abevan July 25th, 2010
The successful candidate will support learning, teaching and research in designated subject areas. S/he will play an active role in the Information Services as a whole and the wider library team.
For more information and Application procedure please see information booklet
The completed application documents must be forwarded by email to reach the Public Appointments Service no later than Thursday 5th August, 2010.
National University of Ireland, Maynooth is an equal opportunities employer.
Tags: Current Vacancies, NUI Maynooth
abevan July 20th, 2010
Opportunity for Library/Information Studies Graduate.
The Marine Institute is currently recruiting a Library and Information Stagiaire. This position provides an excellent training opportunity for a recent graduate (last 2 years) with a minimum of an Honours Degree, Masters or Graduate Diploma in Information/Library Studies, wishing to gain quality work experience in a library environment. Work experience is provided for a maximum period up to 50 weeks on a fixed term, fixed purpose Graduate Training contract with a stipend of €21,850 per annum pro rated with time worked.
Full details are advertised on the Marine Institute website under Current Vacancies.
The closing date for applications is Friday July 23 at 4.30pm.
Tags: Current Vacancies, LIS students, Marine Institute
abevan July 16th, 2010
Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer in Information and Library Studies, located within the UCD School of Information and Library Studies. An appointment will be offered on either a temporary 5-year or permanent basis.
The appointed Lecturer will teach within the School and contribute significantly to the quality expansion of research in one or more of the following areas:
Metadata, information technology design and evaluation, computer-supported cooperative work, health science informatics, human information behavior, management in information organizations, information retrieval, digital libraries, information architecture, classification, information literacy, and/or related topics regarding the interplay of people, information, technology and social structures.
S/he will also be required to participate effectively in the School’s graduate and undergraduate programmes and to contribute to the academic life of the School, College and University.
Closing date: 23:30hrs on Thursday September 30 2010
Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. UCD is unable to accept late applications.
Informal enquiries can be sent to the Head of School, Prof. Diane H. Sonnenwald at
+35317167799.
Tags: Current Vacancies, UCD SILS
abevan July 16th, 2010
Individuals interested in disaster management are sought for Intra-European Fellowship applications for post-doctoral or visiting researcher positions to work at the University College Dublin (UCD) in Dublin, Ireland. Candidates with a dual background in information science and computing, and who are interested in the interplay of people, information, technology and social structures in the context of emergency response, are particularly encouraged to apply. The envisioned project relates to outlining the ideal characteristics for the development of new information systems for real-time emergency response management.
These prestigious EU fellowships have salaries that begin at €56,400 plus a mobility allowance and training stipend. They are for a period of 12-24 months and are anticipated to begin in summer 2011.
- Candidates must be in possession of the Ph.D.s by 1 August 2010 (as verified by their university’s registrar) and have highly competitive academic credentials
- All nationalities welcome, but the candidate must currently be residing in an EU member country of affiliated state (e.g., Turkey, Switzerland, Israel)
- Irish candidates can apply, if they have been out of Ireland for 36 months
- Non-Irish candidates currently living in Ireland can also apply, if they have not been in Ireland for more than 11 months as of 1 August2010.
Please note that this process is to assist a competitive candidate in their application to an EU funding programme. The host institution will help the selected applicant devise and edit their application (due 17 August 10).
Interested applicants should send their full CV and publication list to Dr. Debra Laefer and Prof. Diane H. Sonnenwald.
Tags: Current Vacancies, Disaster prepardness planning, Research, UCD SILS
abevan July 12th, 2010
Applications are invited from candidates who would like to undertake a three-year funded PhD studentship within the Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation at Edinburgh Napier University in the UK. The Institute comprises five research centres, of which the Centre for Social Informatics is one.
The Centre for Social Informatics (and the International Teledemocracy Centre which is based within the Centre) undertakes research across a range of areas including the information society, knowledge management, library and information science, project management, social computing, e-government and e-democracy.
We are particularly interested in applicants who would like to pursue research that overlaps in interest with the work of one or more of the other four research centres within the Institute.
Further details of the studentship and the application process can be found here. The deadline for applications is 1st August 2010.
To arrange an informal discussion with one of the academic staff who supervises doctoral work within the Centre for Social Informatics, please contact v.wiegel@napier.ac.uk.
Tags: LIS courses, LIS students, Research
