Description

The Librarian for Metadata Operations and Services serves a critical role in providing the ASU community with seamless access to the Library’s extensive collection of print and digital resources. Reporting to the Unit Head for Acquisitions and Metadata Services, the Librarian, Metadata Operations and Services provides strategic direction and supervision to a team of metadata staff and is responsible for hiring, training, and evaluating team members. Working collaboratively with Library colleagues and community partners, this position leads and coordinates initiatives to optimize resource discovery by fostering workflow innovation and implementing recognized and emerging metadata standards. The position also directs and manages the unit’s authority control activities and the Library’s participation in national cooperative programs.

The ASU Library is a center of energy, imagination, and innovation, with nine library facilities across four ASU campus locations. We provide students and faculty access to millions of information resources, world-class collections, outstanding study spaces, advanced data centers, and a suite of maker spaces and creative services. ASU Library strongly supports student success and is a critical partner in realizing the New American University’s mission of access, excellence, and impact.  Success at ASU is measured not by whom we exclude but rather by whom we include and how they succeed.

Essential Functions

Provides strategic direction for resource description activities across formats and platforms and assesses the application of technology to enhance discovery and foster efficient, innovative workflows.
Provides leadership, mentoring and supervision to Metadata staff. Evaluates staff performance and supports professional development and training initiatives.
Plans, implements, and coordinates metadata projects to support current and future discoverability objectives. Gathers and analyzes data with the goal of enhancing metadata design and supporting retrieval and discovery.
Creates and manages metadata for all formats using Resource Description and Access, MARC, non-MARC and emerging standards. Coordinates metadata enhancement, normalization, and transformation projects.
Cultivates library-wide collaborations by engaging colleagues to inform and support metadata services work. Effectively manages inclusive user expectations while maintaining positive and productive relationships.
Provides direction and goal setting for the Library’s authority control activities. Evaluates vendor services in relation to local requirements and performs authority-related maintenance in the library catalog.
Serves as the ASU Library’s Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) liaison and reviews and revises submissions to the PCC’s name and subject authority components.
Participates in the creation, development, and implementation of unit and team policies and procedures; helps set unit/team goals and priorities within the framework of the ASU Library goals and priorities, and assists in the creation, development, and maintenance of tools and resources used by Acquisitions and Metadata staff.
Performs and/or manages other responsibilities as assigned.
Participates in professional contribution and service activities.

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

Master’s degree in library and/or information science from an American Library Association-accredited program
Cataloging and metadata experience in a library environment
Experience and proficiency with recognized metadata standards (RDA, MARC, LCSH)
Supervisory experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working in an academic or research library
Experience with developing and documenting metadata policies, procedures and/or workflows
Experience with emerging metadata models and standards such as BIBFRAME, non-MARC schema, etc.
Experience with metadata remediation, maintenance, normalization, and/or interoperability initiatives
Experience with integrated library systems, bibliographic utilities, and library vendor services
Experience with authority control and PCC standards and practices
Strong project management skills and attention to detail
Experience with and/or interest in utilizing technology and artificial intelligence for metadata or discovery initiatives
Experience working collaboratively with staff, administrators, and other stakeholders
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills
Experience with adapting to change and demonstrating creativity and initiative

Salary and Rank: This is a continuing appointment track Academic Professional position; Assistant/Associate Librarian rank and salary dependent on experience.