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Please note the following vacancy (2 of 2) for a research post:
University of Central England in Birmingham
Faculty of Computing, Information and English
Centre for Information Research (CIRT)
Research Fellow
Salary RB 3 (£19,611) - RB8 (£24,274)
Full time 18 month fixed term contract
The Centre for Information Research (CIRT) is seeking to recruit a
researcher to a new project funded through the Higher Education Funding
Council for England (HEFCE) fund for Good Management Practice. The
project: 'E-libraries Outcomes and Performance', complements the work of
the eVALUEd project, to further support the management of electronic
information services (EIS) in Higher Education in the UK.
The project will work with SCONUL ACPI (Society of College National and
University Libraries Advisory Committee for Performance Improvement) to
pilot and refine a set of performance measures for electronic information
services and devise and test the feasibility of approaches to aligning
library and information services outcomes (focusing on electronic
information services) with institutional aims; and to augment and refine
the evalued toolkit through longitudinal testing.
The post holder will conduct a wide range of research activities and be
responsible for the organisation of the fieldwork, project liaison
including liaising with senior library managers, data analysis and
contributing to generating ideas, literature collection, report writing,
project dissemination and promotion.
The salary will be in the range of RB 3 (£19,611) - RB8 (£24,274). The
post will be offered as a full time eighteen month fixed term contract.
Closing date for applications is Wednesday 23rd April
Informal enquiries to Pete Dalton, CIRT Director (Acting), tel. 0121 331
7670, email: [log in to unmask]
For an application form and further details please contact Cordell Lane,
Personnel Department, University of Central England, Perry Barr,
Birmingham, B42 2SU. Tel (0121) 331 6273 or email: [log in to unmask]
for any queries or an online application form.
