[Sigia-l] Taxonomy job opportunity - Illinois

[Richard Hill]

[Reposted for leslie.owens at abbott.com because of formatting problems.
Please do not reply to me.  Dick Hill]

Job Title: Information Scientist - Taxonomy 
Location: Abbott Laboratories, Lake County, Illinois 
Full time 

As part of Library Information Resources, the incumbent will analyze and
develop plans, vision and strategy for creation and leveraging of
descriptive, administrative, and structural metadata in support of the
functional requirements of an expanding enterprise-level taxonomy program,
focusing on enhanced information retrieval from external and internal Web
sites and internal data repositories. Composes data dictionaries and input
standards, and consults on database design issues. Makes recommendations
regarding integration of thesauri into broader information architectures
(e.g. how to leverage thesauri to enhance searching and browsing
functionality). Takes a leadership role in the advocacy and development of a
corporate taxonomy system. Works with LIR and interdepartmental project
teams to improve access to information resources. Provides outreach to other
departments on the subject of the utility and implementation of controlled
vocabularies ! and metadata as a means of enhancing discovery and retrieval
of information. Provides indexing training to staff. Works with LIR and
other departments in planning for mapping of metadata supplied with, or
available for, both internal and external collections, to establish
vocabulary compatibility or convertibility, enhancements, and integration of
metadata needed to support, search, and display data on internal systems.
Aids in the evaluation and selection of appropriate software and other
information technologies relevant to metadata, controlled vocabulary, and
other information access projects. 

For details, please go to http://www.abbott.com/career/job_search.htm, look
for Job Opportunities and search for the posting "22925BR"     

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Leslie Owens
Abbott International
leslie.owens at abbott.com

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Richard Hill
Executive Director
American Society for Information Science and Technology
1320 Fenwick Lane, Silver Spring, MD  20910 
FAX: (301) 495-0810
Voice: (301) 495-0900
www.asis.org