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From: Tom Cramer <tcramer () STANFORD ! EDU>
Date: 2012-03-22 1:42:53
Message-ID: 9ACCBFD7-1C07-42F0-89CF-2C0E67DFCC65 () stanford ! edu
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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
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> 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.
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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 <a \
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Tom<br></div><div><br></div></div></div></span></div></span></span></div><div></shamelessly \
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"><div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; \
font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><strong>Metadata Analyst, Stanford University \
Libraries </strong><br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>To apply for the position, \
please go to <a href="http://jobs.stanford.edu/">jobs.stanford.edu</a> and \
search for Job ID 46849.<br></div></div></span></blockquote><div><span \
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