[InetBib] Recruiting for SOAP

[Ralf Schimmer <schimmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,

auf Bitten der Kollegen vom CERN möchte ich auf nachfolgende 
Ausschreibung aufmerksam machen.

Mit besten Grüßen
Ralf Schimmer

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SOAP Fellowship [http://library.cern.ch/soap-fellow.html]

CERN, the world leading Particle Physics laboratory has its  
headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and is starting the LHC, the  
largest scientific instrument ever designed. With 2500 staff and 10000  
scientific visitors the laboratory is home to a vibrant international  
scientific community.

CERN has recently taken a leading role in the Open Access movement. It  
manages an institutional and subject repository of 1-million records  
digital library including scientific manuscripts, an archive of CERN  
documents, educational multimedia content and much more. Beyond green  
Open Access, CERN is promoting the SCOAP3 project, an Open Access  
Publishing initiative. SCOAP3 aims to convert to Open Access the  
entire literature in Particle Physics in partnership with funding  
agencies, libraries, and publishers worldwide. CERN interest in Open  
Access business models now include a new project called SOAP.

SOAP (Study of Open Access Publishing) is a project being negotiated  
for financing by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework  
Program. Partners of the SOAP consortium are CERN, the coordinator,  
the Max Plank Society, the UK Science and Technology Facilities  
Council and the publishing companies BioMed Central, Sage, and  
Springer. The project is expected to have a duration of two years,  
starting in March 2009. Its objective is the study of Open Access  
business models and a comprehensive survey of the attitudes towards  
Open Access of researchers across all disciplines. SOAP will deliver  
evidence on the potential of sustainable forms of Open Access  
Publishing.

Conditional to the final availability of funding, CERN is looking for  
a dynamic, enthusiastic and motivated person to play a leading role in  
the SOAP project, in collaboration with all other partners. The person  
will be based in Open Access section of the CERN Library, in Geneva,  
collaborating with 4 other colleagues involved in the SOAP project.

The successful candidate will take responsibility for:
        • The management of the SOAP project
	• The analysis of a large-scale survey of the attitudes towards Open  
Access publishing of researchers in a wide spectrum of disciplines
	• The study of the potential of different business models for Open  
Access publishing in the light of the needs and expectations of  
research communities

Your profile:
	• You have a sound understanding of the mechanisms and economics of  
scientific publishing
	• You are familiar with Open Access in general and business models  
for Open Access Publishing in particular
	• Experience in the management of small projects and/or being  
conversant with the administration of FP7 projects is an advantage
	• Experience with the analysis of large data samples collected by  
user surveys is an asset
	• You hold a MSc or higher diploma and you have less than 10 years  
professional experience after the MSc.
	• You are a citizen of one of the CERN Member states (Austria,  
Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France,  
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,  
Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom).

What we offer:
	• Contract duration: One year with a possibility of extension for a  
second year. The start date is fixed to March 1st, 2009, subject to  
the successful conclusion of the negotiations with the European  
Commission
	• Financial conditions: You will be employed as a CERN Fellow with a  
stipend calculated individually, depending on qualification and  
experience. CERN stipends are very competitive and tax-free and for  
this post could range between 75'000 and 90'000 Swiss Francs per  
annum. Fellows may be entitled to an additional installation grant,  
family allowance and child allowance. We also offer help with finding  
suitable accommodation.
	• Leave: Fellows are entitled to 2.5 days paid leave per month, plus  
two weeks at Christmas and a few other local holidays.
	• Insurance: Fellows have access to CERN's comprehensive health  
insurance scheme for themselves and their dependents.
	• Travel expenses: Fellows are entitled to travel expenses for  
themselves and their family upon joining and leaving CERN.

Apply online at http://tinyurl.com/SOAP-CERN by providing your  
Curriculum Vitae, scan of the last (highest) qualification, a  
motivation letter, and three letters of recommendation to give as  
broad as possible overview of your academic and/or professional  
achievements.

The application and ALL supporting documents should reach us before  
Monday January 12th, 2009. We aim to select the successful candidate  
in January 2009. The projected starting date of the contract, subject  
to the successful conclusion of the negotiations with the European  
Commission, is March 1st, 2009.

Queries on this post can be addressed to Jens Vigen - CERN Head  
Librarian - Jens.Vigen@xxxxxxx