George Washington Employment Site | Metadata and Scholarly Publishing Librarian

"Specific Duties and Responsibilities: 1. Develops and creates metadata for Himmelfarb Library’s institutional repository, the Health Sciences Research Commons, directing the Metadata Specialist on input of resources to the system. Collaborates with health sciences departments to solicit and organize resources for the IR. Supports the University’s Open Access policy for archiving scholarly output. 2. Organizes initiatives that support the scholarly publishing lifecycle, as appropriate. 3. Supports the faculty with the creation of metadata for their data sets. 4. Plans and directs the work of staff responsible for the cataloging, classification and organization of library materials in all formats (including monographs, analytics, electronic resources, audiovisuals, and software). 5. Oversees the creation and management of bibliographic and authority files and item records. 6. Performs original and copy cataloging using OCLC Connexion, RDA, MeSH, and LC classification. Maintain authority records/files include MeSH, LC name, and series. 7. Maintains current knowledge of the development of national and international cataloging, metadata, and linked data standards. Provides leadership within the library on the organization of information. 8. Participates in the Library’s instructional program as an Informatics Tutor. 9. Participates in the Library’s Liaison Program, working with one or more departments as assigned within the guidelines and expectations of the program. 10. Oversees compilation of cataloging statistics. 11. Coordinates with the Electronic Resources & Instructional Librarian and the Serials & Systems Librarian to ensure that the catalog and electronic resources are synchronized. 12. Collaborates with the Acquisitions and Resource Sharing Librarian on projects related to maintenance of the print collections. 13. Manages the current monographic holdings records in bibliographic utilities such as OCLC and WRLC Library Services. 14. Writes, revises, and implements cataloging procedures and maintains an updated procedures and position manual accessible on shared drive, intranet or other system utilized to ensure its availability to all within the library. 15. Maintains knowledge of current trends in librarianship and advances in technology and implementation in the library. 16. Serve as Himmelfarb Library representative on the Washington Research Library Consortium Metadata Committee."