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Electronic & Continuing Resources Catalog Librarian

For the full description, please visit: https://www.usfjobs.com/postings/9597

The University of San Francisco Gleeson Library | Geschke Center seeks an engaged, creative, and forward-thinking information professional with excellent technical and communication skills to join the catalog department. Under the direction of the Head of Cataloging and Metadata Management, the Electronic & Continuing Resources Catalog Librarian will work collaboratively with colleagues in the Cataloging, Acquisitions, Library Systems, and Reference departments to support seamless access to library resources within a dynamic discovery environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Creates, analyzes, enriches, and maintains catalog records for the electronic and continuing resources according to national cataloging standards.

• Reviews, manipulates, and revises batches of vendor supplied records to ensure that electronic resources are rapidly and adequately described in the library catalog.

• Revises continuing resource records due to changes in format, title, and/or holdings.

• Tracks data loads and evaluates electronic and continuing resources cataloging workflows. 

• Develops and documents policy and practice for local electronic and continuing resources cataloging. 

• Develops and implements appropriate authority control measures for electronic resource records in conjunction with vendor supplied services and catalog department colleagues. 

• Provides input and cataloging expertise in the implementation of the library’s ERM software. 

• Creates and enhances original and complex cataloging of resources in all formats and languages including continuing and integrating resources.

Minimum requirements: ALA accredited MLIS or MLS degree; at least two year’s full-time experience (or the equivalent) in an academic library cataloging department; experience with an integrated library system (preferably Innovative Interfaces), electronic resource management software, and library resource discovery systems; experience applying standards such as RDA, MARC21, AACR2, and LCC/LCSH; familiarity with LC policy statements such as LC-PCC PSs and provider-neutral guidelines; experience using OCLC Connexion, MarcEdit, spreadsheets and other tools for analyzing and manipulating data. Must be highly service-oriented, and able to collaborate positively with faculty, colleagues, administrators, and information technologists.

Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled. For complete description and qualifications, and to apply, go to https://www.usfjobs.com/postings/9597