POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Catalog & Metadata Librarian (Search Reopened) - St. Olaf College Libraries

[Sarah Johnston <johnsts at stolaf dot edu>]

Catalog & Metadata Librarian

Full-time (1.0 FTE)

The St. Olaf Libraries seek an enthusiastic, resourceful, and collegial 
individual to coordinate the work of our cataloging department, to lead 
us in implemeting some aspects of our new strategic plan, and to work 
with all departments in the library and with constituencies across 
campus to provide quick and relable access to quality information about 
a wide range or material in multiple genres, languages, and formats.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Performs original and complex copy cataloging for a wide range of 
formats, emphasizing monographs, media, and online resources. Employs 
traditional cataloging principles and practices in description, 
classification, subject analysis, and authority control, as well as 
emerging metadata schemas used to make electronic and other resources 
accessible.

2. Serves as coordinator of the cataloging department. Convenes 
departmental meetings. Stays abreast of new developments relevant to the 
department’s work, and keeps such developments at the forefront of the 
department’s priorities and vision. Coordinates and facilitates workflow 
and decision-making within and between departments.

3. Working closely with the Systems Librarian, plans and organizes 
efforts to digitize material for the purposes of preservation, 
searching, wider dissemination, and ease of access.

4. Works collaboratively with all staff in technical services 
(acquisitions, serials, cataloging, and government documents) as well as 
with other segments of the library, campus, and Carleton College on 
information organization & access needs.

5. Devotes 5 hours/wk. to cataloging at the Kierkegaard Library (an 
independent library that resides on campus and shares our catalog). 
Serves as liaison between the St. Olaf and Kierkegaard Libraries.

6. Devotes a few hours per month to cataloging material from the 
Norwegian American Historical Association that resides in Rølvaag Library.

Complete Job Description: http://www.stolaf.edu/services/hr/jobs/index.html

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION: B.A. in a field of the liberal arts. M.L.S. or M.A./M.S. in 
Library Science, accredited by the A.L.A. or equivalent foreign agency. 
Reading knowledge of at least one foreign language.

EXPERIENCE: Five years of increasingly responsible experience in 
cataloging and the technological aspects of librarianship. Success 
guiding teams and implementing new initiatives. Management experience.

PAY RATE: Minimum $45,280 – DOQ (Grade 13)

START DATE: Fall 2005

Strategic Plan: http://www.stolaf.edu/library/libinfo/policy/index.html

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Sarah Johnston
Reference/Systems Librarian
Rolvaag Library, Room 303
1510 St. Olaf Avenue
Northfield, MN 55057

507.646.3771
johnsts at stolaf dot edu