Metadata Specialist

LAC Federal is seeking a highly skilled Metadata Specialist to join a team dedicated to enhancing the discoverability and accessibility of one of the largest biomedical and health sciences collections in the world. This role is integral to a multi-phase project aimed at addressing significant processing arrearages through both traditional cataloging and cutting-edge AI/ML technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

Metadata Creation and Management:

• Develop and enhance metadata for a diverse range of library and archival materials, including monographs, serials, rare books, manuscripts, audiovisual materials, and digital collections.
• Apply appropriate metadata standards (e.g., MARC, Dublin Core, EAD, MODS) and classification schemes (e.g., LCC, MeSH) to ensure accurate and comprehensive description of collection materials.
• Collaborate with catalogers, archivists, and other technical staff to create and refine...

LAC Federal is seeking a part-time Metadata Specialist to maintain enterprise metadata standards and optimize the value of metadata for knowledge discovery and analytical work related to key international topics such as Climate, Digitalization, Anti-corruption, etc., at an intergovernmental organization. The Metadata Specialist will contribute to several areas of Business Semantics Management, ensuring the sustained enhancement of enterprise metadata standards that support the organization's metadata governance objectives. This role involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams, including data architects, analysts, and subject matter experts, to facilitate effective metadata adoption and drive impactful content tagging and data analytics initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Metadata Modeling and Maintenance:
• Maintain and enhance the enterprise metadata dashboard, collaborating with knowledge management...

LAC Federal is seeking an Archivist/Metadata Specialist to work on-site at a federal agency in the Washington, DC area. The Archivist will be responsible for creating, updating, and maintaining metadata for physical and digital archives using a combination of DACS and Dublin Core. The Archivist will assist the agency in implementing an archival management system that will employ DACS and BibFrame to describe agency archives and publications. A knowledge of programming language including R, Python, and Java will be essential in working to implement the digital archives solution.

• Provide leadership and coordination for implementing a digital archives solution using DACS and Dublin Core standards as a basis for a custom metadata schema tailored to agency needs
• Plan and implement digital preservation solutions for the digital archives including implemention of preservation and administrative metadata
• Assist with migration of digital records into a new...