• Address: Lake Bluff, IL 60044 (map)
• Date Posted: 10/15/09
• Job Type: Full-time

Company Manpower Professional Corporate Contact
Position Title Information Scientist Sr.
Job Code 2795415
Job Location Lake Bluff, IL -
Description




InSite 12761


Primary Responsibilities:

Taxonomy Development Design of organization, labeling, navigation, and indexing systems to support both browsing and searching (including the development and management of controlled vocabularies and thesauri). Analyze metadata available in content collections to determine vocabulary compatibility or convertibility, enhancements, and integration of metadata needed to support good information accessibility. Refine metadata and/or workflow process for various applications.Supervise implementation of appropriate content attributes in the content management, portal or Website production environment.Evaluate and select appropriate software relevant to metadata, controlled vocabulary, and other information retrieval solutions.Working knowledge of traditional library cataloging and digital library metadata standards, such as MARC and Dublin Core. Outreach and Customer Service. Establish strong service-oriented relationships with clients, including keeping clients informed about progress and issues, aiding project development, maintaining a clear understanding of clients business issues and objectives, identifying changes in project scope, addressing quality assurance issues, and communicating client concerns to project manager and technical members of project team.Train, supervise and advise content authors and owners in their classification of Web content and use of taxonomy tools. BS/MS/PhD in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Nursing or equiv. exp. preferred. An advanced degree in Information Science desirable. Minimum of 3 years professional experience searching biomedical, pharmaceutical and business databases via various vendors (eg Dialog, STN, Lexis-Nexis). Strong research and analytical capabilities.

The responsibilities of this position include:


Partner with members of Therapeutic Area & Medical Product teams to develop information solutions including monitoring medical and commercial developments. Track competitor and industry trends. Provide value-added information support to scientists and key decision makers. Evaluate and recommend new resources.

Desired Skills:


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Pay Rate: US$90.19 /Hour
Start Date: 10/19/2009
Emp. Type: Contract
Duration: 3-6 months
# of Openings: 1
Location: Lake Bluff, IL -
Overtime Pay: None
Job Number: 35627109 : JSUSA_3403
Date Posted: 10/13/2009

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