Code4lib is hiring : Head Librarian, Discovery & Metadata Services in Oklahoma Ci

Overview

Head Librarian, Discovery & Metadata Services; Head of Discovery & Metadata Services. The Head provides vision, leadership, and management for the department and supports the BC Libraries with research, exploration, and recommendations on new approaches for enrichment and extraction / transformation of metadata across library platforms and repositories. The Head works to apply metadata standards, APIs, data transformation, and scripting to structured and unstructured data, to enhance discovery and support the Libraries’ mission to create, discover, deliver, and synthesize scholarly content for the community.

The Head collaborates with colleagues across the Libraries and with the AUL for Technology & Discovery Services to set priorities, schedules, and scope for exploratory and operational work. This position reports to the Associate University Library of Technology & Discovery Services and manages a team of 7.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for metadata management activities across scholarly platforms and content.
• Explore and recommend new approaches for metadata enrichment, extraction, and transformation using national metadata standards, APIs, data transformation, and scripting languages.
• Support the Libraries’ use of BIBFRAME and linked open data to specify and highlight relationships across content to enrich discovery.
• Collaborate with Library staff on generation and enrichment of metadata at varying scales and through creative collaboration.
• Set priorities, schedules, and scope of exploratory and operational work in coordination with leadership.
• Manage a team of 7 and provide supervision for direct reports.

Qualifications

Compensation

Full-Time Equivalent Hiring Range : 90,100 to 112,600; salary commensurate with relevant experience.

Application

Please submit BOTH a cover letter and resume. How to apply : Visit this link to apply.

Published : Tuesday, January 28, 2025 20 : 43 UTC | Last updated : Tuesday, January 28, 2025 20 : 43 UTC

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