Metadata Librarian (Biomedical, Scientific, and Digital Collections)

Computercraft Corporation•Bethesda, MD

43d•Onsite

About The Position

The Metadata Librarian will develop, implement, and optimize metadata standards supporting biomedical, scientific, and digital collections. This role advances discovery, access, interoperability, and data quality across complex library and information resources. The Metadata Librarian will provide technical leadership in metadata, cataloging, preservation, reference, and information research. This role will collaborate with librarians, researchers, technical staff, and subject matter experts to promote metadata best practices, develop new approaches to complex information problems, and improve the organization, discoverability, and use of specialized information resources. The Metadata Librarian will support standards-based cataloging, metadata enhancement, information retrieval, special projects, and workflow improvements involving complex, critical, or difficult-to-locate biomedical, scientific, historical, and digital materials.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and optimize metadata standards for biomedical, scientific, historical, digital, and specialized library collections.
Promote metadata best practices that improve discovery, access, interoperability, preservation, and data quality.
Apply metadata and cataloging standards such as BIBFRAME, RDF, Dublin Core, MARC, RDA, authority control standards, and related frameworks.
Establish, refine, and consistently apply cataloging criteria, metadata approaches, classification practices, indexing strategies, and preservation methods.
Analyze metadata workflows, standards, and practices to identify opportunities for improvement and strengthen library operations.
Perform specialized and authoritative cataloging, classification, and information control for complex, critical, rare, obscure, or specialized materials.
Support locating, selecting, controlling, preserving, and providing access to biomedical, scientific, historical, rare, digital, and other specialized information resources.
Develop new approaches, methods, policies, procedures, products, services, and programs to resolve complex information problems and improve resource discovery.
Serve as an expert in reference and information research, including support for researchers working in advanced scientific, biomedical, historical, or emerging fields.
Search, interpret, evaluate, and organize information from specialized databases, full-text resources, technical reports, legislative histories, journal literature, historical materials, and other authoritative sources to support client and stakeholder research needs.