Library Collections Specialist VI

The Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology seeks a Library Collections Specialist, Level VI (LCS VI) to create metadata, process documents, and create and maintain websites for the Digital Library. The LCS VI will also manage student employees, liaise with professionals across the Library, and staff Marquand’s service desks.

What You Will Do

Create metadata, process documents, create and maintain websites for the Digital Library, manage student employees, liaise with professionals across the Library, and staff Marquand’s service desks.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have experience in an academic, research, or special library, or a public library with a research and/or special collections component, and knowledge of bibliographic conventions and online catalogs.

Requirements

• Minimum two years of experience in an academic, research, or special library, or a public library with a research and/or special collections component
• Knowledge of bibliographic conventions and experience searching online catalogs and research databases
• Experience with digital library projects, knowledge of metadata formats and conventions, and an aptitude for learning software used to process, organize, and describe digital documents
• Experience with antiquarian library or archival collections
• Reading knowledge of one foreign language relevant to Marquand, preferably a Romance or Germanic language
• Ability to work with bibliographic citations in several languages
• Self-starter with the ability to prioritize, be highly productive, and do sustained and accurate detail work at a computer
• Affinity for teamwork and leadership, and the ability to be flexible and resourceful in a fast-paced environment
• Intermediate computer skills including desktop productivity software and scanning, and basic knowledge of computer hardware, printers and imaging equipment
• Library public service experience and service orientation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit program
• Paid overtime
• Paid holidays
• Eligible for union contract benefits