Digital Project Metadata Specialist

Job Description

The Digital Project Metadata Specialist documents and describes library collections for access and discovery via online platforms and repositories, such as Wikibase and VTechWorks. This position entails working with a variety of software and platforms requiring great attention to detail and sound judgment. Duties include, but are not limited to, researching, creating and editing Wikidata entries and creating or editing bibliographic records. This role collaborates with faculty and staff in the Data Services unit and subject specialists across VT Libraries.

Required Qualifications

-Bachelor's degree.
-Demonstrated experience in cataloging or descriptive metadata, such as bibliographic description, MARC or Dublin Core formats, Library of Congress subject headings or other controlled vocabularies.
-Demonstrated knowledge of authority control and its application in library and/or archival collections.
-Demonstrated ...