Associate Data Analyst (Metadata Data Ingest) for OCLCs WorldCat

Leiden - Netherlands

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 22 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

You have a life. We like that about you.

At OCLC we believe youll do the best work of your life when youre living the best life possible.

We work hard to build the technology that connects thousands of todays libraries. But we also work hard to make a job at OCLC a meaningful part of a balanced life- not a substitute for one.

If you would like to contribute to the growth and quality of the biggest library catalogue in the world you found your dream job! OCLC is looking for a Metadata Specialist for WorldCat.

OCLC has multiple data ingest teams worldwide. At the European headquarters of OCLC in Leiden we are looking for a result-driven and communicative metadata specialist who will load bibliographic metadata Worldcat.

Your focus
In this job you transform metadata describing the collections of the library for them to share and use in WorldCat in support of our products and services. At first for visibility in WorldCat later this will be expanded to WMS (WorldShare Management Services; our library management system) Discovery and possibly also e-content repositories Wise etc.

Simply put you make the metadata look good on the inside (database) so it makes its way to the outside (for staff and end-users of libraries) in the best possible way. Your focus is on analysis testing correcting specifying possibly converting and loading data to WorldCat.

Our organization the technology we use and the library world are constantly changing and we want to stay current and on track. Hence depending on your talents and interests there are also other activities you can contribute to like: knowledge management within the teams writing and testing instructions and other documentation training and improving how we train 3rd line customer support communicating and triaging production issues but also testing newly developed features and giving input to developers for improving the systems you work with.

What do you bring to the table

Bachelors degree in library or information science with at least 2-3 years of work experience
Proven experience with working in a library or other data-driven organization with bibliographic or other structured metadata and a plus is to be familiar with ISBD FOBID AACR2 MARC21
Proven experience with working with raw data and tools to analyze and process it (think MarcEdit Python UltraEdit or equal)
Your accuracy and analytical skills ensure that you perform your tasks carefully and are able to unravel complex issues
Your knowledge of the English language is excellent both in writing and in speech
Eager to learn open to change and able/willing to work within a culturally diverse environment
You are not afraid to ask questions whenever and wherever needed
Excellent communication skills

Your team

You will be part of an international team of metadata specialists (6people in 4 countrieswith 5 languages spoken) and reporting to the Manager Metadata Operations. The libraries you work for are everywhere around the world and you collaborate with colleagues from all OCLC offices from the USA to Australia Taiwan to Spain and many places in adopted hybrid working with a minimum of 3 days a week at the office and a maximum of 2 days from home.

What can you expect from us

Competitive salary
With 26 days of paid vacation days (in case of full-time employment) and the option to buy or sell 6 vacation days your work-life balance is guaranteed
A non-contributory pension
An 36-40 hour working week
Flexible hours hybrid working options
End of year bonus
Group discount on health insurance
Commuting & working from home allowance
Coaching available 24/7 & emphasis on personal development
Bicycle plan company fitness and more

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You have a life. We like that about you.At OCLC we believe youll do the best work of your life when youre living the best life possible.We work hard to build the technology that connects thousands of todays libraries. But we also work hard to make a job at OCLC a meaningful part of a balanced life- ...