Assistant Manager, Metadata Services
The New York Public Library Job Location: New York Apply By: Open until filled Date Created: 12-22-2020
- Oversee MSU staff in day-to-day metadata production, remediation, and liaison work
- Supervise employee productivity and work quality and provide constructive feedback and coaching to improve individual performance and operational efficiencies
- Assist the manager in organizing, planning, and implementing strategic initiatives and special projects
- Create, remediate, and enhance metadata for the Library’s digital collections
- Liaise with metadata creators across NYPL divisions to support metadata project planning, guidance on standards, and the efficient creation/maintenance of high-quality metadata
- Coordinate and lead training for metadata management and production tools
- Contribute to local metadata policies, procedures, and standards as well as technical requirements for NYPL’s Metadata Management System, digital repository, and other tools
- Field, troubleshoot, and escalate software bugs to the Manager. Contribute to new feature development for tools including NYPL’s Metadata Management System
- Keep up with current standards, trends, and technologies in the field through participation in cross-institutional working groups, conferences, and other professional development activities
- Additional responsibilities and duties as assigned
- ALA-accredited Master’s degree in Library and Information Science or equivalent relevant experience working with library and archival metadata
- 4-5 years professional experience, with minimum 3 years’ supervisory experience of professional staff
- Exceptional interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, including the ability to offer guidance and constructive feedback for individual and team growth
- Demonstrated experience supervising professional staff and workflows, with strong aptitude for project management and coordination
- Ability to work well both collaboratively and independently on complex projects involving diverse stakeholders and competing deadlines, using informed judgment and clear communication strategies to successfully complete tasks
- Demonstrated experience with building positive and productive interdepartmental and/or interdisciplinary relationships
- Proven organizational, analytical, and independent problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage a large volume of work while maintaining a consistently high degree of accuracy.
- Comfort with rapidly synthesizing new information and workflows
- Working knowledge of information and technology concepts including metadata (e.g., MODS, METS, EAD, MARC, RDF, Dublin Core, etc.), data formats (JSON, XML, etc.), programming (Python, RegEx, CLI, etc.) interoperable digital asset frameworks (IIIF), distributed version control (Git/GitHub), indexing (Solr) and data access via APIs
- Working knowledge of scripting and querying languages such as Python, SQL, Bash, R, etc. to extract, analyze, or manipulate metadata with strong interest in strengthening skills through professional development
- Familiarity with Linked Data concepts and technologies
- Experience working in research libraries, museums, archives, or other collecting institutions
- Experience interpreting and applying descriptive content standards (such as RDA, DACS, CCO, etc.) in a non-MARC metadata environment
- Experience or knowledge of project management strategies and tools
- Be Helpful to patrons and colleagues
- Be Resourceful in solving problems
- Be Curious in all aspects of your work
- Limited physical effort is required
- May require travel within NYC