Digital Project Metadata Specialist

Blacksburg, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 21 - 21

Posted on: 19 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

The Digital Project Metadata Specialist documents and describes library collections for access and discovery via online platforms and repositories such as Wikibase and VTechWorks. This position entails working with a variety of software and platforms requiring great attention to detail and sound judgment. Duties include but are not limited to researching creating and editing Wikidata entries and creating or editing bibliographic records. This role collaborates with faculty and staff in the Data Services unit and subject specialists across VT Libraries.

Required Qualifications

-Bachelors degree.
-Demonstrated experience in cataloging or descriptive metadata such as bibliographic description MARC or Dublin Core formats Library of Congress subject headings or other controlled vocabularies.
-Demonstrated knowledge of authority control and its application in library and/or archival collections.
-Demonstrated experience interpreting and applying detailed and complex policies and procedures and paying strict attention to detail.
-Demonstrated experience working independently as well as plan and schedule work to produce required results.
-Demonstrated experience communicating and interacting effectively with a variety of people.
-Previous library experience including demonstrated bibliographic skills.
Academic library experience.

Preferred Qualifications

-Experience with linked data and its application to library and archival materials
-Knowledge of creating Wikidata entities

Pay Band

Overtime Status

Non-Exempt: Eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

$21.25-$21.89 dependent on qualifications and experience

Hours per week

Average of 30 hours

Review Date

1/26/26

Additional Information

This position is eligible for hybrid or fully remote; the work arrangement will be confirmed upon hire.

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its mottoUt Prosim(That I May Serve) Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world Virginia Tech is aninclusive communitydedicated to knowledge discovery and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36000 undergraduate graduate and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges a school of medicine a veterinary medicinecollege Graduate School and Honors College.The university has a significant presence across Virginia including Blacksburg the greater Washington D.C. area the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke sites in Newport News and Richmond and numerous Extension officesand research institutes.A leading global research institution Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.

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Job DescriptionThe Digital Project Metadata Specialist documents and describes library collections for access and discovery via online platforms and repositories such as Wikibase and VTechWorks. This position entails working with a variety of software and platforms requiring great attention to detai...