Metadata and Cataloging Specialist - The Donohue Group, Inc. (DGI).
Immediate opening in our Windsor, CT office. Part- and full-time will
be considered. Flexible schedule, with option to work remotely for some
portion of hours. The Metadata and Cataloging Specialist will work with
professional and paraprofessional catalogers in a cooperative team
environment to provide metadata and cataloging services to a wide
variety of library and vendor clients, including academic, public,
school and special libraries, as well as the publishing industry.
Responsibilities: Prepare cataloging/metadata for both
physical and digital library materials. Apply international standards
including, but not limited to, RDA, LC classification, LCSH. Integrate
library and publisher metadata. Aggregate, normalize and clean up
metadata. Transform metadata between formats (MARC, XML, etc.). Manage
customized client file management and delivery. Contribute to company
efforts to streamline workflows and processes for optimal client
satisfaction. Respond to both internal (DGI) and external (client)
obligations. Undertake special projects as assigned.
Required qualifications: Bachelor’s degree and/or 1-3
years’ related experience in the library metadata/cataloging field.
Cataloging experience (RDA, AACR2, LC, DDC, MARC21 formats, LCSH, OCLC).
Fluency in MARC and non-MARC metadata creation/editing/transformation.
Experience with tools used to create, extract, transform, analyze and/or
quality control metadata: MarcEdit, OpenRefine, scripting languages,
regular expressions, SQL, XSLT, ONIX, KBART, etc. Proficiency in
Microsoft Office and Microsoft Excel (advanced features). Working
knowledge of basic HTML and XML. Exceptional communication skills.
Ability to think logically, work accurately and maintain focus in a
deadline-oriented production environment. Ability to work both
independently and as part of a team. Ability/willingness to work at
client-site projects.
Preferred experience/background: Strong customer
service and project management experience. Demonstrated history of
providing innovative and creative solutions to workflow processes and
metadata management problems.
Compensation: Starting at $26.00/hour (up to 37.5 hour
work week). This position includes an excellent benefits package (for
30+ hours/week) and 401(k) plan. Email cover letter and resume to Ms.
Colleen Collins, Business Office Assistant, The Donohue Group, Inc. at dgijobs@dgiinc.com.
