Metadata Services Department
Management Roles and Responsibilities

Department Head

Responsibilities

• Provide vision, leadership, and direction for the effective bibliographic control of library materials
• Advise outside the department on strategies for the organization of information
• Set direction for overall departmental activities, budget, plans, priorities, and policies
• Recruit, supervise, and evaluate Division Heads

Ex Officio Committees

• Chair, Metadata Services Department Division Heads Group
• Chair, Metadata Services Department Unit Heads Group
• Member, Cabinet (rotates with other Technical Services Dept. Heads)
• Member, Cataloging Committee
• Member, Library Management Group (LMG)
• Member, Public Services Advisory Group
• Member, Technical Services Dept. Heads Group

Assistant Department Head

Responsibilities

• Assist the Metadata Services Department Head with his/her responsibilities
• Serve as acting Metadata Services Department Head in Department Head's absence
• Oversee departmental fiscal management
• Oversee departmental statistical reports
• Oversee departmental workflow and staffing analyses
• Coordinate departmental training
• Coordinate department-wide activities and projects

Ex Officio Committees

• Member, Metadata Services Department Division Heads Group
• Member, Metadata Services Department Unit Heads Group
• Member, Cataloging Committee

Division Heads

Responsibilities

• Provide vision, leadership, and direction for the division
• Set direction for division activities, plans, priorities, workflow
• Oversee GA budget for the division
• Provide for training unique to the division
• Recruit, supervise, and evaluate Unit Heads and oversee staff in units

Ex Officio Committees

• Chair, Division meetings
• Member, Metadata Services Department Division Heads Group
• Member, Metadata Services Department Unit Heads Group
• Member, Cataloging Committee

Unit Heads

Responsibilities

• Provide vision, leadership, and direction for the unit
• Set direction for unit activities, plans, priorities, workflow
• Prepare and monitor GA budget for the unit
• Provide for training unique to the unit
• Recruit, supervise, and evaluate staff

Ex Officio Committees

• Chair, unit meetings
• Member, Metadata Services Department Unit Heads Group
• Member, Cataloging Committee
• Member, division unit heads group

Prepared by Shirley Higgins for the Catalog Department Management Group
March 21, 2003
Minor revisions March 7, 2006