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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif;color:#1F497D">Good afternoon colleagues,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif;color:#1F497D">Duke University Libraries is seeking applicants for the position of Metadata Transformation Librarian. Below is a summary of the position. The full posting, including required
and preferred qualifications is available at <a href="http://library.duke.edu/about/jobs/metadatalibrarian" id="LPlnk985389">
http://library.duke.edu/about/jobs/metadatalibrarian</a>. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif;color:#1F497D">Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s age, color, disability,
genetic information, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status. The Duke University Libraries have a strong commitment to Affirmative Action and is actively seeking to increase the racial and ethnic diversity
of our staff.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif;color:#1F497D">Summary</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif;color:#1F497D">Reporting to the Head of Metadata & Discovery Strategy, the Metadata Transformation Librarian takes an innovative, service-oriented approach to the support of several key information
management and discovery systems, including the integrated library system (ILS), currently ExLibris’ Aleph; the off-site storage management system, currently Generation Fifth Application’s Library Archival System (GFA); and discovery systems used by the staff
of the library.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif;color:#1F497D">The Metadata Transformation Librarian will serve as part of a Technical Services department that includes a wide array of activities in metadata analysis, creation, consultation,
enhancement, and maintenance. S/he will provide development, research and analysis toward the onboarding of the next-generation library management system (FOLIO), such as data mapping and metadata transformation tasks. S/he will have programming and/or scripting
skills commensurate with Technical Services’ goals and ambitions. S/he uses vendor-supplied tools and services to meet the needs of the libraries and, when necessary, develops and maintains local extensions to the applications using query and scripting languages,
such as SQL and Perl. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif;color:#1F497D">This newly created position is a rare opportunity to launch a career in academic librarianship at a major ARL member library invested in the future of library discovery, technology,
and services. The successful candidate will demonstrate a capacity to learn new technologies and apply analytical reasoning to creatively solve issues in metadata application and management.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif;color:#1F497D">This opportunity provides an environment for strong mentorship in professional development for an early-career librarian. As DUL develops toward a non-MARC based metadata infrastructure
Technical Services is committed to exploring opportunities and rethinking current practices to prepare the Libraries’ data for this future.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Virginia Bacon Martin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Head, Continuing Resource Acquisitions Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Duke University Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Durham, NC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">919-660-6949<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121"><a href="mailto:virginia.martin@duke.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">virginia.martin@duke.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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