Caltech Library Services (CLS) seek a forward thinking
manager of
its newly formed Metadata Services group. The Metadata
Services
Manager reports to the Director of Library Information
Technology
and is responsible for the development, implementation, and
maintenance of databases and digital resources. The Manager
will
develop a comprehensive strategy for the acquisition,
description, management, and preservation of digital library
resources, and the acquisition and description of books,
journals, databases, and site licenses.
The Metadata Services Manager will provide leadership in the
analysis, planning, development, and deployment of tools to
search, manipulate, manage, and preserve information. To
this
end, the Metadata Services Manager is expected to
participate in
professional organizations to bring this expertise to the
CLS.
The Metadata Services Manager will work with other CLS
departments and with the CLS user community to evaluate,
adopt,
and implement metadata standards and best practices that
support
the CLS catalog and repositories of texts, images, data, and
audio-visual resources.
CLS is a small and agile organization of about 40 FTE that
has a
proven record of early adoption of new technologies. It
serves a
community of 285 faculty, 300 Researchers, and 2000 students
in
Pasadena, California.
Letter of interest and resume should be submitted to the
Caltech
job application web site at <http://tinyurl.com/37n5
8q>, where a
complete job description is posted. Applications received by
February 26th will receive first consideration. Position
will
remain open until filled.
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George S. Porter
Sherman Fairchild Library of Engineering & Applied
Science
California Institute of Technology
Mail Code 1-43, Pasadena, CA 91125
Telephone (626) 395-3409 Fax (626) 431-2681
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