<html><head><base href="x-msg://206/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"FROEHLICH, THOMAS" <<a href="mailto:tfroehli@KENT.EDU">tfroehli@KENT.EDU</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">November 4, 2009 4:24:57 PM EST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:JESSE@LISTSERV.UTK.EDU">JESSE@LISTSERV.UTK.EDU</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>See Kent State Faculty at the ASIS Conference about Faculty Opening at Kent State</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum <<a href="mailto:JESSE@LISTSERV.UTK.EDU">JESSE@LISTSERV.UTK.EDU</a>><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div ocsi="x"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2"><div dir="ltr"><font size="3" face="Arial">Members of the Kent State University faculty will be at the annual ASIS Conference. If prospective faculty applicants are interested in the following position, please contact David Robins or Thomas Froehlich at the conference hotel (Hyatt) or leave a note in Placement Services.</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="3" face="Arial"></font> </div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><font face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 12px; "><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: 12px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Kent State University<o:p></o:p></strong></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: 12px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; "><strong>School of Library and Information Science<o:p></o:p></strong></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: 12px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; "><o:p><strong> </strong></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: 12px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span><strong><span> </span>ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (TENTATIVE APPROVAL)<o:p></o:p></strong></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 12px; text-indent: 288pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; "><o:p><strong> </strong></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 12px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="line-height: 13px; font-size: 11pt; "><o:p><font face="Times New Roman"><strong> </strong></font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 12px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The Kent State University School of Library and Information Science is seeking an applicant for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>The School supports one of the largest professional library and information science programs in North America and offers the only American Library Association-accredited master</span><span style="font-family: 'WP TypographicSymbols'; "><span>=</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">s degree program in Ohio. The master</span><span style="font-family: 'WP TypographicSymbols'; "><span>=</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">s degree is offered at the School</span><span style="font-family: 'WP TypographicSymbols'; "><span>=</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">s two campuses in Kent and Columbus, and through an electronic distance education network throughout the state. The position is available on the Kent campus and will start fall 2010.<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font size="3">Kent State is a comprehensive graduate and undergraduate University. It is located in Kent, Ohio, within 45 minutes of Cleveland, Akron and Youngstown. The University is the third largest in Ohio, with an enrollment of more than 35,000 students on its eight campuses.<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 12px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font size="3">The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) is part of a dynamic new college--the College of Communication and Information (CCI). This college offers strong collaborative and research opportunities with faculties in the Schools of Communication Studies (CS), Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC), and Visual Communication Design (VCD).<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>It is anticipated that SLIS will offer a doctoral degree through CCI beginning fall 2011. The School also administers a unique master’s program in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management (IAKM).<span> </span><o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 12px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 12px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font size="3">Teaching competences are sought in one or more of the following areas (order is alphabetical):<span> </span><o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 12px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 12px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 72pt; "><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'WP TypographicSymbols'; "><span>$</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Archives, preservation, and museum studies<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 12px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 72pt; "><span style="font-family: 'WP TypographicSymbols'; "><span><font size="3">$</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font size="3">Information technology, information storage and retrieval, digital libraries, and networking<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 12px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 72pt; "><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'WP TypographicSymbols'; "><span>$</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Knowledge organization<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 12px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 72pt; "><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'WP TypographicSymbols'; "><span>$</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Reference, information sources and services<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 12px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 72pt; "><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'WP TypographicSymbols'; "><span>$</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Social media and informatics<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 12px; text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font size="3"><span> </span><o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font size="3">Ability to teach at least one of the School’s core courses is preferred.<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font size="3">Qualifications include a Masters degree in Library and Information Science or a related field and a completed doctorate or substantial progress toward completion of a doctorate in Library and Information Science or a related field.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Evidence or strong potential of publication and successful grant applications in this research area is highly desirable.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Experience and/or interest in synchronous or asynchronous distance learning is preferred.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Nine-month appointment; summer teaching and workshops may be available.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Salary is competitive; benefits are excellent.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.<span> </span><o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font size="3">A letter of interest and vitae should be submitted online at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><a href="https://jobs.kent.edu/"><font size="3">https://jobs.kent.edu</font></a><font size="3">.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Names of at least three references should be provided with the application.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>The letter of interest should indicate teaching background and research interests.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>For additional information, contact<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:personname w:st="on">Richard Rubin</st1:personname>, Director, at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:rrubin1@kent.edu"><font size="3">rrubin1@kent.edu</font></a></font><font size="3"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or 330-672-2782, or David Robins, Head, Search Committee at 330-672-5852.<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font size="3">Screening of applicants will begin December 10, 2009 and continue until the position is filled.<span> </span><o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 12px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><font size="3">Kent State University supports equal opportunity, affirmative action and diversity in education and employment.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Applications from minority group members and women are encouraged.<o:p></o:p></font></span></div></span></font></font><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0pt; 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