Biomedical Metadata Specialist (Library & Digital Collections)

• Develop, implement, and optimize metadata standards for biomedical, scientific, historical, digital, and specialized library collections.
• Promote metadata best practices that improve discovery, access, interoperability, preservation, and data quality.
• Apply metadata and cataloging standards such as BIBFRAME, RDF, Dublin Core, MARC, RDA, authority control standards, and related frameworks.
• Establish, refine, and consistently apply cataloging criteria, metadata approaches, classification practices, indexing strategies, and preservation methods.
• Analyze metadata workflows, standards, and practices to identify opportunities for improvement and strengthen library operations.
• Perform specialized and authoritative cataloging, classification, and information control for complex, critical, rare, obscure, or specialized materials.
• Support locating, selecting, controlling, preserving, and providing access to biomedical, scientific, historical, rare, digital, and other specialized information resources.
• Develop new approaches, methods, policies, procedures, products, services, and programs to resolve complex information problems and improve resource discovery.
• Serve as an expert in reference and information research, including support for researchers working in advanced scientific, biomedical, historical, or emerging fields.
• Search, interpret, evaluate, and organize information from specialized databases, full-text resources, technical reports, legislative histories, journal literature, historical materials, and other authoritative sources to support client and stakeholder research needs.

• Graduate-level education in library science, or equivalent education, training, and experience demonstrating knowledge of professional librarianship, literature resources, and effective library and information services
• Experience supporting the locating, cataloging, classifying, selecting, controlling, preserving, and accessing of library content
• Experience developing, implementing, or optimizing metadata standards for biomedical, scientific, digital, historical, or specialized collections
• Experience performing specialized cataloging, classification, authority control, preservation, reference, or information research activities
• Experience using specialized databases, full-text resources, technical reports, journal literature, historical materials, or other complex information sources

• Experience with metadata standards such as BIBFRAME, RDF, Dublin Core, MARC, RDA, and related cataloging or data frameworks
• Experience with biomedical, scientific, historical, rare, digital, or specialized collections
• Experience supporting discovery, access, interoperability, data quality, preservation, or information control in a complex library environment
• Strong attention to detail, customer service orientation, reasoning, self-management, teamwork, and interpersonal communication skills

Computercraft offers an excellent benefits package that includes health, dental, vision, and disability and life insurance; a 401(k) plan with matching; paid leave starting at 128 hours/year for the first 3 years of employment; and 11 paid holidays. We also offer the opportunity for a positive work–life balance with a standard 40-hour work week and the chance to work alongside a team of highly accomplished professionals.

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