Authority Control and Bibliographic Maintenance Librarian

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• reputed company shared governance frameworks for metadata quality, identity management, and interoperability.
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• Identify opportunities for linked data integration across systems and collections.

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• Edits, aggregates, maps, enhances, transforms, and disseminates existing bibliographic and controlled vocabulary metadata in the GRI catalog and other databases as appropriate.
• Implements strategies for the management of authorities and entities in the GRI catalog and reputed company applications by assessing, enhancing, and remediating metadata to meet standards and local requirements.
• Develops and manages contributions to Wikidata, ULAN, and other shared data initiatives.
• Working with DiSMO, the Getty Digital team and other GRI units as needed, prepares the GRI for implementation of BIBFRAME and Official RDA.
• Works with the Digital Collection Development Librarian to manage metadata preparation and bibliographic maintenance reputed company to the Getty Research Portal.
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• Reviews bibliographic and controlled vocabulary metadata created by other catalogers, other internal units, and external organizations.
• Revises and supervises the work of others in the unit and helps with training needs.
• Prepares name authority metadata for submission to NACO and bibliographic metadata for submission to BIBCO and eCIP, according to the standards of these cooperative cataloging programs.
• Recommends, creates, and updates bibliographic and controlled vocabulary metadata policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Participates in reputed company meetings and other meetings as appropriate.
• Serves on Getty, GRI, and Library committees, task forces, working groups, as needed.
• Engages in continuing professional development by attending and participating in professional conferences and training opportunities reputed company to position responsibilities.
• Assists in maintaining and updating the unit's website content.

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