Metadata Specialist

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Job Posting: 14/Feb/2025 Closure Date: 28/Feb/2025, 4:59:00 PM Organizational Unit: OCC - Office for Corporate Communication Job Type: Non-staff opportunities Type of Requisition: Consultant / PSA (Personal Services Agreement) Grade Level: N/A Primary Location: Italy-Rome Duration: 11 months (renewable) Post Number: N/A IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that Closure Date and Time displayed above are based on date and time settings of your personal device
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The David Lubin Memorial Library is part of the Publication branch and has the mandate to meet the research needs of FAO staff and constituents of the member countries, providing comprehensive and relevant information resources in all formats, high quality metadata for dissemination and efficient services to support FAO as a knowledge Organization. **Reporting Lines** The Metadata Specialist reports to the Librarian in the Publications and Library Branch (OCCP). **Technical Focus** Knowledge management, metadata standards, bibliometric analysis, digital repositories. **Tasks and responsibilities**
- Actively support the digitization project in the Library.
- Evaluate, create and implement metadata for FAO books, journals, series, reports and other publications into the FAO Knowledge Repository with indexing policies and standards, using controlled vocabulary AGROVOC to optimize content classification and discovery.
- Enrich and update metadata in the FAO Knowledge Repository, based on the metadata schema for uploading new documents to the existing collections.
- Create item-level catalogue records, arranging and describing archival and manuscript collections, and developing electronic finding aids according to archival best practices.
- Provide reference services by searching accessible sources using controlled vocabulary and metadata schemes, and delivering information relevant to specific user requests.
- Support on various scholarly initiatives like bibliometric analysis, research metrics,



controlled vocabularies/metadata, reference management tools.
- Perform other relevant duties as assigned. **CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING** **Minimum Requirements**
- University degree in library science, information science or related field.
- 2 years of relevant experience in library work, knowledge management or related area.
- Working knowledge (level C) of English... **FAO Core Competencies**
- Results Focus
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Building Effective Relationships
- Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement **Technical/Functional Skills**
- Extent and relevance of experience in delivery of information and reference services or conduct of library operations
- Extent and relevance of experience in emerging cataloguing and metadata standards, tools and best practices, such AACR2/RDA, LCC, LCSH, AGROVOC, MARC21, UDC, OCLC WorldCat, and OCLC Connexion
- Knowledge of EAD, DACS and other archival standards; archival preservation principles and practices; and records management principles and practices. **Desirable Criteria**
- Experience with an integrated library management system.
- Experience with digital repositories.
- Knowledge of archival reference tools and methods.
- Limited knowledge (level B) of another FAO official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is considered an asset. **ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**
- Please note that FAO will only consider academic credentials or degrees obtained from an educational institution recognized in the IAU/UNESCO list
- For more information, visit the FAO employment website **HOW TO APPLY**
- To apply, visit the recruitment website at Jobs at FAO and complete your online profile. We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, co

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