Assistant Professor & Coordinator of Cataloging and Metadata

University of Dayton, Ohio•Dayton, OH

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Dayton Libraries seeks a Coordinator of Cataloging and Metadata to lead and support cataloging and metadata work, foster collaboration, and advance library discovery and access. This is a 12-month, full-time, 35-hour-per-week, tenure-track faculty position at the rank of assistant professor, with an anticipated start date of February 1, 2027. The position reports to the Director of Collections Strategies and Services. The coordinator manages the development, implementation, and evaluation of MARC and non-MARC metadata workflows supporting discovery and curation of print and digital collections across all divisions of the University Libraries. The role coordinates cataloging and metadata operations, oversees standards and authority control, supervises staff, and provides metadata expertise for digital collections, migrations, remediation, and systems interoperability. The coordinator also serves as a collections liaison, manages the Roesch Library book donation workflow, participates in consortium and library teams, contributes to strategic priorities including inclusive excellence, and conducts and disseminates scholarly research. The Collections Strategies and Services division manages the lifecycle, budget, organization, and accessibility of the University’s digital and print collections, including acquisitions, electronic resource management, cataloging and metadata, discovery tools, and collection assessment. Faculty and staff use platforms such as Alma and Primo for resource management, discovery, and access. The University Libraries include Roesch Library, the Marian Library, and University Archives and Special Collections, and hold over two million print and digital materials. The University of Dayton is a charter member of OhioLINK. The Libraries serve as a hub of campus intellectual and cultural life and support more than 400,000 visits annually. The University is a comprehensive Catholic, Marianist institution with approximately 9,000 students and a stated commitment to inclusive excellence, social justice, and experiential learning. The University offers tuition remission for the employee and immediate family, 22 vacation days, and 17 University holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States full time; the University does not provide work visa sponsorship for this position. The posting closes at 11:55 PM EST on November 9, 2026. Candidates invited to a campus interview will deliver a presentation on a topic specified two weeks in advance.

Requirements

MLS, MLIS, or MSIS from an ALA-accredited institution.
At least one year of successful professional experience in cataloging.
Experience cataloging rare books or special collections materials, including original and complex copy cataloging.
Knowledge of cataloging and classification practices, standards, and schemas such as MARC, RDA, LCSH, and PCC standards, including BIBCO and NACO.
Knowledge of Ex Libris Alma and OCLC Connexion.
Experience with one or more XML-based standards: Dublin Core, EAD, MARCXML, OAI-PMH, VRA Core, METS, or PREMIS.
Excellent written communication skills.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment, with a strong service orientation.
Ability to support the University of Dayton’s commitment to inclusive excellence.
Potential for excellence in librarianship, research, and service.
Currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; work visa sponsorship is not provided.
Submit a cover letter describing how minimum and preferred qualifications are met, a CV, a statement addressing inclusive excellence and its influence on the applicant’s work, contact information for three professional references, and unofficial transcripts scanned into one document for upload.

Nice To Haves

Ability to plan, initiate, and implement projects, workflows, and services.
Supervisory or team leadership experience.
Familiarity with linked data principles and BIBFRAME.
Knowledge of book and book publishing history.
Experience supporting collection development and acquisitions, including evaluating and selecting resources and responding to faculty requests for print and electronic books.
Awareness of critical concerns in the field, including bias in resource description and access practices and ethical implications and potential biases of AI in metadata and cataloging.
Experience fostering inclusive excellence in the workplace, including working with and supporting people from culturally and socially diverse communities.
Effective interpersonal communication skills.
Effective oral communication skills.
Commitment to breadth of education, educating the whole person in the Marianist tradition, and social justice and service to the community, university, and profession.

Responsibilities

Coordinate cataloging and metadata operations across the University Libraries, including creation, transformation, remediation, maintenance, enhanced cataloging, and original cataloging for diverse collections and formats, including rare books.
Oversee cataloging and authority control activities to ensure compliance with local, consortial, and national standards, including RDA, LC-PCC Policy Statements, and PCC guidelines, and contribute to the national authority file through NACO.
Supervise, train, and guide library staff performing cataloging and metadata activities in the division; the current staffing level is 2 FTE.
Apply knowledge of existing and emerging metadata standards, tools, best practices, AI technologies, and interoperability, including Dublin Core, BIBFRAME, and MARCXML.
Coordinate development, implementation, and maintenance of metadata strategies, profiles, standards, and good practices for describing distinctive digital content.
Provide metadata expertise for digital collections projects, system migrations, metadata remediation, and selection of metadata crosswalks between systems and standards.
Serve as a collections liaison to assigned departments and as a member of the liaison team.
Manage the Roesch Library book donation workflow and maintain accurate donation records.
Collaborate with the statewide consortium on cataloging and metadata integration between shared and local systems, authority work, database integrity, and the effect of metadata displays and searching on end users; serve on the OhioLINK Database Improvement and Discoverability Policy Team.
Serve on current and emerging cross-divisional Libraries teams, such as the Digital Stewardship and Sustainability Team and Collections and Scholarly Communications Team, as appropriate.
Contribute to implementation of the Libraries’ and University’s strategic priorities, including inclusive excellence.
Conduct research and disseminate findings through peer-reviewed journals, major national meetings, and other venues.
Serve on library, University, and professional committees.