We're looking for a metadata specialist to focus on data set description and management as part of campus-wide GIS and research data curation projects. A summary of the position is below, and the full description is online at jobs.stanford.edu (search for Job ID 46849).
- Tom </shamelessly cross-posted> > Metadata Analyst, Stanford University Libraries > > Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) is > looking for a Metadata Analyst to help curate datasets from selected domains, > with a primary focus on describing these information resources to enable > management, preservation, discovery and re-use. The goal of this hands-on > position is to advance SULAIR’s capacity and the Stanford response to the NSF > Data Management Plan mandate by developing strategies through practice to > curate data efficiently and effectively. The candidate will, over the course > of a 2-year term project, work across the Digital Library Systems and > Services group, other staff in the Metadata Unit, and user-facing library > personnel to create and sustain a general workflow for submission of science > and engineering data into the Stanford Digital Repository. Working with pilot > data sets and use cases from GIS and other domains, the selected candidate > will help produce and enter the metadata necessary to populate the repository > and access systems. In doing so, s/he will also produce a landscape view of > the metadata needs, roles, tools, standards and processes necessary to > provide and scale data services throughout the Stanford University Libraries. > Standard operating procedures and best practices for dealing with non-MARC > metadata in the context of scientific data are ideal outcomes. The position > will be supervised by the Science Data Librarian. > > Throughout the life of the project there will be opportunity for interesting > sub-projects that will include: creating, remediating and working on ingest > models for the Stanford Geoportal, an online search engine for geospatial > data, and its supporting Spatial Data Infrastructure; working with Stanford > faculty and researchers to acquire, transform and ingest the metadata for > their data into the Stanford Digital Repository; working with other metadata > experts on in-depth examination of data-set- and domain-specific schema, > mappings and crosswalking amongst standards; and data transformations across > library systems. For each of these, the Metadata Analyst will apply > expertise, methods and tools to digital materials deposited by Stanford > researchers into the Stanford Digital Repository. S/he will also help > identify requirements and specifications for, and validate development of, a > next generation metadata toolkit for the description of data sets and > geospatial resources. S/he will also assist in specifying the fields and > attributes for domain-specific forms for the deposit of digital resources > into a Hydra-based Stanford Digital Repository user interface. Projects will > be decided based on faculty interest, subject specialist availability, the > interests and skill set of the applicant, and needs as they emerge. > > To apply for the position, please go to jobs.stanford.edu and search for Job > ID 46849.
