INFORMATION SERVICES
Project Officer (VERITY) POF
Information Services at the University of Sunderland is leading in a
number of research projects for electronic library development and
has been successful in obtaining funding from the European Commission
Telematics for Libraries Programme for a 27 months Trans-European
project called VERITY.
This will explore new ways of providing stimulating and educational
electronic services by creating a web-based Virtual Librarian to
support young learners (13-19 years)
The Project Officer will undertake the research and lead the
technical development of the programme, including liaison with the
European partners and project administration.
You must have excellent IT skills, particularly in knowledge-based or
information
retrieval systems and an awareness of developments in information
science. Knowledge of html and Java or another high level programming
language is essential. Experience in results-based research and
project management are desirable. The post will involve travel to
Europe.
Closing date 24th April 1998
Application packs and further details are available by telephoning
0191 5152000 extensions 2054, 2055, 2425, 2046 and 2429, or E-Mail
employee.recruitment@sunderland.ac.uk
This project is being undertaken in collaboration with the School of
Computing and Information Systems at the Univeristy of Sunderland.
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Professor John I. Tait
University of Sunderland
School of Computing and Information Systems
PO Box 299,
Sunderland SR6 0YN
U.K.
Tel: +44-191-515 2712 Fax: +44-191-515-2781
Email: john.tait@sunderland.ac.uk
WWW home page: http://osiris.sunderland.ac.uk/jta/home