Quality Assurance Administrator 3

Title : Quality Assurance Adminitrator

Duration : months Contract

Note : Recruiting replacement contractor for incomplete project

Location : San Francisco, CA

Job Description :

• Required : Either an ALA-accredited MLS / MLIS or equivalent degree.
• Preferred : Two or more years’ experience cataloging collections for special or academic libraries.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

• Deep appreciation for and demonstrated understanding of the purpose and structure of library-related authority metadata.
• Experience with working with controlled vocabularies, through data remediation / update activities; broad experience with different types of vocabularies (, LC vocabularies, Wikidata, ISNI).
• Knowledge of and basic experience in applying current cataloging procedures and principles as defined in RDA, MARC Bibliographic, Holdings, and Authorities formats.
• Familiarity with, and ability to increase your skill set in, various tools for metadata querying, analysis, remediation, batch-loading & mapping, such as MarcEdit, OpenRefine, SPARQL, XSLT, and scripting languages;

knowledge of RDF, XML, and other machine actionable metadata languages; basic understanding of APIs.

• Familiarity with linked data principles, standards, and applications; understanding of library-oriented ontologies such as BIBFRAME.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills combined with attention to detail for complex and exacting work.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, as a team member, and across organizational boundaries.
• Flexibility to be organized, productive and effective in a dynamic environment, involved with a variety of simultaneous projects.
• High level of proficiency using PC-based applications (Windows, word processing, spreadsheets) and other computer applications (email, Internet, Integrated Library Systems);

high level computer competency kept up to date through continuous learning.

• Proven ability to develop, implement and manage short- and long-term projects.
• Commitment to professional development and service.

Physical Requirements :

• Constantly sit, perform desk-based computer tasks.
• Frequently twist / bend / stoop / squat, grasp lightly / fine manipulation, grasp forcefully, sort / file paperwork or parts, lift / carry / push / pull objects that weight up to pounds.
• Occasionally stand / walk, reach / work above shoulders, writing by hand, kneel / crawl, climb (ladders, scaffolds, or other).
• Rarely use a telephone, operate hand controls.
• Must be able to push and maneuver a fully-loaded bookcart weighing up to pounds that requires an initial push force up to pounds.

Working Conditions :

May work in confined spaces and at heights - feet; be exposed to dust and mold; Work setting has natural and artificial light.

Work Standards :

• Interpersonal Skills : Demonstrates the ability to work well with colleagues and with external organizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety : Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns;

uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training.