Provides original and complex copy cataloging and metadata services for library materials to ensure discoverability and robust access to the items in the library's collections. Directs necessary database maintenance, resolves difficult cataloging problems, provides statistics, and performs related catalog-management activities to help ensure the library's records and those supplied by other vendors meet local and national standards.  Provides training and guidance to library staff members who work in the online catalog.

This is a full time, benefits eligible, salaried position with a hiring range of $63,009-$78,787 per year.

Core Responsibilities:
Performs original and complex copy-cataloging of all formats of library materials according to national and local standards in English and non-English languages, working in both the library catalog and national databases  Develops cataloging policies and addresses cataloging priorities  Resolves complex problems, including headings conflicts and other discrepancies,  associated with bibliographic, authority, item, and holding records   Reviews and enhances vendor-supplied MARC records for batch-loading into the library catalog  Supervises Senior Catalog Associate  Provides statistics to library leadership and outside professional organizations as requested  Staffs the Research Desk and teaches Research and Information literacy skills in the classroom and in one-on-one meetings as needed, modeling best practices from instructional design and the science of learning.  Develops appropriate web guides and other learning and outreach materials that highlight library resources and exhibit universal design principles for accessibility 

Middlebury College is an equal-opportunity employer where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. To this end, the College recruits talented and diverse faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Middlebury College encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically underrepresented communities. The College also invites applications from individuals who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.