Job Announcement: Metadata/Ontology Expert, University of Florida

The UF George A. Smathers Libraries are now accepting applications for a Metadata/Ontology Expert. The
position is part of the NIH grant "Enabling National Networking of Scientists and Resource Discovery
(http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/the_american_recovery_and_reinvestment_act/enabling_national_networking_and_resource_discovery/).
 The position will be time-limited to approximately 24 months (the duration of the grant.)
The Metadata/Ontology IT Expert performs duties related to the development and maintenance of an
ontology scheme for the VIVO database application. As such the incumbent will work under the direction of
UF Implementation Team Lead (in collaboration with corresponding team at Cornell and Indiana
University) to develop and maintain a commonly agreed upon metadata vocabulary that reflects the needs
of the local ontology users but is also interoperable and geographically, administratively, and
functionally scalable with the national interface. This position will work closely with the Health
Science Center MeSH expert to ensure that the MeSH terms are properly integrated into the standard
ontology and that proper mapping occurs. Evaluation of the local usability of metadata and refining the
metadata in a manner that facilitates access is a key responsibility of the position.

For more information:
IT Expert - Metadata/Ontology Expert - Marston Science Library
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/pers/documents/ITExpert00004639PVA09.09.pdf
Note: The grant has been awarded.

Deadline Date: October 15, 2009

The VIVO National Network for Biomedical Researchers project is a UF partnership with Cornell University
Library and five other academic research institutions over two years - to create an integrated national
information network on biomedical research that will serve not just researchers, but also students,
administrative and service officials, prospective faculty and students, donors, funding agencies,
and the public.
If you have any questions, please contact:

Sara Russell Gonzalez, Ph.D., M.L.I.S.
VIVO <at> UF Implementation Team Lead
Marston Science Library, University of Florida
saragonz <at> ufl.edu / 352-273-2867