[Jobs] milwaukee

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
School of Information Studies
Laura Meyer, Human Resources Assistant
P.O. Box 413 Bolton Hall 510J
Milwaukee, WI 53201

Phone: (414) 229-5409
E-mail: lauram at uwm.edu
Website: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/


Job Description (3)
The School of Information Studies (SOIS) at the University of  
Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) invites applications for full-time tenure- 
track positions at the Assistant, Associate, and/or Full Professor  
levels. The School of Information Studies offers a competitive salary  
for an academic year (9 month) appointment, plus additional  
compensation for possible summer teaching and generous fringe benefits.

BSIR Emphasis
The successful candidate will teach undergraduate courses (onsite and  
online) and conduct research in areas related to information  
technology, information security; information architecture, web design  
& development and related areas. Professional experience and a related  
research agenda are strongly preferred. A Ph.D. in an information- 
related field is required as is demonstrated ability in research and  
teaching.

MLIS Emphasis
The successful candidate will teach courses and conduct research in  
one or more of the following areas: public libraries, collection  
management, information literacy, or other areas related to libraries,  
collections, or services. Substantial library experience and a related  
research agenda are strongly preferred. The selected applicant will  
teach courses in the School’s graduate M.L.I.S. program (onsite and  
online) and doctoral programs in Information Studies. A degree from an  
ALA-accredited program and a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science  
or their equivalents are required as is demonstrated ability in  
research and teaching.


PhD Emphasis
The successful candidate will teach courses and conduct research in  
one or more of the following areas: information policy, organization  
of information, and information retrieval. The selected applicant will  
teach courses in the School’s graduate and undergraduate programs. A  
Ph.D. in Information Studies or an equivalent discipline is required  
as is demonstrated ability in research and teaching.

The School
SOIS has a large, diverse, international faculty that is among the top  
ten LIS programs in the country for research productivity, a thriving  
Center for Information Policy Research, and interdisciplinary  
initiatives with numerous institutions in the United States and  
abroad. With more than 25 full-time faculty and teaching academic  
staff and more than 650 students, SOIS offers several educational  
programs: a Bachelor of Science in Information Resources, an ALA- 
accredited MLIS (which may be coordinated with other master’s programs  
in History, Health Care Informatics, Music History, Geography,  
Anthropology, Foreign Language and Literature, English, and Urban  
Studies), a Certificate of Advanced Study in Archives and Records  
Administration, a multidisciplinary doctorate, and effective in the  
Fall of 2008, a new Ph.D. in Information Studies. The SOIS  
instructional and research programs are designed to be a resourceful  
blending of the University’s research mission with the School’s  
information focus, international scope, and interdisciplinary mindset.

The Campus
Situated in the cultural, commercial, and educational hub of the  
state, in a pleasant residential neighborhood overlooking Lake  
Michigan, UWM is a research university committed to academic  
excellence. It is one of the two doctoral degree-granting institutions  
in the multi-campus University of Wisconsin system, and has a student  
enrollment of over 28,000.

Deadline
Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.

Jeremy Hunsinger
Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research,  
School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu 
)

Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a  
thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.  
--Byron