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About the Role

The Digital Initiatives Librarian is responsible for the creation, ingest, management, and preservation of the Georgetown Law Library’s digital assets. This position advises and develops local standards and identifies priorities for digitization, handles complex digitization projects, and refines new digitization and ingest workflows.

Responsibilities

• Ensure access to digital collections through the Law Library’s digital repository and help develop workflows for ingest.
• Develop detailed metadata standards and workflows for digital collections.
• Oversee production-level digitization of Law Library materials including developing workflows for staff and students.
• Coordinate and plan digital preservation activities.
• Collaborate with Law Library staff to plan and prioritize digitization projects.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science (or equivalent).
• Five to eight (5-8) years of library experience.
• Experience with digitization best practices and workflows, including the use of large-scale scanning equipment, image editing software, and inventory control procedures.
• Experience with institutional repository systems, including storing, organizing, securing, and sharing digital assets.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent digitization projects.
• Experience using digital imaging and post-processing software, such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Bridge.
• Knowledge of descriptive metadata schemas such as Dublin Core, MARC, MODS, or METS.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to solve technical problems, implement new equipment and software, and apply technical standards for digitization.
• Experience in working with data from an Integrated Library System.
• Experience in an academic library in a university setting.
• Knowledge of digital preservation systems and best practices.

Skills

• Digitization best practices
• Workflow development
• Large-scale scanning equipment operation
• Image editing software
• Inventory control procedures
• Institutional repository systems management
• Digital asset organization
• Digital asset security
• Digital asset sharing
• Project management
• Digital imaging software
• Post-processing software
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Bridge
• Metadata schemas (Dublin Core, MARC, MODS, METS)
• Technical problem-solving
• New equipment and software implementation
• Technical standards application
• Integrated Library System data
• Digital preservation systems

Location

• Washington, D.C.

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 5-8 years of library experience

Education Level

• Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science (or equivalent)

Salary/Compensations

• $54,616.00 - $100,493.33

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Retirement savings
• Tuition assistance
• Work-life balance benefits
• Employee discounts
• Voluntary insurance options

About the Company

• Georgetown University comprises two unique campuses in the nation’s capital. With the Hilltop Campus located in the heart of the historic Georgetown neighborhood, and the Capitol Campus, just minutes from the U.S. Capitol and U.S. Supreme Court, Georgetown University offers rigorous academic programs, a global perspective, and unparalleled opportunities to engage with Washington, D.C. Our community is a close-knit group of remarkable individuals driven by intellectual inquiry, a commitment to social justice, and a shared dedication to making a difference in the world.

Equal Opportunity

• GU is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship, color, disability, family responsibilities, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, matriculation, national origin, race, religion, personal appearance, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.