[Eril-l] Job Opportunity: Metadata Strategist at Project MUSE

[Melanie Schaffner]

Project MUSE is hiring a Metadata Strategist to manage our policies, procedures, and partnerships for metadata creation, application, and maintenance. Details and application information below! Please feel free to share with any who may be interested.

Metadata Strategist
Project MUSE is a division of The Johns Hopkins University Press. Founded in 1878, the Press is the oldest continuously operating university press in the United States as well as one of the largest. The Press is a leader in scholarly book, journal, and digital publishing. For over 25 years, the Project MUSE platform has been the trusted and reliable source of complete, full-text versions of scholarly journals from many of the world's leading universities and scholarly societies. Currently, Project MUSE hosts more than 700 journals from 125 publishers. In 2012, scholarly books were added to the platform, with more than 70,000 books from not-for-profit presses now available. Thousands of libraries worldwide acquire content from the MUSE platform to serve the research and instructional needs of their faculty, staff, and students. A variety of purchase and subscription options are offered to institutional customers, along with selected article purchasing for individual users, and a large body of content that is freely available to all under newly-emerging "open access" arrangements. We are currently seeking a Metadata Strategist  (Librarian III).

Specific Duties & Responsibilities:

  *   Is Project MUSE's metadata expert and is responsible for assessing, developing, and documenting internal policies for metadata creation, application, and maintenance.
  *   Participates in large-scale research and development projects related to metadata discovery, interoperability, and identity management, including the development of a linked data environment and of descriptive metadata standards throughout MUSE.
  *   Modernizes designs of existing metadata distribution and ingestion systems
  *   Ensures compliance with evolving national and international metadata standards.
  *   Oversees relationships between Project MUSE and discovery services to ensure that metadata delivery is efficient and accurate.
  *   Oversees relationships between Project MUSE and library clients to ensure that metadata delivery is efficient and accurate.
  *   Acts as technical liaison between linking partners and Project MUSE.
  *   Works closely with technical staff to develop an effective workflow for ingesting, tracking, and delivering metadata.
  *   Serves as consultant to other divisions of the JHUP about metadata.
  *   Fosters collaborative efforts related to metadata between Project MUSE and other JHUP divisions.
  *   Telecommuting option available based on position need and Press Flexible Work Agreement

Minimum Qualifications (Mandatory):

  *   MLS from an ALA-accredited library school or an advanced related degree.
  *   Three years professional library experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

  *   3-5 years of progressive experience with metadata projects
  *   Practical experience managing all aspects of metadata creation for digital content, including selecting, implementing, and documenting metadata standards, overseeing quality control, and mapping between datasets
  *   Demonstrated experience with current cataloging procedures and principles as defined in RDA and AACR2, and the MARC bibliographic, holdings, and authorities formats
  *   Demonstrable knowledge of and ability to apply metadata standards (including MODS, Dublin Core, EAD, METS, OAI, KBART, TEI, and relevant thesauri and/or ontologies, as required by special projects) as well as the ability to implement and analyze these standards
  *   Familiarity with machine actionable languages, such as XML and RDF
  *   Familiarity with linked data principles and standards
  *   Must be committed to weaving equity, justice, and inclusion principles into all aspects of their work and interaction with colleagues and customers.

For complete details and to apply: https://jobs.jhu.edu/job/Baltimore-Metadata-Strategist-MD-21218/779795300/


Melanie Schaffner
Director, Sales & Marketing
Project MUSE
mschaffner.muse at jhu.edu<mailto:mschaffner.muse at jhu.edu>
p 410-516-3846 (Eastern Daylight Time, email preferred due to current remote work environment)
she/her/hers

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