Head of Music and Media Metadata Librarian
Company: UC San Diego
Location: La Jolla
Posted on: October 12, 2024
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Job Description:
Position overview
Position title:
Head of Music and Media Metadata Librarian
Salary range:
A reasonable salary range estimate for this position is
$61,920-$149,167.
The posted UC academic salary scales
(https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/2022-23-academic-salary-scales.html)
set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment.
See the following table for the salary scale for this position
(https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2023-24/july-2023-acad-salary-scales/t26-b.pdf).
Application Window
Open date: November 8, 2023
Most recent review date: Friday, Feb 2, 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: Wednesday, Oct 23, 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
Head of Music and Media Metadata Librarian
Metadata Services Program
The University of California, San Diego Library seeks motivated,
creative and collaborative applicants to join the Library as Head
of the Music & Media Metadata Unit in the Metadata Services
Program. This position will provide metadata expertise and
oversight for musical scores, audio, and visual materials from a
wide variety of disciplines.
Responsibilities of the Position
Reporting to the Program Director for Metadata Services (MS), the
Head of Music & Media Metadata Librarian (M3) plays an important
role in providing access and facilitating discovery to the
Library's music and media print, electronic and digital
collections. The Head of M3 will directly supervise one Metadata
Specialist with the potential to fill further vacancies in the
unit. The Head of M3 will oversee, create and manipulate
bibliographic and authority metadata through original, complex copy
and batch cataloging for musical scores and media. This position
will actively participate in digital projects through the creation
and manipulation of music and media specific metadata and serve as
a metadata consultant for data providers (e.g. The Dept. of Music).
The Head of M3 will actively collaborate with data providers for
digital projects and work closely with the Music and Media
Librarian responsible for collection development to accomplish
shared strategic collection and access goals. The Head of M3 will
possess and continue to develop expertise in metadata best
practices, emerging trends, technologies and tools and recommend
their adoption if they further Library, M3 and MS goals. As part of
the MS Unit Heads Group, this position shares management
responsibility for the Metadata Services Program. As a librarian,
this position would be expected to be professionally active to
further the profession, and contribute to the progression of the
Metadata Services Program.
* Catalogs and has primary responsibility for coordinating and
supervising Music and Media cataloging (original, copy, and batch
processing of physical and electronic audio, moving image and
notated music).
* Contributes authority records to NACO and creates bibliographic
records for BIBCO.
* Coordinates and manages the development and implementation of
metadata strategies that support the discovery of the Library's
music and media collections.
* Supervises, trains, and sets direction for Music & Media Unit
metadata staff and students.
* Leads the unit to investigate, experiment with, and implement new
approaches and/or batch processes for creating and manipulating
bibliographic and authority data, including extended and creative
uses of metadata.
* Shares leadership, strategic direction and management
responsibility for the Metadata Services Program (MS) as part of
the MS Unit Heads Group.
* Integrates and coordinates descriptive metadata practices across
databases of record and information systems.
* Provides intellectual leadership and contributes nationally to
the development of emerging cataloging standards and maintains
currency with issues in bibliographic and authority control,
information organization, and metadata encoding standards.
* Participates in the creation and development of Metadata Services
Program priorities, policies, procedures, and goals.
* Works collaboratively with public services and collections staff
to prioritize and create appropriate access to library
materials.
* Serves on Library-wide, Campus-wide, and/or UC System-wide
committees.
Informational Webinars
Applicants are invited to attend an informational webinar to learn
more about the position, the campus, and the University Library. If
interested, please register using the links provided:
Information Session @ Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 9-10AM
PST:
(https://ucsd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_onBV0LOlTTSmI_AU8rZ_4A)
Information Session @ Friday, November 17, 2023 at 12:30-1:30PM
PST:
(https://ucsd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZBIke4tiQpeV386Z8Vm7tw)
The attendee list will be hidden to ensure confidentiality.
Attendance is not required to apply or be considered for this
position. Live captioning will be provided via Zoom Live
Transcript. Inquiries and nominations may be directed to Aislinn
Sotelo, Director of Metadata Services (asotelo@ucsd.edu).
About The Library - Great Research Starts Here
The UC San Diego Library, one of the nation's top public academic
libraries, plays a critical role in advancing and supporting the
university's research, teaching, patient care, and public service
missions. The Library provides the foundation of knowledge needed
to advance cutting-edge discoveries in a wide range of
disciplines--from healthcare and science to public policy and the
arts. The Library provides access to more than 7 million items,
including digital and print volumes, journals, and multimedia
materials to meet the knowledge demands of scholars, students, and
members of the public.
The Metadata Services Program (MS) connects our community to
intellectual and creative content by analyzing, describing and
organizing resources in ways that promote discovery. We create and
manage metadata for tangible resources and digital objects, with
special attention to materials unique to UC San Diego, its
interests, and its context. We provide services in four core areas:
metadata services (for both digital and tangible objects), database
management, maintenance, and synchronization, and system-wide
collection services. MS routinely collaborates with several
programs in the Library including the Research Data Curation,
Scholarship Tools & Methods, Special Collections & Archives,
Collection Development & Management and Content Acquisitions &
Resource Sharing, as well as across the UC Libraries. We value
innovation and collaboration and routinely contribute to
large-scale national initiatives such as the Program for
Cooperative Cataloging (PCC), and Linked Data for Production
(LD4P). The UC San Diego Library was one of the pioneers in
developing a linked data based DAMS and MS continues our linked
data efforts by utilizing and exploring VIAF, FAST, LCNAF, LCSH,
Wikidata, ISNI and Geonames. The Music and Media Metadata Unit
provides access to digital and tangible materials in audio, moving
image and notated music formats, and focuses on the specialized
requirements of these materials.
Librarians at UC San Diego are academic appointees and entitled to
appropriate professional leave and all other perquisites granted to
non-faculty academic personnel. UC San Diego offers flexible work
options such as flextime or compressed workweeks, and worksite
flexibility. This position will start with a hybrid schedule with a
combination of onsite and remote work. UC San Diego Librarians are
expected to participate in library-wide and system-wide planning
and governance and to be professionally active. To foster the best
possible working and learning environment, all library staff at UC
San Diego strive to cultivate a rich and diverse academic
environment, inclusive of students, faculty, and staff of varying
social, economic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and those with
disabilities. For more information, please review the UC San Diego
Principles of Community. We also encourage the opportunity to build
a network of peers that share your similar passions and interests
through the UCSD Staff Associations network.
About the University
With a current enrollment of more than 30,000 students, UC San
Diego is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through
excellence in education and research at the undergraduate,
graduate, professional school and postdoctoral levels. The campus
is committed to community engagement, public service and industry
partnerships in order to advance the health and well-being of our
region, state, nation and the world.
The University of California, San Diego is recognized as one of the
top 10 public universities by U.S. News and World Report and has
consistently been ranked as the top college in the nation by
Washington Monthly in terms of its public contributions to the
nation. UC San Diego attracts $1 billion annually in research
funding and is among the top ten universities in the nation in
terms of its federal research funding.
Department: https://library.ucsd.edu/
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
* MLS/MLIS or equivalent advanced degree. Other appropriate degree
and equivalent experience in one or more fields related to library
services may be substituted.
* Demonstrated strong experience cataloging original, copy, and
batch processing of physical and electronic audio, moving image and
notated music using Resource Description & Access (RDA), Library of
Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), LC Classification, and MARC-21
format and familiarity working with non-MARC metadata formats.
* Ability to read notated music and knowledge of the special
features of notated music, media, and electronic resources.
* Demonstrated experience successfully managing staff and providing
collaborative or inclusive leadership with peers and direct
reports.
* Demonstrated strong intercultural competency and overall ability
to communicate and collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders
both online and in-person, in one-on-one, small group, and large
group settings.
* Demonstrated effectiveness in synthesizing a variety of
perspectives in order to identify viable approaches and build
consensus among stakeholders.
* Demonstrated awareness of national and international trends in
bibliographic and authority control.
* Demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills.
* Demonstrated effectiveness in prioritizing multiple concurrent
projects in order to meet deadlines in a timely manner.
* Demonstrated knowledge of current metadata standards, trends and
issues in academic libraries.
* Demonstrated experience advocating for the diverse metadata needs
of stakeholders and long term strategic goals.
* Evidence of contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion in
higher education and libraries and thrives in a collaborative,
dynamic and culturally diverse environment.
* Demonstrated commitment and enthusiasm for learning new skills in
support of program and library goals.
Preferred qualifications
* Undergraduate or advanced degree in music.
* Demonstrated experience cataloging/creating metadata for digital
collection repositories.
* Demonstrated experience working in an academic research
library.
* Demonstrated experience with (meta)data wrangling using scripting
languages and/or tools such as OpenRefine, MarcEdit, spreadsheets,
etc.
Application Requirements
Document requirements
Reference requirements
Apply link:
https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03835
Help contact: ecampillo@ucsd.edu
About UC San Diego
The University of California, San Diego is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive
excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age,
covered veteran status, or other protected categories covered by
the UC nondiscrimination policy.
For the University of California's Affirmative Action Policy please
visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM-20.
For the University of California's Anti-Discrimination Policy,
please visit:
https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.
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applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining
agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or
local government directives may impose additional requirements.
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Job location
La Jolla, CA
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