    Good organization skills and an aptitude for complex analytical and detailed work    Ability to meet the requirements of a tenure-track librarian position

Preferred:

Demonstrated ability to plan, coordinate, manage, and implement projects    Experience with programming using Perl or Java    Experience in writing grant proposals and/or managing grants    Experience cataloging in MARC

SALARY AND BENEFITS: Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and education; benefits include a university healthcare plan, university-funded base retirement plan, a 100% university paid group life insurance plan, and a generous paid time off plan. This is a tenure-track academic appointment that includes eligibility for sabbatical leaves. For a full list of benefit programs, please refer to the following resources:

Website: http://www.indiana.edu/~uhrs/benefits/neweeo-profe.html    Video: http://www.indiana.edu/~uhrs/benefitsvideo/academic.html    Brochure: http://hr.iu.edu/enroll/video.html

APPLICATION REVIEW:

Review of applications will begin on January 1, 2012. The position will remain open until filled. How to apply.

-- *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Dot Porter (MA, MSLS) Digital Medievalist, Digital Librarian Email: dot.porter@gmail.com *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*