1. Two sides of perspectives:
Competencies and Education for Cataloging and Metadata Professionals
Patrick Harrington
Myung-Ja (MJ) K. Han

2. As a new graduate

3. What have I learned from the iSchool
High-level metadata concepts
How metadata standards developed
Interaction between metadata and other aspects of librarianship
Developing metadata schema for specific applications
Metadata in non-library settings

4. What have I learned from the Work
Institutional factors that influence metadata practices
Programming and batch processing techniques
Documentation and workflow creation
Conducting original research

5. Required Qualifications in Job Descriptions
Knowledge of metadata standards
Understanding of markup/programming technologies
Both cataloging practice and other metadata topics
Soft skills (collaboration, attention to detail, self-starter, etc.)

6. Competencies gained in iSchool Competencies gained as a GA
Principles of identity management & authority control
Library services platforms/library management systems
Cooperative bibliographic databases
Application of conceptual frameworks, standards, and principles within a bibliographic system
Integration, mapping, and transformation of metadata within a bibliographic system
Historical context for current metadata principles
Principles behind controlled vocabularies
Data standardization (content standards, structure standards, encoding)
Methods and approaches for metadata creation, editing, and analysis
Conceptual models for library data
Indexing and database structure
How cataloging fits within the broader library and cultural heritage context (“Big Picture” Knowledge)
A/V-specific metadata standards and practices
Finding and encoding technical metadata

7. As a Practicing Metadata Librarian

8. Skills I have acquired over the years….
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2017
MARC
AACR2
Voyager
OCLC Connexion
Dublin Core
TEI
PREMIS
XML
OAI-PMH
DMS
More DMS
Metadata Harvesting
Metadata Batch Procecssing
XSD
Grant writing
Other metadata standards
RDA
MarcEdit
Batch processing tools
Metadata Schema creation
Metadata Applications
Develop batch processing tools
Metadata Schema creation
Simple programming
A/V metadata
Linked Open Data/Semantic web
ETD metadata
RDF
JSON-LD
Research Data

9. Cataloging and Metadata Librarianships
Resource description
Consultations
Data management
Advocating metadata and cataloging works
Training ….

10. Soft Skills: Engage with Changes Communication Initiatives/Flexibility
Willingness to learn new things
Work in a team
Engage with Changes