Digital Collections and Metadata Librarian - Bancroft Technical Services - Bancroft Library

Davita Inc. • Berkeley, CA, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 1m ago

Position Overview

Position title:
Assistant or Associate Librarian, Career Status or Potential Career Status

Salary range:
The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and salary point at appointment. A reasonable estimate for this position is $68,885-$76,631.

Percent time:
100%

Anticipated start:
As soon as July 1, 2024. Start date is flexible.

Position duration:
This is a full-time potential career appointment.

Application Window

Open date: May 8, 2024

Most recent review date: Friday, Jun 7, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.

Final date: Friday, Nov 1, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position Description

The University of California, Berkeley is seeking a creative, self-motivated, user-oriented, and collaborative Bancroft Digital Collections and Metadata Librarian to join the technical services team at The Bancroft Library. Under the direction of the Associate Director and Head of Bancroft Technical Services, the Bancroft Digital Collections and Metadata Librarian processes special collections materials for digital capture/reformatting, data extraction, file management, online publication, and discovery. They are involved in the creation and maintenance of metadata for digitized and born-digital special collection resources and contribute to department-level planning and development of metadata best practice guidelines, workflows, policies, and procedures in alignment with Library-wide frameworks and practices. They manage multiple projects in collaboration with partners within and outside of the library, share their work broadly, participate in library and UC-wide activities and working groups, and train and supervise student assistants. This highly collaborative position plays a critical role in cultivating strong cross-departmental relationships with Bancroft Library's various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

The Bancroft Digital Collections and Metadata Librarian will be responsible for helping Bancroft Library develop and set strategies for prioritization and selection of special collections for digitization, born digital archives, and publishing. They will work with special collections to prepare them for capture, reformatting, processing, and data extraction, and will create metadata for special collections materials in a variety of formats to support content and collection management, online publication, discovery, and preservation of digital collections at the University of California, Berkeley within the Technical Services Division of The Bancroft Library.

Processing special collections in a range of formats and of varying sizes for digital capture/reformatting, data extraction, file management, online publication, and discovery.
Creation and maintenance of descriptive, administrative, structural, and preservation metadata for digital special collection resources.
Contributing to department-level planning and development of internal best practice guidelines, workflows, policies, and procedures.
Project management of multiple digital projects in collaboration with partners within and outside of the library.
Keeping abreast of digital, born digital, data, archival, and special collection standards and practices.
Participation in regular departmental activities, library-wide working groups, and relevant UC-wide activities.
Contributing to communications regarding digital initiatives, work, and project reporting.
Training and supervising student assistants.
Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Advanced degree or enrolled in an advanced degree program.

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
Advanced degree.

Preferred qualifications

Master's degree from an American Library Association (ALA) accredited institution program or equivalent degree;
One year of experience in one or more functional areas of digital special collection initiatives;
One year experience with metadata creation, maintenance and migration;
Training and/or work experience with project management;
Knowledge of ArchivesSpace, bibliographic catalogs, and other collection information and digital asset management platforms;
Familiarity with digitization, metadata, archival, and special collection standards and guidelines;
Familiarity with collections/archives-as-data concepts;
Familiarity with digital file formats for preservation and online publication;
Familiarity with inclusive and reparative description and access;
Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.