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METADATA LIBRARIAN

Employer
The University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley
Location
Edinburg, TX

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Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

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Position Information

Posting NumberSRGV4035Working TitleMETADATA LIBRARIANNumber of Vacancies1LocationEdinburg, Texas DepartmentUniversity LibraryFTE1FLSAExemptScope of Job

Responsible for specifying and coordinating the application of appropriate descriptive, administrative, and technical metadata schemas for digitized and born-digital content managed by the UTRGV Library. This position plays a leading role in the library’s efforts to develop and coordinate best practices, ensuring the interoperability and sustainability of metadata in bibliographic systems within the library as well as metadata contributed to external aggregators.

Description of Duties

•Identifies and oversees the creation and maintenance of descriptive, technical, and preservation metadata for the UTRGV Library, its digital collections, and its institutional repository.
•Creates, enhances, and performs quality control on non-MARC metadata for digital collections while adhering to local policies and international metadata standards and best practices.
•Responsible for training and oversight over the work of individuals involved with cataloging/data input for digital collections.
•Works with library and university departments to streamline ingestion of collections and automate metadata workflows.
•Audits existing digital collections and participates in migration of legacy digital collections to new platforms, ensuring compliance with established metadata standards.
•Serve as a liaison to internal and external research partners on collaborative metadata projects.
•Maintains knowledge of library trends and best practices in academic libraries, including emerging metadata standards, cataloging standards, and digital preservation formats.
•Works cooperatively with other library departments and supervisors on all UTRGV campuses.
•Serves on library committees and standing university committees as required.
•Participates in continuing education and professional development opportunities (e.g. conferences, workshops, webinars, etc.) as needed to maintain required skills.
•Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervision Received

General supervision from assigned supervisor.

Supervision Given

May supervise assigned staff.

Required Education

Master’s degree in Library Science from an American Library Association (ALA) accredited library school.

Preferred Education

N/A

Licenses/Certifications

None.

Required Experience

•Three (3) years of experience in library practices and procedures with an aptitude for complex, analytical work.
•Working knowledge of cataloging/ metadata creation and an understanding of the principles of authority control, including selecting and applying controlled vocabularies and ontologies to local collections.
•Knowledge of discipline-specific controlled thesauri and descriptive content standards such as AACR2 or RDA, DACS, LCSH, AAT, TGM, and/or LCGFT.
•Experience working with collection management systems (e.g. CONTENTdm, ArchivesSpace, DSpace, etc.) Experience with one or more of the following metadata standards: Dublin Core, METS/MODS, EAD, XML, or others.

Preferred Experience

•Experience working in an academic library.
•Knowledge of tools for metadata manipulation.
•Experience migrating and remediating legacy metadata, cataloging special collections materials and/or cataloging non-book formats using standards such as AACR2 or RDA, MARC 21, LCSH, and LCC.
•Experience in creating documentation, such as metadata profiles, local cataloging policies and guidelines, etc.

Equipment

Knowledge of Microsoft Office and use of standard office equipment. Knowledge of multimedia including audio, graphics, and video and related working tools and software.

Working Conditions

Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties. Office Environment; some travel and weekend work is required.

Other

Ability to work with others in leadership role to create, plan, implement, and update the various aspects of the library web presence. Excellent collaboration skills and working well with others. Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Physical Capabilities

N/A

Employment CategoryFull-TimeMinimum SalaryCommensurate with ExperiencePosted SalaryCommensurate with ExperiencePosition Available Date07/16/2019Grant Funded PositionNoIf Yes, Provide Grant Expiration Date Posting Detail Information

EEO Statement

UTRGV is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to hire without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or veteran status. UTRGV takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Special Instructions to Applicants

Dear Applicant,

Human Resources will not be held responsible for redacting any confidential information from the documents you attach with your application. The confidential information includes the following:

*Date of Birth
*Gender
*Ethnicity/Race

Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley reserves the right to discontinue accepting applications prior to the stated close date of this position, after meeting the posting requirement of three (3) calendar days.

If you have any questions, please visit our Careers site at https://careers.utrgv.edu for detailed contact information.

Additional Information

UTRGV is a distributed location institution and working location is subject to change based on need.

All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal background check (CBC). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Substitutions to the above requirements must have prior approval from the Chief Human Resources Officer.

Quick Linkhttp://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/21992Posting Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

  1. * Are you a current UTRGV employee?
    • Yes
    • No
  2. * Are you now, or previously, employed by The University of Texas System or any of its institutions?
    • Yes - I currently am employed by the UT System or its institutions
    • Yes - I have previously been employed by the UT System or its institutions
    • No - I have never been employed by the UT System or its institutions
  3. * Please select your highest level of completed education.
    • 6th grade education
    • 10th grade education
    • High School Diploma or GED
    • Associates Degree, Technical, or Trade School Degree/Certification or 60 Hours of College Hours
    • Bachelors Degree from an accredited university
    • Masters Degree from an accredited university
    • Ph. D. or other terminal degree from an accredited university
    • None of the above
  4. * Please provide the field of study for your education:

    (Open Ended Question)

  5. * Please indicate the number of years of full time work experience you have directly related to the position in which you are applying for:
    • Less than 1 year
    • 1 year
    • 2 years
    • 3 years
    • 4 years
    • 5 years
    • 6 years
    • 7 years
    • 8 years
    • 9 years
    • 10 years
    • Over 10 years
  6. * Do you meet the minimum requirements for this position?
    • Yes
    • No
Applicant DocumentsRequired Documents
  1. Resume
Optional Documents
  1. Cover Letter/Letter of Application
  2. Curriculum Vitae
  3. Unofficial Transcripts
  4. Reference Letter 1
  5. Reference Letter 2
  6. Reference Letter 3
  7. Certifications and Licenses
  8. Training Certificates
  9. Other Document
  10. List of 3 References
  11. Unofficial Transcripts 2
  12. Unofficial Transcripts 3
  13. Letter of Interest
  14. Unofficial Graduate Transcripts
  15. Additional Document

Organization

Working at The University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley

 

A New University with a Long History

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley was created by the Texas Legislature in 2013 in a historic move that brings together the resources and assets of UT Brownsville and UT Pan American and, for the first time, makes it possible for residents of the Rio Grande Valley to benefit from the Permanent University Fund—a public endowment contributing support to the University of Texas System and the Texas A&M University System.

 

Our new university will also be home to a School of Medicine and will transform Texas and the nation by becoming a leader in student success, teaching, research, and health care. UTRGV will enroll its first class in the fall of 2015, and the School of Medicine will open in 2016.

 

UT Brownsville and UT Pan American

The shared history of The University of Texas Pan American and The University of Texas at Brownsville goes back to 1927, when Edinburg College was founded. In 1973, Pan American opened a second campus in Brownsville, which later became an independent institution of The University of Texas System in 1991. Over the years, the missions and the identities of these great institutions have continually evolved to serve the communities of the Rio Grande Valley.

Now, the evolution and connection between these two institutions is coming full circle as UT Brownsville and UT Pan American are being established as a single, new university and medical school, with a single, new identity—The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Learn more about UTRGV here.

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