Metadata Librarian; Continuing Resources

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The Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries invites applications and nominations for the position of Metadata Librarian (Continuing Resources). The Metadata Librarian (Continuing Resources) is responsible for coordinating and performing original and complex copy cataloging, with a focus on continuing resources in print and electronic formats across the collections of the VCU Libraries. The successful candidate will join a culturally and academically diverse faculty of the highest caliber.

Reporting to the Head of Resource Acquisition and Metadata Services, and recognized as a contributing team member of metadata colleagues, the Metadata Librarian (Continuing Resources) coordinates and performs original and complex copy cataloging, with a focus on serial formats and government documents. This position provides oversight for vendor-supplied MARC records, knowledge base records, and contract cataloging of continuing resources. This position uses in-depth, specialized knowledge of metadata standards to catalog library resources and maintain descriptions, including reparative metadata, batch record manipulation with metadata applications, and remediation of current records for improved access.

In addition, the Metadata Librarian (Continuing Resources) is responsible for:

• complex metadata projects, including records remediation of serials collections;
• reparative metadata planning, organizing, and cataloging;
• training and managing student employees and staff in complex projects;
• developing scripts and normalization rules that support efficient data interoperability;
• engaging in regional and national communities of practice, integrating evolving standards.

The successful candidate will join 5 faculty and 6 professional staff as a member of the Resource Acquisition and Metadata Services (RAMS) department. RAMS leads the acquisitions and cataloging of the Libraries collections, the fiscal administration of the Libraries collections budget, the licensing of electronic resources, and the strategic direction and maintenance of metadata in MARC formats across systems. In addition, the successful candidate will work in close collaboration with the Electronic and Continuing Resources (ECR) Department, which is responsible for managing the library’s ongoing subscriptions, ensuring seamless access to print and electronic journals.

The faculty of the Resource Acquisition and Metadata Services department are educators. This position will advance cataloging and metadata education through hands‑on training, intern supervision, and other professional development activities. The Metadata Librarian (Continuing Resources) is supported to be active professionally and to contribute to developments in the field. Faculty with the VCU Libraries are evaluated, and promoted, on the basis of job performance, scholarship, and service.

• ALA-accredited graduate degree or accredited graduate degree in another appropriate discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in complex cataloging and descriptive work with continuing resources that demonstrates problem‑solving, flexibility, judgment, and attention to detail.
• Significant knowledge of and ability to apply the following cataloging practices:
  Resource Description and Access (RDA), the Anglo‑American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2), Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), Library of Congress Classification (LCC), Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms (LCGFT), and MARC
  21 formats for bibliographic, holdings, and authority data.
• Experience cataloging through integrated library systems (Ex Libris Alma preferred) and bibliographic utilities (OCLC Connexion).
• Demonstrated facility manipulating large volumes of MARC‑based and/or catalog data in a timely fashion.
• Demonstrated excellence in working both independently and collaboratively in a changing multi‑departmental environment.
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering an environment of respect, professionalism, and civility with a population of faculty, staff, and students from various backgrounds and…