[Corpora-List] Job Vacancies: 2 Professorial Chairs-Sheffield University Dept Info Studies

From: Mark Sanderson (m.sanderson@sheffield.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Jul 02 2002 - 12:25:55 MET DST

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    The Department of Information Studies at the University of Sheffield
    is pleased to announce that it is seeking appointments for two new
    Chairs in Information Retrieval and in Librarianship and Information
    Management.

    The Department of Information Studies has received the highest possible
    grades in all Research Assessment Exercises to date (5*A in 2001),
    a feat not achieved by any other comparable department in the UK,
    and was graded as 'Excellent' in the Teaching Quality Assessment.

    Chair in Information Retrieval
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    Applications are invited for a Chair in Information Retrieval.
    The appointee will have an international research standing in
    information retrieval and/or a related area such as digital libraries,
    information extraction and multimedia. The appointee will be
    expected to contribute to a portfolio of undergraduate and
    postgraduate programmes in Information Systems, Information
    Management and Librarianship, and to participate at a strategic
    level in the development of the research and teaching activities
    of this dynamic and successful interdisciplinary Department.

    Informal enquiries about this post may be directed to
    Professor Micheline Beaulieu. Tel. +44 (0)114 2222640
    Email: m.beaulieu@sheffield.ac.uk

    Chair in Librarianship and Information Management
    **********************************************************
    Applications are invited for a Chair in Librarianship and
    Information Management. The appointee will contribute to the
    Department's undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
    programmes and to the work of the Library and Information
    Management Research Group, and will also be expected to play
    a major part in the continued development of the Department's
    Centre for the Public Library and Information in Society.
    Research interests are welcome in any aspect of library and
    information management, but preference may be given to applicants
    who can contribute to the Department's work in some or all of
    the following areas: Academic, public, and workplace library
    and information services; Libraries, information and society;
    Value and impact of library and information services;
    Management of library and information services. The appointee
    will have extensive academic or operational experience that,
    coupled with an international standing in the library and information
    world, will enable him/her to enhance links both within and beyond
    the University, particularly with practitioners, professional and
    other relevant organizations.

    Informal enquiries about this post may be directed to
    Professor Bob Usherwood. Tel. +44 (0)114 2222635
    Email: r.usherwood@sheffield.ac.uk

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    Further details about both these posts are available from
    the Department's website:
    http://www.shef.ac.uk/~is/news/jobs/jobs.html

    Closing Date for both posts: 6th September 2002
    Salary: to be negotiated

    For details about how to apply for these posts please contact:
    Personnel Services, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
    Tel: +44 (0)114 2221631 Fax: +44 (0)114 2221624.
    More information can also be obtained from the University of Sheffield
    Personnel Services website at http://www.shef.ac.uk/jobs/adc

    _________________________________________________________________________
    Mark Sanderson, Room 303 Tel: +44 (0) 114 22 22648
    Department of Information Studies Fax: +44 (0) 114 27 80300
    University of Sheffield, Regent Court, mailto:m.sanderson@shef.ac.uk
    211 Portobello St., Sheffield, S1 4DP, UK http://dis.shef.ac.uk/mark/
    _________________________________________________________________________
    Good judgement comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgement



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