We are seeking PhD students to work on 2 fully-funded research
projects in partnership with The British Library. Both projects have a
collections focus and require experience of working in an academic or
research library together with a Masters degree in librarianship or a
related subject. Students expecting to obtain a Masters degree this
summer may also apply. Only UK or EU residents are eligible. The
positions are available from October 2010 and the awards cover tuition
fees and maintenance grants of c£13.5K per annum for three years.
Project 1 is an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award for research on
Evaluating the Intellectual Assets of the Scholarship & Collections
Directorate at the British Library, which is expected to include two
periods of 4 and 8 months working at the British Library in London,
for which additional maintenance is payable. It will be supervised by
Prof Sheila Corrall and Barbara Sen at Sheffield and Oliver Urquhart-
Irvine at the British Library.
Project 2 is a British Library-University of Sheffield Concordat
Scholarship for research on Conceptualising the Library Collection for
the Digital World and will take the form of a case study of social
enterprise, building on a recent collaborative graduate internship
project to establish a collection framework for this area. It will be
supervised by Prof Sheila Corrall and Prof Peter Marsh at Sheffield
and Sue Ashpitel at the British Library.
The DEADLINE for applications is midnight on FRIDAY 16 JULY.
Interviews will be held in LONDON on THURSDAY 23 July.
Applications should be sent by email to [log in to unmask]
and should include the following:
- a covering letter explaining your motivation for undertaking
doctoral research, your interest in the project(s) applied for and the
expertise you can bring to the project;
- a full CV;
- an example of recent written work demonstrating your research
ability and writing skills (e.g. a student assignment, project report
or published article);
- contact details including email addresses for 2 referees, at least
one of whom can comment on your academic ability.
Further details of both projects are attached. This information is
also available on the PhD Scholarships section of our website at http://www.shef.ac.uk/is/research/phd_mphil/fee_scholar.html
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More information is available from Sheila Corrall at [log in to unmask]
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Sheila Corrall
Head of Department and Professor of Librarianship & Information
Management
Department of Information Studies
Number One for 24 Years - First iSchool in the UK
http://www.shef.ac.uk/is/
The University of Sheffield
Regent Court, 211 Portobello Street
Sheffield S1 4DP
T +44 (0)114 222 2632
F +44 (0)114 278 0300
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www.sheffield.ac.uk/is/staff/corrall.html
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