Jeanette Norris has accepted the position of Head of Metadata Services, effective December 1, 2018. Prior to this promotion, Jeanette served as a Metadata Librarian.
Jeanette’s inclusive leadership style will be instrumental in moving the department into new modes of descriptive cataloging and metadata demanded by sophisticated discovery systems and digital platforms. With clarity of expression and a focus on direct action, she is a constructive force in ensuring that the Access Services and Collection Management department is truly the learning community it aspires to be.
As a Metadata Librarian, Jeanette managed a team of experts who are responsible for ingesting and exporting hundreds of thousands of records annually into the Library’s Management System and ensuring that the quality of the records meets the highest standards. Jeanette also led the effort to match use of the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) with Brown University departments and organizations and is currently working with the Brown Digital Repository (BDR) developers to align up-to-date metadata standards with the evolving usage of the BDR.
Chair of the Discovery Advisory Group, Jeanette successfully led the transition from Summon to the EDS discovery system and, together with Digital Technologies, continues to lead the ongoing creative development of the open source Blacklight system. Recently, she partnered with vendors and colleagues to conduct usability studies to make sure that the needs of Brown University researchers and scholars are being progressively met.
Jeanette inspires confidence in her colleagues through her metadata expertise, bridging policy and procedure in the service of creating a robust delivery experience for our patrons that will facilitate and enhance their interaction with Brown’s distinctive collections.