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Closing date: 6 January 2023
Metadata and Discovery Coordinator
2 x 1.0 FTE vacancies
Salary: Grade 5 (£24,285-27,929 p.a.)
Do you have excellent accuracy and attention to detail? Are you confident working with resources and data in a range of formats? Are you an innovative team player, able to make a positive contribution to metadata and discovery management in this large HE library?
The Metadata and Discovery Team catalogues and ensures the discoverability of a wide range of material for the Library including print monographs, e-resources, subscribed content, research outputs and Special Collections material. Setting and managing access arrangements for e-resources is also the responsibility of the team. The team are involved in projects relating to internal and external initiatives ranging from cooperative cataloguing to developments in library linked data. This role offers the opportunity for involvement in all aspects of the team’s work, with day-to-day responsibility for the cataloguing and classification of material, checking metadata quality, ensuring accuracy across a range of databases, managing access to e-resources and responding to enquiries.
You’ll have experience of MARC21, RDA and AACR2, an understanding of classification principles and be familiar with working with electronic resources. You’ll need strong interpersonal skills to be able to work effectively with the wider team, other Library colleagues, library customers and external bodies, including suppliers. You’ll have a forward-thinking approach and be open to new experiences and challenges in metadata and discovery management.
Please visit our vacancies website at https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/ (vacancy reference: CSLIB1355)
To explore the post further or for any queries you might have, please contact:
Alison Hazelaar, Metadata & Discovery Manager
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