Associate Content Catalogue Editor

Associate Content Catalogue Editor

As an Associate/Content Catalogue Editor focused on original and copy cataloging, metadata, and quality processes within the Books Content and Cataloging group of ProQuest – a part of Clarivate, you will be part of a team of librarians who are cataloging and metadata professionals. Your focus will be on cataloging monograph titles and other content formats, quality assurance, and customer support tasks related to ensuring that our products have associated MARC records to deliver to our customers. 

About You – experience, education, skills, and accomplishments 

• Bachelor’s degree and/or master’s degree in library science or relevant subject
• 1+ year(s) experience working in Libraries/Digital Libraries/Digital Asset Management
• Experience in cataloging, including non-print materials formats and non-English language and having good experience using validation programs such as MARCEdit and MarcReport
• Cataloging experience (original and copy cataloging) and subject analysis and classification for books content
• Knowledge of MARC, AACR2 and RDA, Library of Congress Program for Cooperative Cataloging Policy Statements, and Library of Congress authority files
• Knowledge of current and emerging cataloging and metadata standards, tools, and best practices

It would be great if you also had . . . 

• Cataloging experience in RDA for monographs, videos, music, scores, government documents
• Knowledge of XML, various schemas, books metadata standards
• Strong communication skills in a global environment

What will you be doing in this role?

• Catalogue MARC records for eBook titles, applying authorized subjects, author headings and other access points, following the MARC and RDA rules and using Library of Congress authorities
• Validate MARC records using one or more validation tools, following the team documentation in the quality assurance process
• Enrich brief MARC records to full MARC records for eBook titles
• Develop an understanding of our eBook, video, and government products 

As a member of the Cataloging team, you will work collaboratively with the Books Content and Cataloging group that curates our comprehensive Books metadata repository, helping libraries, booksellers, publishers, and other information professionals discover titles in the vast Books marketplace. You will also work with the Alexander Street and Government Information groups. The role will be based in India with a hybrid work environment out of our Hyderabad or Bangalore or Chennai office.

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