The Role
Supports the National Library of Medicine’s digital repository through metadata analysis, data-quality correction, Solr query development, source-system comparison, and reporting. Reviews OCR, captions, transcripts, audiovisual materials, and accessibility issues; tests generative AI tools and remediation methods; and supports repository improvement, migration, and technical studies. Documents findings and recommendations while collaborating on metadata, indexing, quality assurance, and digital-content workflows.
Summary Generated by Built In
Computercraft is seeking a Repository Services and Metadata Librarian to support the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. NLM is the world’s largest biomedical and health research library and maintains a preeminent collection of literature and materials, including but not limited to print monographs and serial volumes, manuscripts, pamphlets, theses, audiovisuals, and visual materials such as fine prints, photographs, posters, and ephemera. NLM has several core functions, two of which are preserving materials and making them accessible to researchers.
In this role, you will work full-time performing technical information management, data analysis, quality control, and related activities supporting NLM’s Digital Repository.
This is a full-time, hybrid position requiring three days per week on site.
Job Responsibilities
The anticipated salary range for this position is $70,000–$85,000 annually. The starting salary within this range will be based on relevant experience, qualifications, and skills.
In this role, you will work full-time performing technical information management, data analysis, quality control, and related activities supporting NLM’s Digital Repository.
This is a full-time, hybrid position requiring three days per week on site.
Job Responsibilities
- Analyzing repository metadata and content to identify and correct incomplete, inconsistent, duplicate, obsolete, or malformed data.
- Developing and running Solr queries to analyze repository records, metadata, indexing behavior, search results, and data-quality issues, and producing related reports.
- Comparing Digital Repository metadata with authoritative source systems, including Alma and ArchivesSpace, to identify discrepancies requiring correction.
- Evaluating and testing approved generative AI tools and agents for repository and discovery workflows, including prompt development, testing, output evaluation, and documentation.
- Reviewing OCR, captions, transcripts, audiovisual materials, and other digital content for quality, completeness, accessibility, and remediation opportunities.
- Testing approved methods to improve OCR, transcripts, metadata, and other machine-generated content, and conducting quality assurance after reprocessing or remediation.
- Conducting technical studies and supporting repository improvement, remediation, and migration projects with approved query, analysis, low-code/no-code, and AI tools.
- Researching relevant standards, tools, and approaches and documenting findings and develop recommendations.
- Bachelor's degree.
- Two (2) years of experience with digital repositories, digital libraries, library systems, archives, or large metadata collections.
- Strong data analysis, data quality, and metadata cleanup skills.
- Ability to construct and interpret Solr queries and to analyze search and index data.
- Working knowledge of structured metadata formats, including XML, JSON, MODS, MARC-derived metadata, or similar schemas.
- Experience with spreadsheets, query tools, text-processing tools, or lightweight scripting for data analysis; programming expertise is not required.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
- Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.
- Experience with generative AI, prompt engineering, AI agents, or evaluation of AI-generated content.
- Familiarity with OCR, transcripts, captions, audiovisual content, and digital accessibility.
- Familiarity with Fedora, Solr, Blacklight, IIIF, Alma, and/or ArchivesSpace.
The anticipated salary range for this position is $70,000–$85,000 annually. The starting salary within this range will be based on relevant experience, qualifications, and skills.
Skills Required
- Two years of experience with digital repositories, digital libraries, library systems, archives, or large metadata collections
- Strong data analysis, data quality, and metadata cleanup skills
- Ability to construct and interpret Solr queries and analyze search and index data
- Working knowledge of structured metadata formats, including XML, JSON, MODS, MARC-derived metadata, or similar schemas
- Experience with spreadsheets, query tools, text-processing tools, or lightweight scripting for data analysis
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills
- Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance
- Experience with generative AI, prompt engineering, AI agents, or evaluation of AI-generated content
- Familiarity with OCR, transcripts, captions, audiovisual content, and digital accessibility
- Familiarity with Fedora, Solr, Blacklight, IIIF, Alma, and/or ArchivesSpace
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The Company
What We Do
Computercraft, an American Indian– and Woman-owned small business, provides the public with user-friendly access to reliable and current genetic sequence, genomic, chemical, and scientific information. Our technical and scientific staff work with customers to build and refine high-profile information resources that get accurate health and biomedical research data into the hands of researchers and other stakeholders all over the globe, helping them solve our world’s greatest health challenges. In some of our other work, we provide program management support and health communication and outreach that directly and indirectly facilitate and sustain our nation's public health efforts
