Job Overview

The Digital Initiatives Coordinator is responsible for the oversight of digital projects falling under the purview of the Digital Initiatives Department at the Law Library. The duties for which they are principally accountable include but are not limited to:

Oversight of the production digitization and post-processing of library materials
Scheduling and oversight of scanning personnel and equipment
Facilitation of the transfer of files within internal storage platforms and ingest to external repositories
Management of digitization statistics and metadata
Execution of digital asset preservation actions

Work Interactions

Reporting to the Associate Law Librarian for Digital Initiatives and Special Collections, the Digital Initiatives Coordinator is a member of the Digital Initiatives and Special Collections division, which includes the Digital Initiatives Librarian, the Digital Initiatives Assistant, the Special Collections Librarian, the Law Center Archivist, the Special Collections Technician, and the Conservation Technician.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree
5 years of library experience
Ability to organize projects and accomplish goals
High level of proficiency with personal computers and software, the internet and library-relevant information technology applications
Strong interpersonal skills
Ability to perform command-line tasks
Familiarity with digital image editing programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Bridge
General knowledge of how digital library collections and electronic objects are used in an academic setting
Knowledge of MARC, METS and Dublin Core and other metadata standards appropriate for digital materials