Job Opening Title: Digital Asset Cataloger (Part-Time)
Institution/Organization Name: Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Job Location (City, State, Province, Country): Los Angeles
Application Deadline: 4/30/18
Link to job posting: https://www.laphil.com/about/jobs
Years of experience required: 1
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Please include instructions for how to apply.: The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association is currently seeking a:
Digital Asset Cataloger (Part-Time)
Position Summary:
The Digital Asset Cataloger performs duties that require working knowledge of asset management principles to ingest, organize, describe, retrieve and disseminate born-digital and digitized historical materials in the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Digital Asset Management System. The Digital Asset Cataloger reports to the Digital Asset Manager.
Position Elements:
• Create inventories, form collections, and create metadata for materials in the Digital Asset Management System (DAMS).
• Identify and evaluate destinations in the DAMS for a wide variety of historical assets under the care of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
• Assist in managing high-volume asset ingest projects, and perform detail-oriented staging, mapping, tagging, and quality control of asset metadata.
• Ensure database of record accuracy by conducting performance history research and data entry as needed.
• Maintain and suggest revisions for work-in-progress documentation to assure best-practice naming conventions, organization, and metadata ascription.
• Support ease of system access for internal and external users by offering feedback and solutions for streamlining procedures to improve user experience.
Position Requirements:
• At least one academic year of completed study in a Masters in Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree program from an American Library Association (ALA)‐accredited library school or M.A. with concentration in Archival Studies, Digital Curation or Moving Images.
• Demonstrated interest or relevant background in musicology preferred, including music literature and history.
• At least one year of relevant cataloging experience, including digitizing and organizing collections in a variety of formats, such as creating and updating information in a digital asset management system or applying metadata to digital objects.
• Advanced computer proficiency, including experience with databases; experience with asset repositories preferred.
• Ability to plan, organize, and execute multiple projects and activities with a high degree of initiative and independence.
• Advanced research proficiency with demonstrated accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
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