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1 Metadata Librarians Today: Roles and Competencies Myung Ja Han and Patricia Hswe ALCTS Metadata Interest Group ALA 2009 Annual (July 12, 2009)

2 Introduc9on Mo#va#ons behind the study What our study is about (its purpose) Research ques#ons Required skill set? Changes & differences in skill set over #me ( )? Differences between cataloging librarians and metadata librarians with regard to qualifica#ons and competencies? 2

3 Literature Review: The Cataloging Librarian What does the literature say about cataloging librarian roles and competencies? BuPlar & Garcha (1998) Kwasik (2002) Hall Ellis (2005) 3

4 Literature Review: The Metadata Librarian What does the literature say about metadata librarian roles and competencies? Faiks and McCue (2004) Beacom (2005) Calhoun (2007) Chapman (2007) Park & Liu (2009) 4

5 Our Method Collected data from job descrip#ons for both metadata librarian and cataloging librarian posi#ons Created Excel spreadsheet of categories Focused on required and preferred qualifica#ons Specifically: educa#on, professional skill set, and work related skills 5

6 Analysis Part I Preliminary findings across categories: Job #tle, ins#tu#on name, ins#tu#on type, year of job pos#ng, required qualifica#ons, and preferred qualifica#ons 6

7 7

8 Number of Jobs YEAR METADATA LIBRARIAN CATALOGING LIBRARIAN TOTAL TOTAL

9 Number of Metadata and Cataloging Jobs Compared 9

10 Ins9tu9on Types INSTITUTION METADATA LIBRARIAN CATALOGING LIBRARIAN Academic/Research Library Year Academic Library 4 15 Government Agency 4 Public Library 3 Commercial Sector 3 Non profit Agency 2 TOTAL

11 Organiza9onal/Unit Affilia9ons UNIT NAME NUMBER OF UNITS Technical Services Division 40 Digital Library Unit 4 Archives 2 Scholarly Resources Integra#on Dept. 1 Library Compu#ng and Media Services 1 Informa#on Acquisi#on and Management 1 Data Systems Group 1 Metadata & Systems Development 1 Technical Services Division/Cataloging and Metadata Service TOTAL

12 Job Titles I Out of 86 descrip#ons analyzed, there are 21 different job #tles that include Metadata 48 of the job descrip#ons (55.8%) had Metadata Librarian as the job #tle 28 (58.3%) were posted since of the job descrip#ons (15.1%) had Metadata/Cataloging Librarian as the job #tle 12 (92.3%) were posted since

13 Job Titles II 5 (5.8%) descrip#ons included Digital in the #tle (e.g., Digital Resources Metadata Librarian ) 12 out of 21 #tles appeared amer 2005 in 2007 alone there are 6 new #tles Examples of other job #tles Serials Metadata Librarian, Emerging Technology & Metadata Librarian, Metadata Archivist, GIS Metadata Librarian, Music Cataloger/Metadata Librarian 13

14 Analysis Part II Qualifica9ons Required & Preferred: Educa#on, professional skill set, work related skills 14

15 Educa9on 70 out of 73 (95.9%) descrip#ons for metadata librarian posi#ons called for the MLS degree 46 descrip#ons: MLS/MILS 15 descrip#ons: MLS or equivalent degree 5 descrip#ons: MLS or equivalent experience 4 descrip#ons: MLS/equivalent experience and educa#on 3 descrip#ons: BA/BS in relevant area (2008) 76 out of 76 (100.0%) descrip#ons for cataloging librarian posi#ons required the MLS degree 68 descrip#on: just MLS 8 descrip#ons: MLS or equivalent degree 15

16 Required Professional Skill Set: Knowledge of Metadata Standards Metadata Librarian MARC Dublin Core EAD MODS METS VRA TEI PREMIS 16

17 Required Professional Skill Set: Technical competencies Metadata Librarian OAI XML RDF HTML DOI CSS XSL Personal computer applica#ons 11 17

18 Required Professional Skill Set: Cataloging Librarian Required desired 18

19 Required Professional Skill Set: Bibliographic u9li9es OCLC Connexion ILS Cataloging Librarian Metadata Librarian

20 Required Qualifica9ons Metadata Librarian Cataloging knowledge Metadata standards Mark up languages OAI PMH Cataloging Librarian Cataloging knowledge Foreign language Cataloging experience Knowledge of bibliographic u#li#es 20

21 Required Work related Skills: Metadata Librarian Ability to learn 46 De#led work 10 Ability to work independently 19 Problem sloving skills 16 Organiza#onal skills 17 Interpersonal skills 19 Analy#cal skills 21 Work in a team environment 33 Oral and wripen Communica#on skills

22 Required Work related Skills: Cataloging Librarian Professional development 7 Project manegement 3 Service oriented Flexibility Training/instruc#on 3 Work in a Team 26 Work Independently 13 Timemanagement 4 Analy#cal skills 8 Supervisoryexperience 6 Organiza#onskills 10 Interpersoanlskills 18 Communica#onskills

23 Desired Qualifica9ons: Metadata Librarian I ORE 1 OAI 4 XLINK 3 XSLT 4 XML 17 SGML

24 Desired Qualifica9ons: Metadata Librarian II Grant proposal wri#ng Copyright law/issues in digital library 3 3 Knowledge of foreign language 21 Experience in authorit control 6 Experience in supervise staff 8 digi#za#on standard/somware 4 database design/management 11 Planning/manageing digital collec#ons/content/projects 12 ILS 16 CONTENTdm 7 Dspace 4 Digital collec#on management system

25 Desired Qualifica9ons: Cataloging Librarian Digital collec#ons development 1 Internet resources 2 Innova#ve interface 4 Database maintenance 6 Informa#on technology 2 Web tools/web authoring 3 Electronic resources cataloging 6 XML/SGML 1 Dublin Core 2 EAD 1 Non book format cataloging 12 Computer skills 4 Metadata standards

26 Desired qualifica9ons Metadata Librarian Knowledge of foreign language Knowledge of bibliographic u#li#es Managing digital projects XML Cataloging Librarian Experience in cataloging Knowledge of foreign language Knowledge of bibliographic u6li6es Metadata standards Non book format cataloging 26

27 Future study Is the metadata librarian posi#on replacing the cataloging librarian, or is it a new posi#on? What are a metadata librarian s responsibili#es? How has LIS educa#on evolved to meet the changing requirements? 27

28 Discussion But, first: any ques9ons? 28

29 About our study Please contact us! Myung Ja (mj) Han Metadata Librarian University of Illinois Patricia Hswe Project Manager for NDIIPP Partner Projects University of Illinois THANK YOU! 29

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