Library Coordinator III

This position works in the Digital Initiatives Department of the Digital Scholarship & Distinctive Collections Division of Tulane University Libraries. Under the direction of the Digital Production Librarian, this position hires, trains, and supervises student workers and oversees the student workers’ budget throughout the calendar year. The position creates and manages metadata, digitizes analog source materials, processes digital files, and ingests materials into Tulane University Digital Collections and cross-trains on repository, imaging, discovery, and preservation systems and ensures quality control and stewardship of digitized materials and working documents.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degre
  OR
• High School Diploma (or Equivalent) and 6 years of directly related work experience
  

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities/Competencies:

• Ability to meet Core Technology Competency Level II
• Demonstrated knowledge of imaging hardware (scanners, cameras), image editing software, and spreadsheets
• Familiarity with hiring, training, and scheduling
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Responsive to the needs of a broad range of faculty and students and committed to fostering a collaborative and respectful work environment
Ability to track projects, multitask and be detail oriented

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience digitizing analog materials
• Knowledge of metadata schemas (MODS, Dublin Core)
• Experience using markup languages like XML and/or scripting languages like Python
• Experience with library discovery systems (Ex Libris Alma and Primo)
• Self-starter, ability to work with moderate supervision
• Knowledge of controlled vocabulary (Library of Congress, AAT)