Metadata Services Technician

Description:

You’ll act with integrity to:

• Create original descriptive and derived cataloguing and authority records for print and digital government documents and commercial publications following international standards, such as RDA and MARC 21, and in-house policies
• Assign subject headings using LCSH and CSH
• Create CODOC classification numbers and verify Dewey numbers
• Edit bibliographic and authority records and modify the holding records to reflect added copies for both monographs and serials
• Download from the internet and archive to the library’s digital repository selected Ontario government monographs and serial issues based on the collection policy
• Determine the choice and form of access points to ensure uniformity and consistency of headings, and create and review authority records for accuracy
• Assist with the application of metadata standards to Assembly information repositories and assets.

You’ll support our collaboration as you:

• Monitor Ontario government websites on a daily basis to identify new born-digital publications
• Create bibliographic records for print and digital library resources making them discoverable via the online catalogue
• Are a key member of the team responsible for producing the Monthly Checklist of Ontario government documents
• Alternate the responsibility of assigning ISBNs and ISSNs to Ontario government document with your co-workers