Doctoral Fellow in Documentation Studies, open specialty: Digital documentation, at the Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Art and Literature, University of Tromso, Norway.

Reference: 03/3156

Date of announcement in Norwegian:  09.07.2003
http://tavla.uit.no/1060898400.Led.7697.html

Date for applications: 15.08.2003

The University of Tromsų invites applications for 1 position as research fellow in
Documentation Studies.

The positions are fixed-term positions for 4 years with 25 % administration or
teaching duties each year. Previous employment as research fellow or in an equivalent
recruitment position will count as part of the education program, so that the total
number of years spent on the education program is 3.
The position are associated with the Faculty of Humanities and the Institute of Art and Literature.

Documentation Studies explores in theory and practice:  media like sound, writing or images, analogue and digital media,  documents like books, letters, speeches, concerts,  homepages,  paintings and institutions like libraries, archives, museums, documentation centers, cultural centers,  mass media and Internet etc.

The applicant must include a research proposal (5-7 pages), which must be relevant to the general field of Documentation Studies and especially in relation to digital forms of documentation, either digital document types or document institutions being digital or using digital documentation. Proposals related to document institutions will be favoured. Apart from that, it is free for applicants to formulate and define their projects as they wish and draw on their individual background.

The application should in addition include:

       a letter of application (up to 3 pages) with a description of the applicants'
       background, research experience and the relevance of previous work to
       Documentation Studies
       Master's thesis or equivalent work, and, possibly, other relevant material (see
       Works below)
       certified copies of diplomas and transcripts
       a complete list of publications including information about where the works
       have been published


The applicants must document scientific competence in Documentation Studies or similar studies (Communication-, Media-, Information or Library Sciences)  at the Master's level. Applicants must have mastery of English or a Scandinavian language.


The successful applicant will submit a research proposal, which will be the basis for
employment. The research fellow should, no later than 6 months after employment,
submit a plan for the employment period which includes a detailed description of the
research project and other parts of the doctoral degree program. The plan should
name the project's supervisor.
The research fellow will teach or conduct research-related activities on all levels from BA to MA within Documentation Studies.


The salary for the positions follows the relevant Norwegian regulations. The regular
salary for a research fellow is NOK 275.900 per year. A 2 % contribution to the
Norwegian pension fund is obligatory.


Applications will be evaluated by an expert committee. Emphasis will be put on the
candidates' potential for research based on:

       the Master's thesis
       other academic works
       the research proposal



In addition, work experience and other activities relevant to the fulfilment of
the research, the doctoral degree program and teaching will be included in the basis
for evaluation. Information and material which are to be included in the evaluation
should be submitted by the deadline for applications.

The University of Tromsų wishes to recruit women to academic positions. When two
applicants are found to be essentially equally qualified, the University will rank the
female applicant ahead of the male applicant.

Employment is decided upon by the Board of the Faculty of Humanities based on
recommendations from the Center's Director.

The application should be sent in 5 collated sets marked by the reference number, 03/3156, to the following address by the deadline for applications, August 15th. 2003:

       The University Director
       The University of Tromsų
       NO-9037 Tromsų
       NORWAY



Works: Applicants should send three collated sets of academic works - published or
unpublished - to the following address by the deadline for applications.

       The Faculty of Humanities
       The University of Tromsų
       NO-9037 Tromsų
       NORWAY



For more information, please confer

"Regulations for the Degree of Dr. Art. at the
University of Tromsų, available at the University's web pages.
http://ws.uit.no/websim2/index.php?SiteId=58&PageId=15&RecordId=28

Further information:

Professor Niels Windfeld Lund, Coordinator of Documentation Studies program
email: niels.windfeld.lund@hum.uit.no

Associate professor Ole Karlsen, Head of Institute of Art and Literature
email:ole.karlsen@hum.uit.no

Director of Faculty, Eirik Liland, Faculty of Humanities
email: eirik.liland@hum.uit.no
--
Niels Windfeld Lund, professor,
Koordinator for dokumentasjonsvitenskap / Chair of Documentation Science Program
Institute of  Art and Literature
HUM-FAK, Universitetet i Tromsų/University of Tromsoe
Breivika, N-9037 Tromsoe, Norway
tlf. +47-77646284, fax + 47-77644239
http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no
http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no/students/niels.lund/index.html