Bibliothécaire-documentaliste spécialisé·e — État de Vaud (Administration cantonale vaudoise)

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Due to the size of its collections, the Cantonal and University Library – Lausanne (BCUL) is one of the largest libraries in Switzerland. A public institution with a heritage, cultural and academic vocation, the Cantonal and University Library – Lausanne (BCUL) is dependent on the Directorate-General for Culture (DGC). Within the University campus of UNIL, the Unithèque site of the Cantonal and University Library - Lausanne (BCUL) is an academic library specialized in the humanities, at the service of the university community and a wider public looking for specialized documentation. Today, as part of the expansion project, the extended Unithèque will receive its full capacity from 2027, both for students and for collections. In a context of strong demands and in the face of the evolution of technical and library tools and challenges, you bring your expertise to the section of the document circuit (CIRDOC) of the Unithèque site and play a role of technical reference within the Coordination of the Renouvaud network. At the same time, you are a key player in the support of users, offering them high-quality reception, information and training, while actively contributing to the development of innovative projects and ensuring constant vigilance to maintain leading edge expertise.

• Assume technical expertise in metadata and collaborate actively with the Coordination of the Renouvaud network
• Ensure the acquisition circuit and cataloguing of the book
• Manage collections of open access monographs
• Welcome, inform and train the users of the university site. Training and maintaining skills up-to-date with previous and continuing training
• Managing or actively participating in development projects For further information, please consult the Terms of Reference by clicking here or contact Anaïs Perrenoud, Head of the Document Circuit Section (CIRDOC) of the Unithèque website, by tel. as at 021 692 48 74.
• Bachelor of Science Information Specialists or Library Education deemed equivalent
• Minimum experience of 5 years in documentary information service
• Very good knowledge of ALMA SIGB, MARC21 format, GDR rules and other catalographic reporting standards
• Good ability to communicate and synthesize information
• Very good mastery of basic office tools and new information technologies (professional web searches, information management)
• Good knowledge of artificial intelligence tools and automatic processing of natural language applied to cataloguing
• Knowledge of programming language, German level B1 and English level B2

Position in the Cantonal Administration of Vaud (State of Vaud), Switzerland. Online application on the official career portal offers-emploi.vd.ch.