Högskolan i Borås (the University College of Borås, UCB) is a national
university college with a strong regional base. Our 9,000 students come from
various parts of Sweden, as certain programmes are only available in Borås.
UCB consists of six departments within our target areas: Library and
Information Studies, Business Administration and Computer Science, Textile
and Design, Education, Engineering, and Health Care. UCB values the
qualities that comes with an organisation of diversity according to age,
sex, and ethnical background.

The Department of Library and Information Studies/Swedish School of Library
and Information Studies is seeking a
Professor of Library and Information Science with a special interest in
Knowledge Organisation and Digital Libraries

The Department of Library and Information Studies/Swedish School of Library
and Information Science is a joint department at the Göteborg University and
the University College of Borås, based in Borås. The education comprises
graduate to postgraduate studies. The vast licentiate education could also
be taken as distance education. Both education and research activities,
mainly located in Borås, are growing fast.

The number of students is for the moment about 1,100, of which 25 are
postgraduate students. The department employs 65 faculty including four full
professors. National and international contacts are numerous. The research
education is carried out in close collaboration with corresponding education
in the other Nordic countries. Research projects are supported by a common
research programme and policy for UCB. There are four main areas for
research and teaching: Libraries – their management and cultural
significance, Culture and society; Knowledge organisation including
information seeking and retrieval; Interaction between the user and
information services, and Information Management and Information Resources
Management.

Assignment: teaching at both graduate and postgraduate levels, mainly within
Knowledge Organisation, which also comprises Information Retrieval (IR),
Electronic Publication, Information seeking in data bases as well as related
issues with connection to digital libraries and information services. The
professor in question should participate in the management of the future
development of the research field. He/she should also, in collaboration with
researchers, teachers and postgraduate students, initiate and take part in
both research projects and the development of pedagogics. Research and
research management is an important part of the work. The position is placed
in Borås and will be available from the autumn term in 2002, or according to
agreement.

Qualifications: The grounds for appointment to professor are stated in the
National Agency for Higher Education, www.hsv.se. Equal importance should be
attached to scientific and pedagogical skill. Importance should also be
attached to the ability to inform about research and development work. At
UCB we seek diversity according to age, sex and ethnic background.

For more information, apply to Lars Höglund, chairman, or Christina Persson,
vice chairman. Union representatives: Ola Högberg, SACO, and Mikael
Gunnarsson, TCO.

To the application (with registration number) should be attached a witnessed
CV with publication list, a short report of scientific and pedagogical
experience, a testimonial or other documentation of teacher skill including
a self-assessment, seven published works (at the most) and other relevant
qualification documents. Three copies of all application documents must be
provided. There is an example (in Swedish) of how to organise application
documents to be found under ”Lediga tjänster” at UCB’s web site: www.hb.se.

Application documents with references and salary demands, plus a note of any
additional work (e.g., consultancy) that the applicant would expect to be
allowed to pursue during employment, should have reached UCB on May 14,
2002, at the address:
HÖGSKOLAN I BORÅS
501 90 BORÅS PHONE: 033-16 40 00 (switchboard)