https://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/7144

Posting Details

Position Number:        00870143
Official Title:         SR ACAD LIBRARIAN
Working Title:  Digital Collections Coordinator
Position Type:  Non-Teaching Academic Staff
Department:     B500100 GENERAL
Description of School/College/Dept/Program:

The Libraries are part of Wisconsin’s largest urban university and take
pride in serving not only our students and staff, but all of the
community. We are user-focused and take a collaborative approach with
other campus departments to deliver the resources needed by our students
and faculty. The current robust growth of the university promises to
make the future of the Libraries an exciting opportunity to affect the
educational offerings of UWM.
Job Summary/Basic Function:

The UWM Libraries currently hosts 27 digital collections via CONTENTdm,
developed over the past several years. Digital collections include a
wide variety of formats, such as rare books, maps, manuscripts,
photographs, audiovisual materials, and born-digital materials. UWM has
a large inventory of materials for future projects as well as
commitments to current projects.

The ideal Digital Collections Coordinator requires a combination of
excellent project planning and priority-setting skills, ability to
communicate and work in a variety of environments with staff, faculty,
administrators, colleagues in-depth knowledge and direct experience with
digital collection building, copyright, and international standards and
trends, solid technical skills, and an intellectual appreciation of
special collections in all formats and the context of their organization
and use. The Digital Collections staff consists of full-time and
part-time staff and has traditionally included a number of students,
interns, and field workers. This position is responsible for providing
excellent customer service in a professional manner and serving as a
model representative of UWM and the Libraries.

The Digital Collections Coordinator reports to the Assistant Director of
Systems and Digital Initiatives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Planning of both the digitization program and specific collections.
• Project management, including establishing plans with timelines and
producing reports and estimating resource requirements for each project.
• Supervise staff and student assistants.
• Develop appropriate benchmarking and quality control standards for
each project.
• Work collaboratively across library departments with staff to resolve
issues, including networking, hardware, software, technology platforms,
security, copyright, metadata creation and editing, subject expertise,
workflow, quality control and preservation of digital media.
• Foster a climate of collaboration, experimentation, and creativity.
• Serve as a resource for other campus departments for digital projects.
• Maintain existing collections
• Maintain statistics to measure resources usage
• Participate in related Library activities and committees, including
chairing the Libraries Digitization Committee
• Develop and maintain awareness of current and emerging metadata standards
Minimum Qualifications:

•Master’s degree in library science, information science, management or
related field
•Minimum three years experience designing and building digital
collections with CONTENTdm or other digital management software
•Thorough knowledge of the process of development and implementation of
digital-library-related projects.
•Knowledge of digitizing technologies and the ability to apply them
within the research library environment , and demonstrated experience
with a wide range of analog and digital formats
•Understanding of digital library standards, including knowledge of XML,
OAI, EAD, and MARC formats.
•Familiarity with HTML, CSS, LAMP environment, web design basics,
usability and accessibility standards, and ability to work with
specialized technical support staff.
•Demonstrated project management skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Preferred Qualifications:

•Direct experience in Web-based information delivery
Special Instructions to Applicants:

Applicants must submit a letter of application, a current resume,
transcripts, and names/addresses of three current professional references.

Please apply online at https://jobs.uwm.edu/ under the “Non-teaching
academic staff” area.

Applications must be received on or before October 1, 2011.

Questions may be addressed to Craig Wesley, 414-229-6201 or email to
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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is an affirmative action, equal
employment opportunity employer.
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Posted until Date:      10/01/2011
Open Until Filled       No
Position Contact Name:  Craig Wesley
Contact Person Phone Number:    414-229-6201
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