SUNCAT Senior Library Assistant - Job description
Edinburgh University Library /EDINA
Main Library Building, George Square, Edinburgh.
Background
EDINA (http://www.edina.ac.uk/) is leading a two-year, £700k project with
ExLibris and Edinburgh University Library (EUL) to set-up and deliver
SUNCAT, the national union catalogue of serials data for the UK. It will
help researchers, librarians, and students to locate journals held in
libraries throughout the UK. It will also assist libraries to upgrade the
records in their local catalogues. The first phase of the project
(2003-2004) will take the serials information from a group of 22 libraries
and make it available in SUNCAT. During Phase 2 (2005-2006), the number
of libraries contributing to SUNCAT will be extended to 200. SUNCAT will
be built using the ExLibris Aleph 500 system.
Job purpose
To assist the SUNCAT Project Officers to check and report on data
manipulation, matching of data in SUNCAT and other tasks in the
Bibliographic workpackage. To assist the SUNCAT Project Officers to load
data into SUNCAT. This will involve working with the Project Officers and
cataloguing staff in the 22 SUNCAT contributing libraries to describe the
data in contributed catalogues and to specify how the data should be
converted and fixed on load. Thereafter, the Senior Library Assistant
will work with the Project Officers to check the output of the load
process and resolve issues arising from data conversion and matching of
records. The Senior Library Assistant will also be involved in checking
indexes and functionality of the developing system.
Salary Scale & Grade:
Salary scale: £15,603-£18,015 p.a. Grade: CN4
This is a fixed-term post tenable until 31 December 2004 in the first
instance.
Application Procedure and further details:
Please follow the on-line application procedure at www.jobs.ed.ac.uk,
quoting reference no: 3001997. Closing date is 16th June 2004
For more information about this post contact Leah Halliday, SUNCAT
Project Manager ([log in to unmask], 0131-650-4616).
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EDINA URL: http://edina.ac.uk
Edinburgh University Data Library Tel: 0131 650 3302
Main Library Building, George Square Fax: 0131 650 3308
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Email: [log in to unmask]
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