Metadata Librarian (Biomedical, Scientific, and Digital Collections)
On-siteBethesda, Maryland, United States
Job Summary
Develop, implement, and optimize metadata standards for biomedical, scientific, historical, and digital collections to advance discovery, access, interoperability, and data quality. Promote metadata best practices by applying standards such as BIBFRAME, RDF, Dublin Core, MARC, and RDA while establishing cataloging criteria, classification practices, and preservation methods. Analyze workflows to identify improvement opportunities and perform specialized cataloging, authority control, and reference research for complex materials. Support locating, selecting, and providing access to specialized information resources while developing new approaches to resolve complex information problems.
Required Qualifications
- Graduate-level education in library science, or equivalent education, training, and experience demonstrating knowledge of professional librarianship, literature resources, and effective library and information services
- Experience supporting the locating, cataloging, classifying, selecting, controlling, preserving, and accessing of library content
- Experience developing, implementing, or optimizing metadata standards for biomedical, scientific, digital, historical, or specialized collections
- Experience performing specialized cataloging, classification, authority control, preservation, reference, or information research activities
- Experience using specialized databases, full-text resources, technical reports, journal literature, historical materials, or other complex information sources
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with metadata standards such as BIBFRAME, RDF, Dublin Core, MARC, RDA, and related cataloging or data frameworks
- Experience with biomedical, scientific, historical, rare, digital, or specialized collections
- Experience supporting discovery, access, interoperability, data quality, preservation, or information control in a complex library environment
- Strong attention to detail, customer service orientation, reasoning, self-management, teamwork, and interpersonal communication skills
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