Slavic & Armenian Copy Cataloger - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI

Job Summary
The University of Michigan Library is one of the world’s largest academic research libraries and serves a vibrant university community that is home to 19 schools and colleges, 100 top ten graduate programs, and annual research expenditures approaching $1.5 billion a year. To enable the university’s world-changing work and to serve the public good, the library collects, preserves, and shares the scholarly and cultural record in all existing and emerging forms, and leads the reinvention of the academic research library in the digital age.

The library is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and encourages all employees to fully incorporate their diverse backgrounds, skills, and life experiences into their work and towards the fulfillment of the library’s mission.

Note: This position will be a full-time, one-year term appointment with the possibility of renewal.

Responsibilities*
Cataloging

• Catalogs materials in any format (primarily print) and in any of the languages handled by Slavic Studies, including Slavic languages (roman or Cyrillic), Baltic, Hungarian, Albanian, Romanian, Armenian, Central Asian and Modern Greek languages
  


• Edits MARC records in OCLC or Aleph to nationally and locally established standards, including RDA, AACR2, LCRI, LCSH, LC classification system and the ALA-LC Romanization Tables
  


• Upgrades bibliographic headings to authorized forms
  


• Assigns LC classification and LC subject headings
  


• Inputs paired fields in Cyrillic or Armenian
  

Cataloging & Library Support

• Searches bibliographic databases
  


• Assists with workflow maintenance and disperses work to various cataloging workflows
  


• Processes added volumes, added copies and added issues
  


• Attends unit and library wide meetings, appropriate staff development workshops and events