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The Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries invites applications and nominations for the position of Metadata Librarian - Electronic Resources. Joining a team of five full-time metadata colleagues, VCU Libraries seeks a service-oriented, innovative Metadata Librarian responsible for coordinating the organization and descriptive metadata of electronic formats across the collections of the VCU Libraries. This position contributes metadata expertise over the full electronic resources lifecycle through original and complex copy cataloging, catalog and database maintenance, and oversight of data integrity for vendor-supplied MARC records, knowledge base records, and KBART files. The candidate will join an exceptionally talented, culturally and academically diverse community.
This position resides in the Resource Acquisition and Metadata Services (RAMS) department and works in close collaboration with the Electronic and Continuing Resources (ECR) department. Together, these departments ensure enduring description, organization, and access throughout the electronic resources lifecycle, including licensing, acquisition, description, authentication, knowledge base integration, and discovery layer optimization (Alma/Primo VE) across VCU Libraries. The electronic collections of the VCU Libraries comprise over 2.9 million active titles. The successful candidate will join a culturally and academically diverse faculty and staff of the highest caliber.
VCU Libraries expects that the Metadata Librarian - Electronic Resources will be a leader in fostering a welcoming atmosphere for all members of the VCU community. The successful candidate will receive support for research, service, and professional development.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting to the Head of Resource Acquisition and Metadata Services, and recognized as a contributing member of a team of metadata colleagues, the Metadata Librarian is responsible for:
Description
- Collaboration with colleagues in complex metadata workflows and project-based assignments.
- Original and complex copy cataloging of electronic formats, including ebooks, ejournals, databases, streaming media, and electronic theses and dissertations.
- Implementation of inclusive and reparative metadata principles and projects.
- Oversight of data integrity for Alma Community Zone and vendor-supplied MARC records.
- Metadata editing using tools such as MarcEdit, OpenRefine, scripts, and Alma normalization rules.
- Continuously advancing cataloging and metadata education through documentation, hands-on training, interdepartmental guidance and mentorship, and other professional development activities.
Electronic Resource Organization & Maintenance
- Collaboration on electronic resource management (ERM) guidelines to combine best and local practices in electronic resource collections.
- Selection, organization, and maintenance of collections and portfolios.
- Implementation of complex records remediation projects.
- Collaboration with ECR and Library Technology to troubleshoot electronic resource access and discovery problems.
- Resolution of electronic resources problem reports from staff and users in the LibAnswers ticketing system.
- Growth of institutional knowledge of ERM principles and practices through documentation, hands-on training, interdepartmental guidance and mentorship, and other professional development activities.
Scholarship & Service
- Engagement in regional and national communities of practice.
- Engagement in professional inquiry, including integrating evolving metadata or electronic resource standards such as RDA, KBART, and open linked data.
- Contribution to developments in the field.
Faculty with the VCU Libraries are evaluated and promoted on the basis of job performance, scholarship, and service.
SALARY
Salary commensurate with experience, not less than $70,000 annually. This is a 12 month, full-time, non-tenured faculty position. Relocation assistance and professional development allowance provided. Full-time faculty benefits apply, including 24 vacation days annually and choice of retirement and annuity plans. For more information about benefits, see https://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/benefits/faculty-benefits/.
INTERVIEWS: Initial interviews will be conducted virtually. We anticipate inviting finalists to campus.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
- ALA-accredited graduate degree or accredited graduate degree in another appropriate discipline.
- Progressive experience in original and complex cataloging in an academic and/or research library setting that demonstrates problem-solving, flexibility, judgment, and attention to detail.
- Significant knowledge of and ability to apply the following cataloging standards: Resource Description and Access (RDA), Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), Library of Congress Classification (LCC), and MARC21 formats for bibliographic, holdings, and authority data.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the unique challenges of electronic resources description and access, including the interaction of metadata with discovery layers and management of records in knowledge bases.
Preferred:
- Experience cataloging with OCLC bibliographic utilities, organizing electronic resources in Ex Libris Alma, and facilitating discovery with Ex Libris Primo.
- Experience with contributing to Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Programs, such as NACO, BIBCO, or CONSER.
- Demonstrated experience in planning and/or overseeing team-based cataloging projects, vendor-supplied metadata projects, or outsourcing.
Candidates need not meet preferred qualifications to be fully considered. We value individual and unique skills that would strengthen the VCU Libraries and our teams.
SALARY RANGE: Salary commensurate with experience, not less than $70,000 annually.
BENEFITS: All full-time university staff are eligible for VCU’s robust benefits package that includes comprehensive health benefits, paid annual and holiday leave, generous tuition benefits, retirement planning and savings options, tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs, employee discounts, well-being resources, abundant opportunities for career development and advancement, and more.
FLSA Exemption Status: Exempt
HOURS PER WEEK: 40
RESTRICTED POSITION: No
ORP ELIGIBLE: Yes
FLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENT: Hybrid
UNIVERSITY JOB TITLE: Metadata Librarian (Electronic Resources)
RANK: Open
TENURE: Ineligible
MONTHS: 12 months
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Contact Name: Amanda Echterling
Contact Email: amechterling@vcu.edu
INTRODUCTION
The Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries invites applications and nominations for the position of Metadata Librarian - Electronic Resources. Joining a team of five full-time metadata colleagues, VCU Libraries seeks a service-oriented, innovative Metadata Librarian responsible for coordinating the organization and descriptive metadata of electronic formats across the collections of the VCU Libraries. This position contributes metadata expertise over the full electronic resources lifecycle through original and complex copy cataloging, catalog and database maintenance, and oversight of data integrity for vendor-supplied MARC records, knowledge base records, and KBART files. The candidate will join an exceptionally talented, culturally and academically diverse community.
This position resides in the Resource Acquisition and Metadata Services (RAMS) department and works in close collaboration with the Electronic and Continuing Resources (ECR) department. Together, these departments ensure enduring description, organization, and access throughout the electronic resources lifecycle, including licensing, acquisition, description, authentication, knowledge base integration, and discovery layer optimization (Alma/Primo VE) across VCU Libraries. The electronic collections of the VCU Libraries comprise over 2.9 million active titles. The successful candidate will join a culturally and academically diverse faculty and staff of the highest caliber.
VCU Libraries expects that the Metadata Librarian - Electronic Resources will be a leader in fostering a welcoming atmosphere for all members of the VCU community. The successful candidate will receive support for research, service, and professional development.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting to the Head of Resource Acquisition and Metadata Services, and recognized as a contributing member of a team of metadata colleagues, the Metadata Librarian is responsible for:
Description
- Collaboration with colleagues in complex metadata workflows and project-based assignments.
- Original and complex copy cataloging of electronic formats, including ebooks, ejournals, databases, streaming media, and electronic theses and dissertations.
- Implementation of inclusive and reparative metadata principles and projects.
- Oversight of data integrity for Alma Community Zone and vendor-supplied MARC records.
- Metadata editing using tools such as MarcEdit, OpenRefine, scripts, and Alma normalization rules.
- Continuously advancing cataloging and metadata education through documentation, hands-on training, interdepartmental guidance and mentorship, and other professional development activities.
Electronic Resource Organization & Maintenance
- Collaboration on electronic resource management (ERM) guidelines to combine best and local practices in electronic resource collections.
- Selection, organization, and maintenance of collections and portfolios.
- Implementation of complex records remediation projects.
- Collaboration with ECR and Library Technology to troubleshoot electronic resource access and discovery problems.
- Resolution of electronic resources problem reports from staff and users in the LibAnswers ticketing system.
- Growth of institutional knowledge of ERM principles and practices through documentation, hands-on training, interdepartmental guidance and mentorship, and other professional development activities.
Scholarship & Service
- Engagement in regional and national communities of practice.
- Engagement in professional inquiry, including integrating evolving metadata or electronic resource standards such as RDA, KBART, and open linked data.
- Contribution to developments in the field.
Faculty with the VCU Libraries are evaluated and promoted on the basis of job performance, scholarship, and service.
SALARY
Salary commensurate with experience, not less than $70,000 annually. This is a 12 month, full-time, non-tenured faculty position. Relocation assistance and professional development allowance provided. Full-time faculty benefits apply, including 24 vacation days annually and choice of retirement and annuity plans. For more information about benefits, see https://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/benefits/faculty-benefits/.
INTERVIEWS: Initial interviews will be conducted virtually. We anticipate inviting finalists to campus.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
- ALA-accredited graduate degree or accredited graduate degree in another appropriate discipline.
- Progressive experience in original and complex cataloging in an academic and/or research library setting that demonstrates problem-solving, flexibility, judgment, and attention to detail.
- Significant knowledge of and ability to apply the following cataloging standards: Resource Description and Access (RDA), Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), Library of Congress Classification (LCC), and MARC21 formats for bibliographic, holdings, and authority data.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the unique challenges of electronic resources description and access, including the interaction of metadata with discovery layers and management of records in knowledge bases.
Preferred:
- Experience cataloging with OCLC bibliographic utilities, organizing electronic resources in Ex Libris Alma, and facilitating discovery with Ex Libris Primo.
- Experience with contributing to Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Programs, such as NACO, BIBCO, or CONSER.
- Demonstrated experience in planning and/or overseeing team-based cataloging projects, vendor-supplied metadata projects, or outsourcing.
Candidates need not meet preferred qualifications to be fully considered. We value individual and unique skills that would strengthen the VCU Libraries and our teams.
SALARY RANGE: Salary commensurate with experience, not less than $70,000 annually.
BENEFITS: All full-time university staff are eligible for VCU’s robust benefits package that includes comprehensive health benefits, paid annual and holiday leave, generous tuition benefits, retirement planning and savings options, tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs, employee discounts, well-being resources, abundant opportunities for career development and advancement, and more.
FLSA Exemption Status: Exempt
HOURS PER WEEK: 40
RESTRICTED POSITION: No
ORP ELIGIBLE: Yes
FLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENT: Hybrid
UNIVERSITY JOB TITLE: Metadata Librarian (Electronic Resources)
RANK: Open
TENURE: Ineligible
MONTHS: 12 months
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Contact Name: Amanda Echterling
Contact Email: amechterling@vcu.edu
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Youth Services Librarian
Verify your degree meets EB classification
EB-2 requires a master's degree in library science or a bachelor's plus five years of progressive experience. EB-3 covers a bachelor's degree alone. Confirm your credentials match the classification your employer intends to file under before the PERM recruitment phase begins.
Search employers with green card filing history
Use Migrate Mate to find public library systems and academic institutions with verified employment-based sponsorship history for librarian roles. Targeting employers who've completed PERM before shortens your path, since they already understand the recruitment and prevailing wage requirements.
Request a prevailing wage check before negotiating
Your employer must obtain a prevailing wage determination from DOL before advertising the PERM position. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the wage level for your SOC code and geographic area so your offer isn't structured below what PERM requires.
Align your resume to O*NET librarian duties
PERM job descriptions must accurately reflect the role's actual duties. Reviewing the O*NET occupation profile for Youth Services Librarian helps you confirm your experience maps to the documented tasks DOL expects, reducing the risk of an audit triggered by a mismatch.
Get your ALA-accredited transcripts evaluated early
Many library director roles require an ALA-accredited master's degree. If your library science degree is from outside the United States, arrange a credential evaluation from a NACES-member service before your employer files the PERM application, since USCIS will scrutinize foreign credentials during I-140 adjudication.
Understand priority dates before accepting an offer
Employment-based green cards have per-country numerical limits, and nationals of high-demand countries can face backlogs at the I-485 adjustment stage. Ask your employer to file your I-140 promptly so your priority date is established as early as possible in the process.
Green Card Youth Services Librarian: Frequently Asked Questions
Which green card category applies to Youth Services Librarians?
Most Youth Services Librarians qualify under EB-2 if the role requires a master's degree in library science, or under EB-3 if a bachelor's degree meets the minimum requirement. Your employer's attorney will determine the classification based on the actual job requirements and your credentials, not the seniority of the position.
How is the PERM green card process different from H-1B for a librarian role?
H-1B visa is a temporary nonimmigrant status with a fixed duration and an annual lottery. The PERM process leads to lawful permanent residence, not a time-limited status. It requires your employer to test the U.S. labor market, obtain a prevailing wage determination from DOL, and then file an I-140 petition with USCIS. There is no lottery, but per-country numerical limits can delay the final I-485 adjustment step.
How do I find public libraries and academic institutions that sponsor green cards?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified employment-based sponsorship history, searchable by role and location. This lets you target library systems and universities that have already completed PERM filings for librarian positions, rather than approaching employers who have no prior experience with the sponsorship process.
Can I change library employers after my green card application is filed?
Yes, under AC21 job portability you can change to a new employer in the same or a similar occupation once your I-485 adjustment of status application has been pending for 180 days or more. If you change employers before that point, the new employer generally needs to restart the PERM process, though an approved I-140's priority date can carry over to the new petition.
Does my ALA-accredited degree from outside the U.S. qualify for EB-2?
A foreign library science master's degree can satisfy the EB-2 advanced degree requirement, but USCIS will evaluate whether the credential is equivalent to a U.S. master's degree. A credential evaluation from a NACES-member service is typically required. Degrees from countries where the master's program is shorter or structured differently may need additional documentation to establish equivalency.