The UK Office for Library and Information Networking (UKOLN) at the
University of Bath currently has vacancies for:
Software Developers (2 posts)
A Technical Research Officer
and an Information Officer
UKOLN is a national centre of expertise for network information management
supporting the library, information and cultural heritage communities. We
are successful in influencing policy regarding the development of new
services to our communities, gaining funding for research and development
projects, building demonstrator systems and services, and providing a range
of information and awareness services. We take a leading role in the UK
library and information communities facilitating consensus-building through
awareness and events services.
UKOLN's staff is multidisciplinary, including software developers, technical
research staff, library professionals and events organisers. We explore all
aspects of network information management and have strong international
contacts in Europe, North America and throughout the world. Our work is
informed by involvement in a range of projects and initiatives and, with the
start of new projects, we are looking for additional development, research
and information services staff. We currently have vacancies for two software
developers, one technical research officer, and an information officer.
Software developers (Ref. no. 00/56)
You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team of software developers and
information specialists working on a range of externally funded projects.
Ability to work within a team and enthusiasm for communicating results are
essential. You will have programming and software design skills and the
ability to work within a UNIX (Solaris) environment using either Perl, C,
C++ or Java programming languages.
You will have the opportunity to work with new and emerging technologies in
information management and web-based systems. Projects underway include
development of metadata registries, a toolkit for subject gateways and a
generic information broker architecture. Contact with project partners and
practitioners will form an important part of the job. Within the University
there will be opportunities to co-operate with research staff within
academic departments. Depending on your interests and experience there will
be potential for involvement in project management.
Further details are available at
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/vacancies/soft-dev/details-0001.htm
Technical research officer (Ref. no. 00/57)
As a technical research officer at UKOLN much of your work will be involved
with investigating solutions for the provision of the infrastructure to
support location, discovery and retrieval of high quality resources over the
Internet. A main focus of UKOLN's work is to promote the provision of
inter-working services across information sectors. You will work closely
with other R&D staff and the Interoperability Focus to enhance understanding
of research issues in this area, participating in a variety of initiatives,
disseminating results and providing input to the distributed systems and
information services staff. Depending on you interests and experience the
opportunity also exists for you to co-ordinate areas of activity.
Further details are available at
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/vacancies/tech-res/details-0001.htm
Informal enquiries for the above posts should be made to Rachel Heery. Phone
01225 826724 or email [log in to unmask] Starting salaries for the above
posts will be up to 28,478 per annum depending on qualifications and
experience. Contracts will be for a two year period, in the first instance.
Closing date for applications for the above posts is 09 March 2000.
Information officer (Ref. no. 00/58)
You will be a member of UKOLN's Information Services Team and will provide
support for a range of UKOLN's activities including production of the web
magazines Ariadne (a leading web-based resource for the UK Library and
Information communities) and Exploit Interactive (a European web magazine
for the Library community). In addition you will help to develop a new
magazine aimed at the European museums and archives communities and also
assist in the maintenance of UKOLN's web service and providing support for
UKOLN projects.
You should have an understanding of emerging trends in networked information
and library services and will work well with a wide range of contacts. We
are seeking an enthusiastic, out-going, self-motivated individual for this
post. Experience of editing newsletters or magazines, including writing,
commissioning and editing articles, design and achieving deadlines is
desirable. You should have experience of using HTML tools to produce high
quality web resources and will want to develop skills in network-based
information handling, organisation, quality control and publicity.
Further details are available at
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/vacancies/info-off/details-0001.htm
Informal enquiries should be made to Brian Kelly (phone 01225 323943 or
email [log in to unmask]) or to Lorcan Dempsey (phone 01225 826580 or email
[log in to unmask]). Starting salary will be in the range of
16,286-24,479 per annum depending on qualifications and experience. The
contract will be for a two year period.
Closing date for applications for this post is 09 March 2000.
Application forms and further details may be obtained from the Personnel
Department, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY or phone the 24
hr
answer-phone service on Bath (01225) 826924 (e-mail [log in to unmask])
quoting the appropriate reference number.
Working towards Equal Opportunities
UKOLN is funded by the Library and Information Commission, the Joint
Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the Higher Education Funding
Councils, as well as by project funding from the JISC and the European
Union. UKOLN also receives support from the University of Bath where it is
based.
Sally Criddle
Resource Co-ordinator
UKOLN
University of Bath
Bath BA2 7AY
Phone +44 (0)1225 826250
Fax: +44 (0)1225 826838
Email: [log in to unmask]
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