[Pasig-discuss] Digital Metadata Cataloguer positon at Trinity College Dublin

[Timothy Keefe]

Hello Everyone
The Digital Resources and Imaging Services unit at the Trinity College Library Dublin has a new opening for a Digital Metadata Cataloguer.
This position will support the university’s library digitisation activities through cataloguing for the Digital Collections Repository.
The full job specification and required application process is available at https://jobs.tcd.ie

A brief overview of the position is posted below, please feel free to pass this along to any interested colleagues



Post Summary

Applications are invited for the post of Metadata Cataloguer - Digital Resources & Imaging Services (DRIS) at the Trinity College Library Dublin. The person appointed will join the Digital Resources & Imaging Services team and be responsible for all activities relating to the creation of metadata for the output of DRIS (original and complex copy) and its input into all associated repositories (internal and external) with a primary focus on the Trinity College Library Digital Collections Repository (http://digitalcollections.tcd.ie). Metadata creation will occur to a variety of standards including but not limited to Dublin Core and MOD. The candidate will support the introduction of additional standards and best practices as defined by internal and external collaborative projects, international best practices, and departmental requirements.
Candidates should have a postgraduate qualification in Librarianship or Information Studies or Archival Studies and expertise in international standards for bibliographic description and authority control. He/she will have an excellent knowledge of such topics as digital metadata schema, metadata interoperability and the emerging RDA standard. This person will be comfortable initiating independent research to create original and complex copy metadata, and for the verification of copyright status when necessary. The post will be a full-time temporary appointment until 9th April 2017.


Thank you and have a wonderful holiday weekend,
Tim Keefe

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Tim Keefe
Head of Digital Resources & Imaging Services
Trinity College Dublin
College Street
Dublin 2, Ireland

W: +353 1 896 2888
M: +353 87 2199773
keefet at tcd.ie<mailto:keefet at tcd.ie>


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