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Senior Library Expert - Cataloging and Discovery - Metadata Management Specialist

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, US💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-15 → 2026-09-27

Core

Enhances, creates, and remediates MARC metadata to improve discoverability across the Brown University Library's collections and discovery systems.

Role type

Senior IC metadata management specialist (cataloging)

Builds

Library catalog records and discovery system data

Domain

Higher education library services + bibliographic data management

Required skills

MARC 21, RDA, LCSH, XML, CSV, data manipulation tools (MARCEdit, OpenRefine), data automation scripting, bibliographic research

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

MARCEdit, OpenRefine, Oxygen XML Editor

Responsibilities

Create and enhance MARC descriptive metadata at scale; evaluate and integrate vendor-supplied metadata; resolve metadata issues per guidelines; generate analytics reports for cleanup projects; develop data automation routines and scripts; train colleagues on metadata tasks; research bibliographic information resources; write documentation for cataloging workflows.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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