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Provide descriptive access to print, media, and digital materials using current cataloging standards and/or emerging metadata schema. Supervise, train, and evaluate one technical services support staff. Recommend and implement new staff assignments and workflow that will continue to respond to changes and needs in the digital environment. Monitor metadata developments and effective practices in the field and apply these to the library's policies and operations. Provide metadata instruction and support to other campus units. Create and document existing and new policies in cataloging of library materials. Serve on the Institutional Repository Team. Oversee course reserves and High-Cost Required Textbook Iniative. Serve as Liaison Librarian for African American and African Studies, Asian Studies, International Studies, Latin American and Latinx Studies, Nonprofit Leadership, Political Science and Public Administration. Provide instruction and research consultations for liaison departments. Coordinate dissertation submission. Serve as Team Lead for EDI Metadata Working Group..

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Taught Introduction to Knowledge Organization, Metadata: Description and Access, Principles and Practices in Archival Description: DACS and EAD, Advanced Cataloging, and Introduction to Library and Information Science.

Responsible for a department of 3 professional catalogers and 6 bibliographic assistants who provide original and copy cataloging of rare books, maps, scores, sound recordings, archival collections, manuscripts, oral histories, and monographs in art and architecture. Assist in development of system-wide policies and procedures, negotiating and administering vendor contracts, preparing grant proposals, and planning and managing special projects. Coordinate training of archival staff in creating MARC records for archival collections. Coordinate metadata creation for digitization projects.

Responsible for a department of 10 professional catalogers and 11 bibliographic assistants who provide original and copy cataloging of monographs, serials, electronic resources and non-book materials in a wide variety of languages. Play an active part in the Libraries participation in BIBCO, CONSER, NACO, SACO and the Digital Library Federation as well as the OCLC Enhance program. Work with Electronic Publishing Initiatives at Columbia (EPIC) and the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) on metadata initiatives.

Teach Knowledge Organization, Advanced Cataloging and Classification, and Metadata: Description and Access.

Responsible for planning, organizing and coordinating all activities of the Technical Services Department including acquisitions, serials and cataloging. Direct responsibility for the daily operations of all technical services functions including: budget, monitoring work flow, establishing priorities and assignments, setting policies and procedures, coordinating cataloging, acquisitions and serials policies for all the Museum's libraries, and ensuring training of nine librarians and ten FTE support staff. Serve as Acting Chief Librarian in absence of Chief Librarian.

Plan, coordinate, and manage the cataloging of the library's materials in a variety of languages and formats using OCLC, RLIN, NOTIS, LC Classification, LCSH and AACR2R. Manage work of senior department staff (7 librarians), coordinate projects and department planning, work closely with collections staff and other library units. Overall responsibility for a department of 18 staff (8 librarians and 10 library assistants). Responsible for policy and budget formulation, procedural review and goal setting. Participate in public service activities.

Plan, coordinate, and manage the cataloging of the library's materials in a variety of languages and formats using OCLC, DRA, LC Classification, LCSH and AACR2R. Recruit, train, supervise and evaluate staff of 3.5 professionals and 5 library assistants. Examine, modify and document policies and procedures. Serve as Web Master for library's web. Participate in public service activities.

Supervision of database management activities for INNOPAC online catalog. Original and copy cataloging in a variety of languages and formats using OCLC. Supervise retrospective conversion and reclass. Supervise two library assistants and half-time professional.

Cataloging and classification in all formats. Responsible for online catalog maintenance (Geac), including supervision of one library assistant. Selector for Political Science and Peace Studies.

Cataloging and classification in all formats. Supervision of one library assistant.

M.A, Library Science

M.A, Political Science

B.A, International Relations