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About the Role
New York Institute of Technology’s Old Westbury campus seeks a Catalog & Metadata Librarian responsible for the creation, maintenance, and quality control of bibliographic records and metadata for library resources. This role ensures accurate description, organization, discoverability, and accessibility of print, electronic, and digital resources through various library systems.
Responsibilities
- Provide original and copy catalog services for monographs, serials, electronic resources, theses, tech items, video and other library materials using current national and international cataloging standards.
- Create accurate, standards-based bibliographic records that improve the discovery, identification, organization, and accessibility of information resources.
- Apply appropriate classification, subject headings, descriptive metadata, and access points to support resource discovery.
- Conduct ongoing database maintenance, including identifying and correcting duplicate, incomplete, inaccurate, or inconsistent bibliographic records.
- Manage and maintain catalog records for electronic resources and other online materials, ensuring accurate links and access information.
- Work with acquisitions and electronic resources staff to ensure that newly acquired materials are accurately represented and discoverable in the library catalog and discovery system.
- Troubleshoot cataloging and metadata-related problems and respond to questions from library staff regarding bibliographic records and resource discovery.
- Provide support for the institutional repository.
- Participate in university and library committees, professional development activities, and institutional initiatives as assigned.
- Perform other duties related to library technical services and resource discovery as assigned.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Library Information Science from an ALA accredited institution.
- 1-3 years of relevant academic library experience.
- Knowledge of current cataloging and metadata standards and practices.
- Demonstrated knowledge of MARC21, RDA, Library of Congress Classification, and Library of Congress Subject Headings.
- Experience with an integrated library system and library discovery platform.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy while managing multiple priorities.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with colleagues across the library.
Skills
- MARC21
- RDA
- Library of Congress Classification
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Integrated library system
- Library discovery platform
- OCLC
- WorldCat
Location
- Old Westbury, New York
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 1-3 years
Education Level
- Master's degree in Library Information Science
Salary/Compensations
- USD $70,000.00/Yr. - USD $75,000.00/Yr.
Benefits
- Generous paid time off
- Holidays
- Tuition remission
- Retirement plans with employer contributions
About the Company
- New York Institute of Technology's six schools and colleges offer undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and professional degree programs in in-demand disciplines including computer science, data science, and cybersecurity; biology, health professions, and medicine; architecture and design; engineering; IT and digital technologies; management; and energy and sustainability.
- A nonprofit, independent, private, and nonsectarian institution of higher education founded in 1955, it welcomes nearly 8,000 students worldwide.
- The university has campuses in New York City and Long Island, New York; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as programs around the world.
- More than 120,000 alumni are part of an engaged network of physicians, architects, scientists, engineers, business leaders, digital artists, and healthcare professionals.
- Together, the university’s community of doers, makers, healers, and innovators empowers graduates to change the world, solve 21st-century challenges, and reinvent the future.
- For more information, visit nyit.edu.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.