Job Opening Title:
Associate Metadata Specialist – LTE
Name of Employer:
Wisconsin Historical Society
Job Site Location (City, State) :
Madison, WI
Application Deadline:
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Minimum Degree Requirement:
Years of experience required:
Salary Range:
$15 per hour
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Include instructions for how to apply.:
Working under limited supervision, this position assists the Metadata Specialist with assessment and remediation of descriptive metadata for the Society’s digital assets. This position will primarily update legacy metadata in anticipation of the implementation of a DAMS (Digital Asset Management System). The work of this position will require archives processing knowledge, research capabilities, and familiarity with library and archives metadata.
Duties:
Update legacy metadata for archival and library digital assets in preparation for a new DAMS
Review existing metadata exported from legacy systems
Analyze metadata for appropriate cross-walk to a new schema
Research validity and completeness of legacy metadata
Update metadata as needed
Create new metadata for newly digitized assets
Assist with the review of workflows and processes for creating metadata for digital assets in the DAMS
Assist with EAD (Encoded Archival Description) finding aids