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Brigham Young University Looking for Metadata Standards Librarian Full Time
Job Title: Metadata Standards Librarian
Job Classification: CFS-Professional
Posting close date: July 31, 2023
Start date of this position: February 1, 2024
Required Degree: MLS from an ALA-accredited institution
The required degree must be completed by the start
date.
Experience:
- Experience working with metadata formats, descriptive standards, and controlled
vocabularies. - Demonstrated knowledge of computer programming languages and technologies to create, extract, transform, analyze, and
manipulate data. - Familiarity with linked-data concepts and practices.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with library IT
staff to design and implement workflows and tools that improve discovery of library collections.
Duties/Expectations:
- Develops, analyzes, and applies metadata schemes for library content.
- Develops, implements, and trains personnel on linked data and other metadata standards and/or best practices for describing library
resources. - Contributes to the Program for Cooperative Cataloging’s (PCC) Monographic Bibliographic Record Cooperative Program
(BIBCO), Name Authority Cooperative (NACO), NACO Funnel Project, and Subject Authority Cooperative (SACO). - Participates in the
national metadata community to both understand and shape current trends and standards. - Scholarship/Creative Work: Presents research
or innovative/unique information at conferences, workshops, seminars, and/or other professional/scholarly meetings. Publishes significant
and original contributions relevant to the library profession and/or the world of academic scholarship in information retrieval,
linked-data, and metadata formats.
For a copy of the full job description, please email [email protected]
Information required at the time of application
– Please list the individual contact information for each of your three recommenders on the faculty application. At
some point during the selection process, they may be contacted to submit their letters of reference electronically
Document(s) required at the time of application – Please attach your Mission Alignment Statement (full-time
faculty only), updated Curriculum Vitae, and cover letter to the faculty application.
Mission Alignment
Statement: BYU is committed to hiring faculty members who enthusiastically embrace and energetically advance its unique
mission. To this end, please include a one-page mission alignment statement as part of your application that addresses how you might, as a
BYU faculty member: (1) live a life of loyalty to Jesus Christ and His restored Church and align yourself with doctrines and teachings
declared by living prophets, seers, and revelators; (2) demonstrate intentionality in building faith in Jesus Christ and testimony of His
restored gospel among students and others in the BYU community; and (3) teach your subject matter with the Spirit of God and strive to keep
it “bathed in the light and color of the restored gospel” (Spencer W. Kimball).
Applicants who are not members of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints include a one-page mission alignment statement that describes understanding of and
commitment to the Mission of Brigham Young University and the AIMS of a BYU Education (https://aims.byu.edu/).
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Equal Opportunity Employer:
m/f/Vets/Disability
All qualified candidates are invited to apply, including women, people of color, and people with
disabilities. Brigham Young University is an equal opportunity employer. All faculty are required to abide by the
university’s honor code and dress and grooming standards. Preference is given to qualified candidates who are members in good
standing of the affiliated church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
All new employees who are members of The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be required to hold and be worthy to hold a current temple recommend.
Brigham Young University (BYU), a privately owned and operated university of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located in Provo, Utah, invites application for a permanent continuing faculty status (CFS) track position in the Public Services Division of the Harold B. Lee Library. The library is seeking a dynamic individual who can perform well in a rapidly changing environment. The mission of the Biochemical Sciences Subject Librarian is to develop and manage collections in the subject areas of chemistry and chemical engineering; nutrition, dietetics, and food science; and micro-molecular biology. This person will be responsible for providing reference, advanced research assistance, library instruction, and act as a liaison with these University Departments.
