Librarian and metadata specialist

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Application deadline 11 months ago: Monday 10 Apr 2023 at 21:59 UTC

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Organizational Setting

The Office of Communications (OCC) is responsible for all corporate and internal communication activities of the Organization. It ensures coherence and consistency in FAO’s corporate messaging and communications outputs, as well as enables cost- effectiveness in use of communication-related resources across the Organization.

The Publications and Library Branch (OCCP) is responsible for the production, quality control and dissemination of FAO’s publications and knowledge products. The David Lubin Memorial Library is part of the Publication branch and has the mandate to meet the research needs of FAO staff and constituents of the member countries, providing comprehensive and relevant information resources in all formats, high quality metadata for dissemination and efficient services to support FAO as a knowledge Organization.

The Digital and Multimedia Branch (OCCI) is responsible for the organization digital platforms, campaigns, Social Media and multimedia assets.

Reporting Lines

The librarian and metadata specialist reports to the Manager of the Library (OCCP) or to the Information and Communication Officer (OCCI).

Technical Focus

Knowledge management, metadata, information delivery, digitalization, bibliometric analysis, digital assets management.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Provide support to the digitization project in the Library or to the Digital Asset Management project in OCCI. • For the digitization project in the Library: - Evaluate, create and implement metadata for FAO books, journals, series, reports and other publications into the FAO Knowledge Repository with indexing policies and standards, using controlled vocabulary AGROVOC to optimize content classification and discovery. - Contribute to projects related to cataloguing batch loads, normalization rules and other bibliographic maintenance into the Integrated Library Management System. Participate in preparing documentation in the application of metadata standards and cataloguing policy and procedures. - Create item-level catalogue records, arranging and describing archival and manuscript collections, and developing electronic finding aids according to archival best practices. - Provide reference services by searching accessible sources using controlled vocabulary and metadata schemes, and delivering information relevant to specific user requests. - Support on various scholarly initiatives like bibliometric analysis, research metrics, controlled vocabularies/metadata, reference management tools. • For the Digital Asset Management project: - Provide metadata for digital photographs, videos and other rich media files. • Perform other relevant duties as assigned.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• University degree in library science, information science or related field. • 3 years of relevant experience in library work, knowledge management or related area. • Working knowledge (level C) of English and limited knowledge (level B) of another FAO official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish). For PSA, working knowledge of English.

FAO Core Competencies

• Results Focus • Teamwork • Communication • Building Effective Relationships • Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Extent and relevance of experience in delivery of information and reference services or conduct of library operations • Extent and relevance of experience in emerging cataloguing and metadata standards, tools and best practices, such AACR2/RDA, LCC, LCSH, AGROVOC, MARC21, UDC, OCLC WorldCat, and OCLC Connexion • Knowledge of EAD, DACS and other archival standards; archival preservation principles and practices; and records management principles and practices. • Knowledge of IPTC Photo Metadata Standards.

Desirable

• Experience with an integrated library management system. • Experience with institutional repositories. • Experience with digital asset management and multimedia content. • Knowledge of archival reference tools and methods.

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