Information Retrieval List Digest 234 (November 28) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-234 IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 November 28, 1994 Volume XI, Number 41 Issue 234 ********************************************************** II. JOBS 1. UCLA: Head, Library Information Systems/Development 2. U. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: GSLIS Openings III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. DefenseLINK Online 2. ToC: JASIS 45:10 3. ToC: JASIS 46:1 B. Meetings 1. SOASIS: Information Espionage ********************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: Michael Van Norman Re: Head of Library Information Systems/Development (UCLA) Position: Head of Library Information Systems/Development Job Number: 2572 Classification: Computing Resource Manager III Salary: $5,067 - $7,600 Schedule: 40 hrs/wk Applications accepted until filled DESCRIPTION OF UNIT: Library Information Systems/Development (LIS/D) is responsible for providing automated systems in support of the Library's operational and service goals. LIS/D staff engage in complex design, development, and integration projects including, in the next 3-5 years, a major re-design of ORION, the Library's online information system, enhancements to InfoUCLA, the UCLA campuswide information architecture, and revision of Library Administrative Systems. LIS/D also provides resources to educate, train, and assist Library staff in the effective use of information technology tools and serves as liaison between the Library and the local, national, and international information technology communities. Staffing in 1994/95 includes 7 programmer analysts and 2 systems librarians. DUTIES: Manage large complex design, development, and integration projects, through planning, scheduling, & managing tasks & resources; coordinating design and implementation with other technical groups; ensuring the presence of technical skills & funds needed; coordinating fund-raising efforts if needed; communicating milestones & status; managing Library Information Systems/Development budget. Ensure that all Library systems are reliable, effective, maintainable, and flexible by developing procedures and assigning responsibility for iterative user input on systems analysis, functional requirements & design; appropriate user documentation; documenting the architecture and design of multi- platform systems & coding standards; timely and effective troubleshooting & resolution of systems & application software problems; ensuring security of library data; ensuring mature systems can function effectively with minimum staff intervention; effective technical planning & design review. Maintain an effective team of highly-skilled specialists, by selecting, supervising, counselling, and evaluating LIS/D staff; providing assistance, advice & opportunities to enhance skills to LIS/D staff; cross-training staff. Foster environment that encourages new initiatives, experimentation and proof- of- concept projects. Maintain knowledge of information management, delivery, & systems innovations. Participate in training library staff and users. QUALIFICATIONS: Detailed knowledge of project management techniques; systems analysis, software design & development methodologies information management and delivery technologies, including Gopher and WWW. Demonstrated ability to estimate scope of a project and bring it to completion on time and budget; supervise a team of technical specialists; build consensus set priorities; develop team skills; keep abreast of innovations and implement changes. Working knowledge of network design and protocols, including TCP/IP and Novell Netware; protocols important for management and delivery of scholarly information, including MaRC, SGML, and Z39.50. Excellent oral communication skills; written communication skills & time management skills. Ability to: communicate technical information to non-technical audiences & manage a budget without cost overruns. Knowledge of application of information technology to library operations and services preferred. Experience in migrating from one system to another preferred. UCLA is an equal opportunity employer actively seeking minority applicants. We encourage all qualified persons to apply. In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, all persons hired will be required to show proof of their identity and right to work in the United States. Applicants may send applications (paper or email) to: Suzanne Stinson, UCLA Library Admin Office, 11334 University Research Library, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1575 (Email: resume@library.ucla.edu). Please include job number in your application. ********** II.2. Fr: Leigh Estabrook Re: Graduate School of Library Science, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN Graduate School of Library and Information Science Faculty Openings The Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, seeks faculty members with a strong interest in addressing problems of this rapidly changing field. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to research and teaching related to the design, acquisition, organization, retrieval, interpretation, preservation and dissemination of information, libraries, and other contexts. The retrieval and storage of networked information are increasingly important in the National Information Infrastructure. Among the areas of faculty strength are information retrieval, information use, and information policy. The school values interdisciplinary research and will consider candidates with relevant experience and education in the social sciences, science and engineering fields, or library and information science. Faculty and students in the school share in its rich resources and those of the University. Faculty are working jointly with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, the Computer Science Department and the University Library on a $4 million NSF/ARPA/NASA Digital Library Initiative Project (http://www.grainger.uiuc.edu/dli). They are involved also in projects with the Institute for Government and Public Affairs; the Program in Women, Information Technology and Scholarship; the Program for the Study of Cultural Values and Ethics; the Department of Sociology; and the College of Fine and Applied Art. The Library Research Center supports faculty research and fosters a strong working relationship with the professional communities. The Center for Children's Books is developing new programs for teachers and librarians. Information Researchers cooperates with the Institute for Competitive Manufacturing in the College of Engineering. Prairienet, a community computing network, originated in the School. Faculty and students have strong cooperative arrangements with the University Library. The Graduate School of Library and Information Science, ranked among the top in North America, currently has 250 students, at the master's and doctoral level. The School will consider candidates at all ranks to fill at least two positions for appointments effective August 21, 1995. Ph.D. or equivalent, or substantial progress toward completion of this degree is required. Salary commensurate with experience. The faculty will begin reviewing applications on December 1, 1994, but will consider candidates until all positions are filled. Letters of application (including a current resume and names of three references) and request for further information should be sent to: Dean Leigh S. Estabrook Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois 501 East Daniel Champaign, Illinois 61820 leighe@uiuc.edu 217/333-3281 email: leighe@uiuc.edu The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer ********************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: Carlynn Thompson Re: JASIS 45:10 (December 1994) Journal of the American Society for Information Science, TOC Volume 45, Number 10, December, 1994 EDITORIAL Donald H. Kraft 725 Electronic Submissions to JASIS are Now Acceptable BOOK REVIEW Terrence A. Brooks 726 Information Retrieval Today, by F. Wilfred Lancaster and Amy J. Warner PERSPECTIVES ON...Electronic Publishing Robin P. Peek 730 Introduction and Overview (Guest Editor) Robin P. Peek 733 Where is Publishing Going? A Perspective on Change Clifford A. Lynch 740 The Integrity of Digital Information: Mechanics and Definitional Issues Thomas L. Jacobson 748 The Electronic Publishing Revolution is not "Global" Jane Berliss 756 Boon or Bust? Access to Electronic Publishing by Individuals Using Adaptive Computer Technology Jon D. Gold 763 An Electronic Publishing Model for Academic Publishers Timothy Stephen 768 Conserve: Moving the Communications Teresa M. Harrison Discipline Online Mauri P. Collins 774 IPCT Journal: A Case Study of an Zane L. Berge Electronic Journal on the Internet Jaap A. Jasperse 780 Primary Science on CD-ROM: The New Zealand Experiment Philip Doty 788 The National Information Ann P. Bishop Infrastructure and Electronic Publishing: A Reflective Essay AUTHOR INDEX 807 SUBJECT INDEX 811 VOLUME CONTENTS 817 ********** III.A.3. Fr: Richard Hill Re: JASIS 46:1 (January 1995) Journal of the American Society for Information Science, TOC Volume 46, Number 1, January 1995 RESEARCH Mostafa A. Bassiouni 1 Efficient Decoding of Amar Mukherjee Compressed Data H. P. F. Peters 9 Cognitive Resemblance and R.R. Braam Citation Relations in Chemical A.F.J. van Raan Engineering Publications Alexandra Dimitroff 22 Searcher Response in a Dietmar Wolfram Hypertext-Based Bibliographic Information Retrieval System Clare Beghtol 30 Domain Analysis, Literary Warrant, and Consensus: The Case of Fiction Studies Patrick Wilson 45 Unused Relevant Information in Research and Development Susan Jones 52 Interactive Thesaurus Navigation: Mike Gatford Intelligent Rules OK? Steve Robertson Micheline Hancock-Beaulieu Judith Secker Steve Walker EUROPEAN RESEARCH LETTER Peter Enser 60 Image Databases for Multimedia Projects BRIEF COMMUNICATION Michael K. Buckland 65 The Centenary of "Madame Documentation": Suzanne Briet, 1894-1989 BOOK REVIEWS Bella Hass Weinberg 68 In-Depth Review: Indexing Books, by Nancy C. Mulvaney Basil Stuart-Stubbs 77 Critical Approaches to Information Technology in Librarianship Foundations and Applications, edited by John Buschman Rohan Samarajiva 79 Measuring the Impact of Informationon Development, edited by Michel J. Menou DISKETTE SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS, p. I ********** III.B.1. Fr: Gail Thornburg Re: SOASIS Meeting Dec. 6th: Information Espionage The Southern Ohio Chapter of the American Society for Information Science Presents Mick Moritz on INFORMATION ESPIONAGE and Presentation of SOASIS Annual Awards Tuesday, December 6, 1994 CINCINNATI LAW LIBRARY 6th Floor, Hamilton County Court House Court & Main Sts., downtown Cincinnati 4:00 Executive Board Meeting 5:00 Social Hour 6:00 Dinner [Deli boxes from the Maisonette] 7:00 Awards & Program Milton (Mick) Moritz is regarded as a leader and authority in business ethics, physical security, and the protection of proprietary information. He is the head of Moritz Associates, Inc., in Harrisburg, PA. His background includes extensive experience in intelligence/counterintelligence with the US Army, health care facility security, and direction of security for the six component telephone companies of Sprint/United Telephone Eastern. 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