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</font><font face="Times" size="+2" color="#000000">Doctoral Fellow in
Documentation Studies, open specialty: Digital documentation, at the
Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Art and Literature, University of
Tromso, Norway.<br>
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Reference: 03/3156<br>
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Date of announcement in Norwegian: 09.07.2003<br>
http://tavla.uit.no/1060898400.Led.7697.html<br>
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Date for applications: 15.08.2003<br>
<br>
The University of Tromsų invites applications for 1 position as
research fellow in<br>
Documentation Studies.<br>
<br>
The positions are fixed-term positions for 4 years with 25 %
administration or<br>
teaching duties each year. Previous employment as research fellow or
in an equivalent<br>
recruitment position will count as part of the education program, so
that the total<br>
number of years spent on the education program is 3.</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times" size="+2" color="#000000">The position are
associated with the Faculty of Humanities and the Institute of Art and
Literature.<br>
<br>
Documentation Studies explores in theory and practice: <b>
media</b> like sound, writing or images, analogue and digital
media, <b> documents</b> like books, letters, speeches,
concerts, homepages, paintings and<b> institutions</b>
like libraries, archives, museums, documentation centers, cultural
centers, mass media and Internet etc.<br>
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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.<br>
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The application should in addition include:<br>
<br>
a letter of application (up to 3
pages) with a description of the applicants'<br>
background, research experience
and the relevance of previous work to<br>
Documentation Studies<br>
Master's thesis or equivalent
work, and, possibly, other relevant material (see<br>
Works below)<br>
certified copies of diplomas and
transcripts<br>
a complete list of publications
including information about where the works<br>
have been published<br>
<br>
<br>
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.<br>
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The successful applicant will submit a research proposal, which will
be the basis for<br>
employment. The research fellow should, no later than 6 months after
employment,<br>
submit a plan for the employment period which includes a detailed
description of the<br>
research project and other parts of the doctoral degree program. The
plan should<br>
name the project's supervisor.<br>
The research fellow will teach or conduct research-related activities
on all levels from BA to MA within Documentation Studies.<br>
<br>
<br>
The salary for the positions follows the relevant Norwegian
regulations. The regular<br>
salary for a research fellow is NOK 275.900 per year. A 2 %
contribution to the<br>
Norwegian pension fund is obligatory.<br>
<br>
<br>
Applications will be evaluated by an expert committee. Emphasis will
be put on the<br>
candidates' potential for research based on:<br>
<br>
the Master's thesis<br>
other academic works<br>
the research proposal<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
In addition, work experience and other activities relevant to the
fulfilment of<br>
the research, the doctoral degree program and teaching will be
included in the basis<br>
for evaluation. Information and material which are to be included in
the evaluation<br>
should be submitted by the deadline for applications.<br>
<br>
The University of Tromsų wishes to recruit women to academic
positions. When two<br>
applicants are found to be essentially equally qualified, the
University will rank the<br>
female applicant ahead of the male applicant.<br>
<br>
Employment is decided upon by the Board of the Faculty of Humanities
based on</font></div>
<div><font face="Times" size="+2" color="#000000">recommendations from
the Center's Director.<br>
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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:<br>
<br>
The University Director<br>
The University of Tromsų<br>
NO-9037 Tromsų<br>
NORWAY<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Works: Applicants should send three collated sets of academic works -
published or<br>
unpublished - to the following address by the deadline for
applications.<br>
<br>
The Faculty of Humanities<br>
The University of Tromsų<br>
NO-9037 Tromsų<br>
NORWAY<br>
<br>
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For more information, please confer<br>
<br>
"Regulations for the Degree of Dr. Art. at the<br>
University of Tromsų, available at the University's web pages.<br>
http://ws.uit.no/websim2/index.php?SiteId=58&PageId=15&Record<span
></span>Id=28<br>
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Further information:<br>
<br>
Professor Niels Windfeld Lund, Coordinator of Documentation Studies
program<br>
email: niels.windfeld.lund@hum.uit.no<br>
<br>
Associate professor Ole Karlsen, Head of Institute of Art and
Literature<br>
email:ole.karlsen@hum.uit.no<br>
<br>
Director of Faculty, Eirik Liland, Faculty of Humanities<br>
email: eirik.liland@hum.uit.no</font><br>
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<div>Niels Windfeld Lund, professor,<br>
Koordinator for dokumentasjonsvitenskap / Chair of Documentation
Science Program<br>
Institute of Art and Literature<br>
HUM-FAK, Universitetet i Tromsų/University of Tromsoe<br>
Breivika, N-9037 Tromsoe, Norway<br>
tlf. +47-77646284, fax + 47-77644239<br>
http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no<br>
http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no/students/niels.lund/index.html</div
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