[Web4lib] Opportunity for Senior Metadata Librarian (Boston Area)

[Paula Maloney]

Please excuse any cross-posting, thank you.


Senior Metadata Librarian -- Boston Area

Our client located North of Boston is seeking a Senior Metadata
Librarian.

The Sr. Metadata Librarian to be responsible for the analysis,
specification, testing and maintenance of applications and processes
involving our client's bibliographic and rights metadata, assuring
conformity to company policies, procedures and standards. 

The Sr. Metadata Librarian will provide consultation on complex projects
and is considered to be a top level contributor/specialist from the Data
Systems & Services team. 

In addition, the Sr. Metadata Librarian will serve as liaison between
Data Systems & Services, and other internal business units and the IT
Application Development team, to provide technical solutions that meet
user needs.

Qualifications

Required: 
Bachelor's degree, and ALA-accredited MLS or ALA-recognized foreign
equivalent or equivalent direct library or information center
experience, or related advanced degree in Information Systems; 5 or more
years experience working in an academic or business environment in a
position with direct involvement with large, highly-structured,
bibliographic database systems and applications, including library
metadata and standards; experience in the analysis, design, management,
provision, and support of customer-facing technical and service-based
products and solutions; project management experience; demonstrated
leadership and management skills; strong service orientation and
commitment to the profession; and collegial, team-focused, strategic
orientation and collaborative attitude.

Preferred: 
Prior experience and/or training as a Business Analyst; experience with
cataloging operations, including original cataloging; use of AACR2, LCC,
MARC21, OCLC, and with an integrated library system; working experience
with cataloging non-book materials; experience with a variety of other
(non-bibliographic) database environments and systems; working knowledge
of tools for analyzing, summarizing, and reporting on bibliographic and
other data.

Skills & Abilities
*	Strong cognitive skills, including analysis, problem solving and
decision making 
*	Meticulous attention to detail and quality of data 
*	Proven ability to take charge of and lead project
meetings/discussions 
*	Experience in modeling complex flows (work, process and data)
along 	with extensive system design experience 
*	Excellent leadership skills and extensive experience interacting
with 	business users and stake holders (including
interrogation/interviewing 	techniques) 
*	Demonstrated ability in testing and documentation techniques,
excellent planning and organizational skills, excellent oral and
written communications skills 
*	Ability to work within changing priorities, while paying acute
attention to detail 
*	Flexible self-starter who is comfortable working with minimal
supervision 
*	Ability to work effectively on/with cross-functional teams 
*	Ability to interface successfully with various organizations and
levels of management, in a professional manner

Please send word formatted resumes to:  Margaret.Shue at InfoCurrent.com





Paula Maloney
InfoCurrent
Information Management Staffing
225 Franklin Street Suite 1760
Boston, MA 02109
617-292-7116 phone
617-292-7112 fax
paula.maloney at infocurrent.com
            Visit us at www.infocurrent.com

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