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Best wishes

Ed

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Date:         Fri, 9 Nov 2007 10:26:58 +0100
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From:         Julie Verleyen <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Job: Interoperability Manager position for European Digital
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Interoperability Manager European Digital Library

Do you like metadata? Can you talk intelligently about semantic interoperability? Have you experience in developing metadata schemas? Do you have ideas on how to make museums, archives and libraries interoperable? Then we need you to help us create the European Digital Library and give the world access to the cultural heritage of Europe. 

The European Library, hosted by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in its Research and Development Department, has received funding from the European Union to undertake a project to develop the European Digital Library. 

You will have an understanding of the current and future metadata and semantic web interoperability issues across cultural sectors in Europe. You are likely to have had had previous experience in metadata registries, collection descriptions and the semantic web. You will have run projects aimed at standardising metadata. Your task will be to work with people across the cultural heritage domains to solve issues of interoperability. You will also be responsible for the collection and service descriptions, metadata registry their working groups within The European Library itself. You will be able to create functional specifications of user and stakeholder requirements and want to work in an international setting. The job will involve some European travel. 

Profile:

*	Degree level
*	Prince II methodology
*	Results oriented and good lateral thinker
*	Broad knowledge of metadata for libraries, museums or archives
*	Able to represent the issues at all levels of meetings.

Competencies:

*	Initiative taker
*	Analytical
*	Facilitator
*	Logical
*	High level of written and spoken English

Our Offer: 

A 24 month, 32 hours per week contract based at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague, The Netherlands. According to the CAO – onderzoekinstellingen <http://www.wvoi.nl/default.asp?cid=86&pid=76>  the salary scale indicated for this job is 10. In addition you will be entitled to 42 days holiday per year plus holiday pay and an annual bonus of 8 and 5.4% respectively. 

Interested? For questions about the job please call or email Julie Verleyen +31 (0)70 314 0953 [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>  

Position to be filled as soon as possible.

 

See job advert on The European Library website: http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/organisation/footer/jobscareers_en.html#interoperability_manager 

 

With best regards,

Julie Verleyen

 

 

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Julie Verleyen

Technical Team Manager
Best wishes

 

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