The following details of two lectureships in Electronic Information and
Knowledge Management in the Department of Information and Library Studies
at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth may be of interest to list members.
 The jobs will not be advertised in ARC recruitment but have already been
advertised in The Times Higher Education Supplement, The Guardian and in
the CILIP publication.

Mary Ellis
Archive Administration and Records Management Team
UWA



Prifysgol Cymru
Aberystwyth
University of Wales

Department of Information and Library Studies

Lectureships in
Electronic Information & Knowledge Management

Applications are invited for the above posts in the Department of
Information and Library Studies. The two posts are offered on Lecturer A
grade (£20,470-£24,435 p.a.). Applicants should have a good undergraduate
or masters' degree qualification in Information and Library Studies,
Information Management or related discipline, together with appropriate
research experience.

Informal enquiries to Mr Gwilym Huws, Head of Department on (01970 622189)
or visit the department (by appointment).

Application forms and further details can be obtained from the Personnel
Office, University of Wales Aberystwyth, Old College, King Street
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 2AX.

Closing Date: 28th June 2002





Adran Astudiaethau Gwybodaeth a Llyfrgellyddiaeth

Darlithwyr mewn
Gwybodaeth Electronig
&
Rheolaeth Gwybodaeth

Gwahoddir ceisiadau am y swyddi uchod yn yr Adran Astudiaethau Gwybodaeth a
Llyfrgellyddiaeth. Cynigir y ddwy swydd ar raddfa Darlithydd A
(£20,470-£24,435 y fl.). Dylai ymgeiswyr feddu ar radd is-raddedig neu
uwchraddedig da mewn Astudiaethau Gwybodaeth a Llyfrgellyddiaeth, Rheolaeth
Gwybodaeth neu ddisgyblaeth perthnasol ynghyd â phrofiad ymchwil addas.

Gellir gwneud ymholiadau anffurfiol drwy gysylltu â Mr Gwilym Huws,
Pennaeth yr Adran, ar (01970 622189) neu (o wneud apwyntiad) trwy ymweld
â'r adran.

Gellir cael ffurflenni cais a manylion pellach o'r Swyddfa Personel,
Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth, Yr Hen Goleg, Stryd y Brenin, Aberystwyth,
Ceredigion, SY23 2AX.

Dyddiad Cau: 28ain Mehefin 2002


JOB DESCRIPTION


Title: Two Lectureships: Electronic Information and Knowledge Management
Department: Information and Library Studies
Grade: Lecturer A

Purpose:

To contribute to the development of research and teaching activities in
Electronic Information and Knowledge Management in the Department of
Information and Library Studies

Duties and responsibilities

Research

· To undertake research within the Department's major research foci

· To publish research outcomes in appropriate outlets of national and
international standing

· To obtain external research funding

· To collaborate in research with colleagues both within and outside the
department

· To supervise higher degree candidates


Teaching

· To teach and examine full-time and distance learning undergraduate and
postgraduate students

· To develop modules in relevant areas of the curriculum at both
undergraduate and postgraduate level

· To design and produce open learning materials in conjunction with the
Open Learning Unit

· To provide support and guidance for full-time and distance learning students

· To supervise full-time and distance learning taught masters dissertation
candidates

· To co-operate with colleagues in reviewing and developing the
department's portfolio modules and degree schemes


Administrative & Other Duties

· To be module co-ordinator for specific modules on both full-time and
distance learning degree schemes as appropriate

· To carry out the duties of a Personal Tutor for full-time and distance
learning students

· To attend and contribute to Departmental Board, Research Group meetings
and other departmental and institutional committees as required

· To undertake such other duties required by the Head of Department that
are commensurate with the grade and nature of the post.


Personal Qualities

Knowledge & Experience

- Essential

· A good first degree and/or masters degree in Information Studies/
Information Management or related academic discipline

· Experience of undertaking research

· Evidence of research outputs in refereed journals/ conference proceedings
or publication of similar standing

· Knowledge in two or more of the following areas: electronic information,
electronic publishing, knowledge management, electronic records management,
information literacy, research methodologies, evaluation techniques

- Desirable

· A research degree (preferably PhD) in Information Studies/ Information
Management or related academic discipline

· Previous involvement in externally-funded research projects

· Experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching

· Experience of designing or developing e-learning resources

Skills

- Essential

· Ability to develop an individual research plan and to publish the
findings in recognised academic research publications

· Ability to secure external research funding on own initiative or in
collaboration with departmental colleagues and others

· Ability to lecture to undergraduate and postgraduate students the two or
more of the following fields: electronic information, electronic
publishing, knowledge management, electronic records management,
information literacy, research methodologies, evaluation techniques

· Ability to design quality open learning materials to support
undergraduate and postgraduate studies in two or more of the following
areas: electronic information, electronic publishing, knowledge management,
electronic records management, information literacy, research
methodologies, evaluation techniques

· Well-developed ICT skills

· Good interpersonal and communication skills

- Desirable

· Ability to lead research projects

· Ability to design and develop e-learning resources

Attitudes

- Essential
· A positive commitment and enthusiasm for research

· Positive attitude towards distance learning and professional development
studies
· Willingness to develop new skills to support research and teaching
activities

- Desirable

· An interest in innovative learning and teaching methods






University of Wales Aberystwyth
Department of Information & Library Studies

The Department

The University of Wales Aberystwyth is the oldest of the constituent
colleges of the University of Wales. The Department of Information and
Library Studies was established in 1989 as a result of a Transbinary Group
Study recommendation that the College of Librarianship Wales (founded in
1964) and the University College of Wales Aberystwyth should merge. The
merger of the two institutions was regarded as a natural and progressive
step in the development of information and library studies in Aberystwyth.
The merger has been a huge success and the department has seen steady
growth in its range of activities and significant expansion in its
recruitment of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Currently the department has 15 academic staff (10 full-time and 5
part-time) - one professor, one reader and three senior lecturers with the
remaining academic staff on lecturer grade. However, following several
early retirements during the past twelve months the institution's Planning
Group announced that three new appointments to the academic staff will be
made over the next twelve months. In addition we have a team of 4 Learning
Development Officers and an Educational Technology Officer in the Open
Learning Unit, 10 contracted research assistants, a Departmental
Administrator, a Computer Officer, Printing Officer and 5 secretarial/
clerical staff.

The Department is located in purpose built building on the University's
very attractive and well-resourced Llanbadarn campus which is shared with
the Institute of Rural Studies and various central University services. The
campus library, the Thomas Parry library, is generally acknowledged to hold
the finest collection of materials relating to information and library
studies in the UK, which together with the Information Services on the main
campus and the facilities of a major copyright research library, the
National Library of Wales, immediately adjacent to the main campus, offer
unrivalled resources for research.

Ultimate responsibility in providing leadership for the Department's
research and teaching activities rests with the Head of Department, but
this responsibility is shared with senior members of staff including
Professor David Ellis (Director of Research), Ray Lonsdale (Director of
Research Studies) and Dr Judy Broady Preston (Director of Teaching) who
chair the department's Research Strategy Committee, the Research Studies
Committee and the Learning and Teaching Committee respectively.


Research

The Department has been, or is currently being funded by a number of bodies
including the Arts and Humanities Board, Joint Information Systems
Committee, European Union, British Library Research and Innovation Centre,
RE:SOURCE, Leverhulme Trust, Arts Council England, NHS Information
Authority, Welsh National Assembly, Library & Information Services Council
(Wales), Arts Council Wales and the National Library of Wales. During the
past five years these research programmes have produced more than £2
million in research income for the department and currently we employ 10
full-time and part-time contracted research staff.

The research policy and strategy is intended to maintain and develop the
Department's reputation as a leading research department in the LIS field,
through the enhancement of existing research strengths and the adoption of
an approach to research management that is adapted to the needs and
opportunities of the LIS research environment.

The Department's research activities are organised around research groups.
The research groups' provide foci for research in the Department, and their
functions include identifying sources of research funding, stimulating the
publication of research results, mentoring staff to be research active and
attracting PhD applications. All members of staff belong to at least one
group. New members of staff, as well as being attached to at least one of
the groups, are assigned a mentor from one research group to help
familiarise them with the research environment of the Department and to
assist with the process of integration into the Department's research
activities.


Research Groups

Following recent restructuring there are now three Research Groups

The Electronic Information Research Group covers electronic information
sources and services, including work with E-journals and E-books and
business information sources and services.

The Knowledge Management Research Group encompasses DILS interests in all
aspects of information and knowledge management, including health
information management and records management.

The Professional Studies Research Group includes all DILS research
activities in relation to education and training, including services to
schools and young people, historical aspects of LIS, archive studies,
collection management and Welsh studies.


        Support for Individual Research

In addition to promoting research activity through the research groups the
Department also has an active programme of study leave entitlement and
resources are also available for supporting individual as well as group
research initiatives. Overall, the Department provides an ideal environment
for LIS research, supported by excellent technical, computing and library
resources.

As well as the support provided from within the Department the institution
also offers the following support to individual staff: (1)University
Research Fund for selective support of non-recurrent research initiatives,
which are considered to be of strategic importance to the University's
overall research profile. Particular emphasis is given to supporting
younger members of staff, and projects which could lead to further work
supported by external funding. (2) Learned Societies Fund for the expenses
of members of staff attending research conferences or meetings of Learned
Societies. Priority is given to those with a strong research record, and to
those who are presenting papers. Attendance at prestigious conferences
which will enhance an individual's academic performance may also be
supported if resources allow.

Higher Degree Students

DILS has a long-standing tradition of higher degree student research. One
full-time MPhil student, 11 full-time and 11 part-time PhD students are
currently registered and pursuing research in the fields covered by all
three research foci. Indicative subject areas include, Information
Communications and Multimedia, Use of the Internet in the Humanities, UK
Gateways of Business Information, Use of Electronic Information Sources in
Academic Libraries, Management Information and Charitable Organisations,
Financial Management of Secondary Schools, Impact of IT on Banking and the
Cashless Society, Information Needs of women in Wales.

In addition, two students are currently taking the newly established MSc
Information Systems programme that offers research training as a precursor
to higher degree work.


Learning and Teaching

The department has an international reputation for learning and teaching
innovation, being a pioneer of open and distance learning degree schemes in
information studies in the UK. The design and development of its open
learning programmes is supported by the Open Learning Unit (OLU), with 5
Learning Development Officers. The Department is also one of the core
providers of education in Archives Administration and Records Management
within the UK, with its full-time and distance learning masters degree
schemes being recognised by the Society of Archivists.

Currently DILS has some 400ftes in full-time and distance learning modes of
whom over 60% are taught masters students, thus making the department the
major contributor of postgraduate students ftes at the University of Wales,
Aberystwyth. Almost 66% of all students registered with the Department
study in distance learning mode. Distance Learning is facilitated by
attendance at residential study schools, held either in Aberystwyth or in
Dublin, in April, June, July and September.

Within the University's modular degree scheme structure, an increasing
number of undergraduate and postgraduate modules offered by DILS are
designated as core modules for a variety of degree schemes in other
Departments, such as the School of Management and Business, Computer
Science and Theatre Film and Television Studies. Consequently, new staff
will be required to offer existing and new modules to students registered
on a variety of degree schemes.

The portfolio of degree schemes currently offered by DILS is as follows
(for fuller details consult our website - http://www.dil.aber.ac.uk):



Postgraduate

Archives Administration (full-time & distance learning)
Health Information Management (distance learning only)
Information and Library Studies (full-time & distance learning)
Information Management (full-time)
Information Systems (full-time & distance learning)
Management of Library and Information Services (distance learning)
Records Management (full-time & distance learning)

Undergraduate

Information and Library Studies Single Honours (full-time & distance learning)
Information and Library Studies Joint Honours in approved combination
(full-time)
Information Management Single Honours (full-time)
Information Management Joint Honours in approved combination (full-time)
Information and Library Studies, Major and Minor schemes in an approved
combination of studies with other Departments (full-time)
Information Management, Major and Minor schemes in an approved combination
of studies with other Departments (full-time)




Mary Ellis
(Archives Administration and Records Management Team)
Department of Information and Library Studies
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Llanbadarn Fawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion SY23 3AS

Tel: 01970 622069/622155
Fax: 01970 622190