[Siguse-l] Senior Research Associate or Post-Doc Position Available

[Connaway,Lynn]

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
Silipigni 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>. A copy of the successful proposal will be
available online soon. Contact dervin.1 at osu.edu for URL.


Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D.
Consulting Research Scientist
Office of Research, OCLC, Inc. Online Computer Library Center
Voice: 303-381-8702
Fax: 614-718-7378
Email: lynn_connaway at oclc.org