Faculty Job Opportunities
GSLIS Open Rank Faculty (F1000116)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illionois at Urbana-Champaign seeks to hire more than one outstanding full-time faculty members to join our dynamic and collegial program. Although strong candidates in any area are encouraged to apply, specializations of particular interest include: archives and archival theory, socio-technical systems, data curation, community informatics, information organization and semantic technologies, information seeking, information visualization, management and evaluation of information services and organizations, emergent reading technologies and media literacies, youth and digital culture.
Successful candidates must be comfortable working in an interdisciplinary academic unit and addressing general audiences in a professional masters program, as well as teaching students from undergraduate to Ph.D. levels in an I-School. GSLIS participates in a campus-wide undergraduate minor and Ph.D. in Informatics, and it offers a Masters of Science in Library and Information Science, a Masters in Bioinformatics, a Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS), a CAS in Digital Libraries, a Ph.D., and a K-12 Library Information Specialist Certification Program. The School’s award-winning LEEP online education option for the Master’s and CAS degrees involves remote students in all aspects of professional education.
Appointments made under this announcement will be effective August 16, 2011 or as negotiated. Rank is open, and salary is commensurate with experience. A Ph.D. degree or equivalent is required though we will consider candidates who are close to completion of the doctoral degree.
Deadline:
November 30, 2010
Associate/Full Professor and Director of Museum Studies
University of Toronto
The Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment as Director of its Museum Studies Program. The appointment will be at the rank of Associate or Full Professor and will commence on January 1, 2011.
The Faculty is seeking candidates with excellent research and teaching abilities and a commitment to shaping the future of the Faculty and the fields of museum studies, cultural heritage, and information. The Faculty seeks a scholar who transcends traditional divisions and invites applications from candidates with active research projects within one or more of the following areas: (i) museum and cultural heritage studies; (ii) museum management and leadership; (iii) collections management; (iv) interpretation & meaning making; (v) museums, information and communication technology; and/or (vi) cultural policy, representation, and identity. The candidate’s research should fit with the Faculty’s focus and mission. Additonal details can be found on the application website.
Deadline:
Application deadline is September 30, 2010 but the search will remain open until the position is filled.
Teaching (non-tenure) Faculty: Information & Computing Security
Drexel University College of Information Science and Technology
The iSchool at Drexel Univeristy invites applications for a full-time non-tenure track teaching position in the general area of information and computing security.
Qualifications include: graduate training and substantial relevant professional experience in information and computing security—a completed doctorate in an information systems-related field is preferred; teaching experience in information and computing security; evidence of excellence in teaching; excellent verbal and written communication skills; interest in a highly collaborative faculty environment.
Deadline:
The job opening date is 9/1/2010, and the position will remain open until the job is filled.
