Library Metadata & Discovery Coordinator
Job id: 098905
Salary: £37,332 - £42,099 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.
Business unit: Students & Education
Department: Service Design & Delivery.
Location: Strand Campus
Category: Professional & Support Services.
About Us
The King’s community is dedicated to the service of society. King’s Strategic Vision 2029 sets out our vision for the future, shaped around five priority areas: educate to inspire and improve; research to inform and innovate; serve to shape and transform; a civic university at the heart of London; and an international community that services the world. Our ambitious Education Strategy sets out the actions that we must take to transform how we teach, how and where our students learn and how we support them during their time with us.
Libraries & Collections comprises four departments: Education & Learning, Research & Impact, Service Design & Delivery, along with Business Operations. We are part of the Students & Education Directorate, which manages the student lifecycle from application to graduation and beyond.
This role is based in the Service Design & Delivery department, which consists of the Systems, Space & Discovery and Frontline Services teams. The Department provides welcoming library environments (both digital and physical), enabling users to get the most out of our spaces, services, and collections, as well as facilitating continual service improvement and development of new services across Libraries and Collections.
About The Role
The Library Metadata & Discovery Coordinator plays a crucial role in making our collections easily discoverable by acting as a central point for support and training in cataloguing and metadata standards for staff across Libraries & Collections. You will be committed to ensuring the metadata is of high quality and sharing your expertise in metadata and discovery.
This role presents an exciting opportunity if you are interested in expanding and sharing your knowledge of cataloguing, furthering your skills in library systems, and are committed to enhancing user experience.
You will assist the Library Solutions Managers by overseeing the roll-out and enhancement of various systems and technologies, with a particular emphasis on improving our discovery tools.
As part of the Systems, Space & Discovery team, you will support colleagues and services across the team. You will work closely with the other coordinator in the team and coordinate the work of the Senior Library Assistants.
You will be required to participate in frontline services as required, including contributing towards a rota for evening and weekend working.
This is a full-time post, and you will be offered an indefinite contract.
Contact details: Robert Watt. robert.watt@kcl.ac.uk
Closing date: 08 December 2024.
To apply, please click the “Apply" button to be taken to the KCL website.
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