[Jobs] illinois

[jeremy hunsinger]

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (GSLIS)
 
Title: Graduate School of Library and Information Science: Open Rank Faculty (F1000116)
Category: Faculty and Other Academic
Contact Name: Candy Edwards
Opened Date: September 1, 2010
Close Date: November 30, 2010

Faculty Positions

GSLIS seeks to hire more than one outstanding full-time faculty member 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.

The GSLIS faculty is highly interdisciplinary, with backgrounds in library science, communications, information science, computer science, English, history of science, philosophy, business, public policy, and sociology, and we have been a top-ranked School of Library and Information Science for many years.  GSLIS research expenditures are approximately $3M per year and growing.  Faculty and students are involved in many interdisciplinary initiatives across campus, and they are affiliated with units such as the Illinois Natural History Survey, the Beckman Institute, the Institute for Computing in Humanities, Arts, and Social Science, and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).  The School also hosts several of its own centers and initiatives to provide focused support for teaching, research, and service:  these include the Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship, the Center for Children’s Books, and the Community Informatics Initiative.

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.  Information about GSLIS, its programs, and its culture can be found on the Internet at http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/.  To ensure full consideration, applications must be submitted online by November 30, 2010.  Application materials must include a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and a list of three professional references including contact information.  Create a candidate profile and submit your application materials at http://jobs.illinois.edu.  Selection of candidates for interviews will begin December 1st and the search will remain open until filled.
   
For further information regarding application procedures, you may contact Candy Edwards, (cledward at illinois.edu, 217 244-3809).

Illinois is an Affirmative Action /Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who embrace and value diversity and inclusivity.  (www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu).
Jeremy Hunsinger
Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
Virginia Tech


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