Posting Details

Competition Number: F18413P
Position Title: Metadata Strategies Librarian
Employee Group: Faculty
Position Status: Regular Full-Time
Position Type: Librarian
Workload Amount: 8
Department: Library
Location: North Vancouver

Nature and Scope of Work

Located on the territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), SəỈílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkʷəỷəm (Musqueam), shíshálh (Sechelt), and LíỈwat Nations, Capilano University is a teaching-focused university based in North Vancouver. We value curiosity and imagination; a commitment to Truth and Reconciliation, Indigenization, and decolonization; collaboration, authenticity, and belonging; health and well-being; transparency and honesty; and taking sustainable actions to enable a better place for our future descendants.

The Capilano University Library is looking for an experienced and collaborative Metadata Strategies Librarian to guide the planning, coordination, and assessment of metadata work in our library. We are looking for someone who brings vision and expertise around cataloguing practice, the enhancement and remediation of metadata to improve discovery for Library users, inclusivity and the decolonization of metadata, and project management. The person in this role collaborates closely with the Technical Services Supervisor to coordinate and assess metadata creation and quality at the strategic level, advise Library Technicians on metadata and cataloguing standards, and coordinate the development and implementation of projects, technologies, procedures, training and workflows.

The Metadata Strategies Librarian also works in close partnership with the Digital Services Librarian and the Library Systems Analyst to coordinate the configuration, maintenance, integration, and enhancement of library systems, including the ILS, ILL systems, potential library services platforms, and other technologies. The position requires a deep understanding of how cataloguing and systems work intersect, an analytical and “systems thinking” mindset, flexibility, and openness to change. This team will collectively determine how to share this work based on the skills and interests of the successful candidate.

Librarians at Capilano University are also educators, leveraging their expertise to help students and faculty become more skilled at library research. The person in this role acts as the liaison for the School of STEM (Biology, Chemistry, Computing & Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics & Statistics, and Physics & Astronomy). This includes teaching, collection development, student research support, and relationship development and consultation with faculty across these programs. STEM is a growing area that may present new opportunities for Library support and collaboration. All members of the librarian team also share Research Help Desk, AskAway, and other teaching duties, and the Metadata Strategies Librarian can expect to teach a number of research skills workshops for English 100 each semester in an active learning environment. We welcome librarians without teaching or STEM experience to apply, as support and mentoring around teaching and liaison work is available from the librarian team.

Our Working Environment

The new librarian will join a team of seven other faculty librarians who work within a collegial management model. All members of the team participate in collective decision-making related to work within the department, attend department meetings, and participate in peer evaluation, search-hire committees, and other working groups in the Library and across campus. Within this model, librarians share leadership and administrative duties in the elected roles of Faculty Coordinator and Steward. Librarians also collaborate with the University Librarian, the Technical Services and Library Services Supervisors, the Library Systems Analyst, other Library staff, and partners across campus.

This is a full-time ongoing position with a two-year probationary period. Benefits include extended health with a flexible spending account, as well as 42 vacation days and 42 professional development (PD) days per year. We have a working schedule of Monday to Friday with flexible start and end times. Our work is conducted primarily on campus, with some flexibility to split work between the office and off-campus locations.

There is a Children’s Centre on site that offers waitlist priority to Capilano University students and employees. The University also offers modest competitive funding opportunities for PD and research. The University does not offer relocation assistance at this time.

Helpful Documents

Envisioning 2030 (Capilano University’s Strategic Plan)
Illuminating 2030 (Capilano University’s Academic Plan)
Capilano University Faculty Association Collective Agreement (Salary scale may be found on page 57; each step is equivalent to 1 year of full-time experience. See further details on pages 62-63)

Tentative Interview Dates

May 24-27, 2022 (initial interviews conducted virtually)
June 7-12, 2022 (final interviews conducted virtually or in-person)

If you have a major scheduling conflict (e.g., lack of availability during an entire interview period), please feel free to alert us to this so we may do our best to find a solution that works for all if you are selected for an interview. Contact Jocelyn Hallman, Chair of the search committee, in confidence at jocelynhallman@capilanou.ca.

Required Qualifications

• MLIS or equivalent from an ALA-accredited program
• Three years of experience as a professional librarian

Required Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated experience with a variety of MARC and non-MARC metadata standards and schema
• Demonstrated experience with Resource Description and Access (RDA), Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), and Library of Congress Classification (LCC)
• Aptitude for learning new metadata standards, tools and technologies
• Demonstrated experience with integrated library systems and related search and discovery products
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and analytical skills, with the ability to work well in a team-based environment and with students, faculty, and staff
• Demonstrated commitment to Indigenization and decolonization and/or equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) initiatives, particularly those involving metadata and cataloguing
• Ability to initiate, sustain, and grow relationships with a variety of individuals and groups across an organization
• Demonstrated experience with project management and the ability to balance and adjust multiple responsibilities to meet changing priorities

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience working with one or more of the following: Sierra ILS, EBSCO Discovery Service, Relais, and/or OCLC WorldShare
• Experience or training in linked data, semantic web applications, ontologies, scripting languages and tools for metadata manipulation (e.g., OpenRefine, Python, JavaScript, BIBFRAME, XML, XSLT, XQuery, RDF, SPARQL)
• Understanding of client/server environments and software applications needed to administer application environments
• Experience providing reference services to students in a post-secondary environment
• Experience or training in instructional design, adult learning, or teaching
• Working knowledge of the ACRL Framework for Information Literary for Higher Education
• Experience or educational background in a STEM discipline

Please submit applications, including a cover letter and resume, at https://jobs-capilanou.peopleadmin.com/postings/4733.

If there is any way we could make the application process more accessible for you, or if you have any questions, please contact Jocelyn Hallman, Chair of the search committee, at jocelynhallman@capilanou.ca.