Job Description

The Librarian for Metadata Operations and Services serves a critical role in providing the ASU community with seamless access to the Library’s extensive collection of print and digital resources. Reporting to the Unit Head for Acquisitions and Metadata Services, the Librarian, Metadata Operations and Services provides strategic direction and supervision to a team of metadata staff and is responsible for hiring, training, and evaluating team members. Working collaboratively with Library colleagues and community partners, this position leads and coordinates initiatives to optimize resource discovery by fostering workflow innovation and implementing recognized and emerging metadata standards. The position also directs and manages the unit’s authority control activities and the Library’s participation in national cooperative programs.

The ASU Library is a center of energy, imagination, and innovation, with nine library facilities across four ASU campus locations. We provide students and faculty access to millions of information resources, world-class collections, outstanding study spaces, advanced data centers, and a suite of maker spaces and creative services. ASU Library strongly supports student success and is a critical partner in realizing the New American University’s mission of access, excellence, and impact. Success at ASU is measured not by whom we exclude but rather by whom we include and how they succeed.

Essential Functions

• Provides strategic direction for resource description activities across formats and platforms and assesses the application of technology to enhance discovery and foster efficient, innovative workflows.
• Provides leadership, mentoring and supervision to Metadata staff. Evaluates staff performance and supports professional development and training initiatives.
• Plans, implements, and coordinates metadata projects to support current and future discoverability objectives. Gathers and analyzes data with the goal of enhancing metadata design and supporting retrieval and discovery.
• Creates and manages metadata for all formats using Resource Description and Access, MARC, non-MARC and emerging standards. Coordinates metadata enhancement, normalization, and transformation projects.
• Cultivates library-wide collaborations by engaging colleagues to inform and support metadata services work. Effectively manages inclusive user expectations while maintaining positive and productive relationships.
• Provides direction and goal setting for the Library’s authority control activities. Evaluates vendor services in relation to local requirements and performs authority-related maintenance in the library catalog.
• Serves as the ASU Library’s Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) liaison and reviews and revises submissions to the PCC’s name and subject authority components.
• Participates in the creation, development, and implementation of unit and team policies and procedures; helps set unit/team goals and priorities within the framework of the ASU Library goals and priorities, and assists in the creation, development, and maintenance of tools and resources used by Acquisitions and Metadata staff.
• Performs and/or manages other responsibilities as assigned.
• Participates in professional contribution and service activities.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in library and/or information science from an American Library Association-accredited program
• Cataloging and metadata experience in a library environment
• Experience and proficiency with recognized metadata standards (RDA, MARC, LCSH)
• Supervisory experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in an academic or research library
• Experience with developing and documenting metadata policies, procedures and/or workflows
• Experience with emerging metadata models and standards such as BIBFRAME, non-MARC schema, etc.
• Experience with metadata remediation, maintenance, normalization, and/or interoperability initiatives
• Experience with integrated library systems, bibliographic utilities, and library vendor services
• Experience with authority control and PCC standards and practices
• Strong project management skills and attention to detail
• Experience with and/or interest in utilizing technology and artificial intelligence for metadata or discovery initiatives
• Experience working collaboratively with staff, administrators, and other stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills
• Experience with adapting to change and demonstrating creativity and initiative

Salary and Rank: This is a continuing appointment track Academic Professional position; Assistant/Associate Librarian rank and salary dependent on experience.

Application Instructions

This is a paperless search; only electronic materials will be accepted. To apply, please submit electronically to https://apply.interfolio.com/188780 the following: A cover letter, comprehensive vita or resume, and names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of 3 recent professional references. No paper applications, faxes or emails will be accepted.

The applicant’s last name should appear in each uploaded file name. Questions about the position should be directed to the search committee chair at: Daniel.Jergovic@asu.edu. Application deadline is September 3, 2026. Applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis for a reserve pool. Applications in the reserve pool may then be reviewed in the order in which they were received until the position is filled.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

A background check is required for employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

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