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[Brenda Dervin]

THE WHYS AND HOWS OF SATISFICING INFO NEEDS

SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE OR POST-DOC
SOUGHT FOR TWO-YEAR LARGE SCALE USER-ORIENTED STUDY




SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, PROJECT MANAGER, OR POST-DOC SOUGHT for 
large scale 2 year research project "Sense-Making the Information 
Confluence:  The Whys and Hows of University User Satisficing of 
Information Needs."  The project, funded by U.S. Federal Government 
Institute of Museums and Library Services, will focus in particular 
on user use of electronic information resources.  Principal 
Investigator is Brenda Dervin, Professor of Communication at Ohio 
State University.   Co-investigators include Lynn Connaway and 
Chandra Prabha, Research Scientists at OCLC.  Desirable 
qualifications for candidates include as many of the following as 
possible:  preferably a doctorate in communication, library and 
information science, cognitive psychology, and/or human computer 
interaction, or related field; experience overseeing research project 
planning, implementation, and budget-tracking; experience with 
qualitative and/or quantitative research, preferably both or an 
interest in pursuing both; experience with survey research, 
Sense-Making interviewing, focus group research, and/or usability 
observations in lab or natural settings; experience managing analysis 
of large data bases with quantitative (e.g. SPSS) and/or qualitative 
software (e.g. NVivo and N6) or experience in acquiring software use 
prowess;  experience with user-oriented interpretive methods; 
experience with comprehensive state-of-the-art literature reviews. 
Position starts 12/31/03 or as soon thereafter as possible and is a 
full-time Administrative and Professional position although less than 
full-time might be negotiated for the right candidate.  Person(s) in 
this position are entitled to all benefits, rights and privileges 
associated with A & P positions as specified within the Ohio State 
University Human Resource policy and procedure manual. Interested 
candidates may make preliminary contacts with dervin.1 at osu.edu, or 
connawal at oclc.org.  Candidates wishing to submit applications may 
submit explanatory covering letter, cv, names of 5 references with 
contact information, and writing samples to:  Dr. Brenda Dervin, 
Professor of Communication, 3016 Derby Hall, OSU, Columbus, Ohio 
43210.  Consideration of candidates will start immediately and 
continue until the position is filled.   Salary range is $37,000 to 
$45,000 depending on qualifications.   The official job posting will 
be available at the OSU job listing web site soon located at 
<http://jobs.osu.edu>http://jobs.osu.edu. A copy of the successful 
proposal will be available online soon.  Contact dervin.1 at osu.edu for 
URL.
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Brenda Dervin, PhD
Professor of Communication
Ohio State University
3016 Derby Hall, 154 N. Oval Mall
Columbus, Ohio 43220
614-292-3192, 442-0721 (work, home phones and answering machines)
614-292-2055, 442-0721 (fax numbers)
614-286-2514 (cellular phone and voice mail)
dervin.1 at osu.edu
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