LAC Group is seeking an experienced
Metadata Librarian to work as a
Rights Researcher for a major Federal Museum in Washington, DC. The selected individual will lead efforts in migrating and organizing existing media and corresponding metadata. They will also provide guidance for using the system to streamline workflows. This is a 6-months full-time (40 hours a week; Monday to Friday) benefitted contract position with the potential to extend contract pending budget allocation. Due to COVID-19, this position will be remote initially with plans to be on-site to be determined at a later date.
Responsibilities:
- Research possible legal, ethical, and policy restrictions for access and use of the Museum's digital assets
- Review existing object photography collection and identify public domain assets
- Maintain file inventory and record research findings in spreadsheet form;
- Apply rights/restrictions information to previously catalogued and newly created digital assets, making sure the information is accurate across systems
- Ensure digital assets contain appropriate descriptive metadata, rights clearance, and credit information for online distribution
- Enter or update existing metadata fields in the Smithsonian Digital Asset Management
- System (SI DAMS), including keywords and alt text
- Upload digital assets to the SI DAMS and other platforms for public access, if necessary.
- Attend meetings that facilitate project communication as identified and approved by the
- Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR)
- Set up workflows to facilitate or automate the creation, ingestion, management, and distribution of information
- Establish and enforce institutional guidelines for asset and metadata management in the DAMS.
https://www.libgig.com/careers/rights-researcher-lac-group/a0E1H00000kqwlWUAQ/------------------------------
Alison Anderson, MLIS, CA (she/her/hers)
Senior Processing Archivist
Harvard Planning Office
Property Information Resource Center
1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 585
Cambridge, MA 02138
T 617-495-4353 F 617-495-0559
alison_anderson@harvard.eduwww.planningoffice.harvard.edu/pirc------------------------------