Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Associate Museum Librarian, Systems & Information Technology

The Met Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

Sponsorship not specified$90k-$100kDetected 34 days ago
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About the role

  • About the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
  • The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City-The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters.
  • Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.

Responsibilities

  • As the Associate Museum Librarian, you will administer and maintain the library's integrated library systems, manage the library's hardware and software applications and play an active role in the library's extensive digital initiatives.
  • You will contribute to library data analytics, visualization, and support information security.
  • You will support and pilot emerging tools including LLM/AI-assisted workflows - for cataloging, metadata, and systems automation to streamline workflows of patron-facing services.
  • You will be a core team member of several technical service teams and provide reference and research support to library patrons.
  • Manages the maintenance and ongoing development of the library ILS (Innovative Interfaces Inc.'s Sierra); serves as primary contact with the vendor; coordinates with the library systems team for installing new releases, troubleshooting, and documentation.
  • Manages and supports the operation of the ILS by maintaining configuration and access tables, creating documentation, maintaining passwords and authorizations, and by resolving problems relating to records, access, and functionality.
  • Works closely with vendors providing link resolvers, proxy authentication, authorities processing, cataloging services, digital repositories, and interlibrary loan systems; monitors, ensures optimal performance, and resolves technical support issues when appropriate.
  • Collaborates with library staff and vendors to identify, format, and coordinate the batch loading of vendor-supplied records into the online catalog.
  • Works as a key member of the Digitization Team to plan, implement, and support projects that advance the creation of digital collections.
  • Maintains the library's externally hosted web server and serves as the library's primary administrator of the Museum's content management system (currently Sanity), including page migration, content updates, user research, and coordination with Digital.

Requirements

  • 5 Years of library experience required.
  • Knowledge and experience working with content management systems required.
  • Knowledge of relational database design principles required.
  • Experience administering a Unix/Linux operating system using the command line interface required.
  • Experience with Zotero citation management software desirable.
  • Demonstrated aptitude for acquiring new skills relevant to library systems required.
  • Strong service orientation and awareness of end user needs as related to library systems and web platforms required.
  • Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills with a commitment to data-informed decision-making processes required.
  • Experience and commitment to public services including reference and instruction required.
  • Ability to work effectively, both collaboratively and independently, in a service-driven environment required.

Nice to have

  • Master's Degree in Library or Information Science, with a bachelor's degree or experience in Art History preferred.
  • Two or more years' experience managing an ILS required, Innovative Interfaces preferred, in a medium or large research library.
  • Demonstrated project management experience, training and supervisory skills required
  • experience with Agile/DevOps practices and tools such as Jira and Slack preferred.
  • Experience administering an enterprise content management preferred.
  • Familiarity with cloud-hosted services and basic AWS concepts (S3, IAM, EC2, Lambda) preferred.
  • Awareness of information-security fundamentals and willingness to participate in security reviews, system hardening, and end-user security training preferred.

Compensation

  • $90,000.00 - $100,000.00 / Annually
  • The advertised pay scale reflects the good faith minimum and maximum salary range for this role.
  • The advertised pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage for any specific employee.
  • The specific compensation offered to a candidate may be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's experience, education, special licensing or qualifications, and other factors.
  • The Museum provides competitive compensation, and generous benefits and perks for all eligible employees.
  • Considerable paid time off, including annual leave, sick leave, and 13 Museum holidays

Benefits

  • The Museum provides competitive compensation, and generous benefits and perks for all eligible employees.
  • Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
  • 403(b) basic retirement plan and optional matching retirement plan with an outstanding employer match
  • Considerable paid time off, including annual leave, sick leave, and 13 Museum holidays
  • Long-term disability coverage
  • Flexible Spending Accounts & Health Savings Account (pre-tax income for eligible health care expenses)
  • Commuter benefits (pre-tax income for parking or mass transit expenses)

Company info

  • About the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
  • Since its founding in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects.
  • We are committed to fostering a collaborative and respectful work environment with a staff as diverse as the audiences we engage.
  • Our staff members are art lovers who are passionate about working toward a common goal: creating the most dynamic and inspiring art museum in the world.
  • At The Met, every staff member - from security officers to researchers to scientists and beyond - lives by our core values of respect, inclusivity, collaboration, excellence, and integrity.

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