Job available: info specialist in Chinese law (fwd)

From: P. Hazelton (pennyh@u.washington.edu)
Date: 05/11/95


        FYI
---Penny A. Hazelton

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Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 08:28:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Donald Clarke <dclarke@u.washington.edu>
To: Chinese Law Net <clnet@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Job available: info specialist in Chinese law

I have been asked to post this announcement to the list and have done so
because it may be of interest to some subscribers. Please forward it to
people you know who may be interested.

Don Clarke

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Positions (2): Information Specialist in Medicine
                     Information Specialist in Law

Location(s): Bridge to Asia, Oakland, California (law)
                     The Chinese University of Hong Kong (medicine)

Duties: 1. Provide Internet-based search and retrieval,
                     consulting, and document delivery services for
                     high-level users in China and Southeast Asia.
                     (Users may be individuals, institutions, others.)
                 2. Correspond with project advisors and experts,
                     and coordinate on-line conferences.
                 3. Provide 1000 responses per year (10 responses x 100
                     users). (Responses will be hard-copy materials sent
                     by express mail, or files sent by the Internet.)
                 4. Interact with in-country staff in companion
                     stations in Beijing, Shanghai, Manila, other sites.
                 5. Supervise one part-time research assistant.

Qualifications: 1. MLS from an accredited library school.
                 2. Master's-level education in the field (law or
                     health/medicine).
                 3. Five years' experience in information search and
                     retrieval in a work (non-school) setting.
                 4. Maturity, professional competence, ability to
                     interact professionally with researchers in Asia,
                     and ability to perform with minimal supervision.
                 5. Experience/familiarity with China, Hong Kong, or
                     Southeast Asia.
                 6. Fluency in written and spoken English. (Fluency
                     in Catonese and/or Mandarin Chinese a plus.)

Background: Bridge to Asia is a non-profit organization that
                     sends information to researchers,faculty, and
                     others in China and Southeast Asia. It is creating
                     a system of Internet-based "information-transfer
                     stations" to help users in developing countries
                     gain access to knowledge resources worldwide.

Salary: $45,000, health insurance, other benefits
                     (occasional travel to China and Southeast Asia;
                     housing allowance for Hong Kong position.)

Application: Send letter, CV, three references (paper mail only)
                     
Mail to: Jeff Smith
                     Bridge to Asia
                     1214 Webster Street #F
                     Oakland, California 94612

Starting date: July - August 1995



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