<html><head><base href="x-msg://275/"></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;">"Susann Allnutt, Ms." <<a href="mailto:susan.allnutt@MCGILL.CA">susan.allnutt@MCGILL.CA</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 19, 2009 11:09:29 AM 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>Position announcement: Two Assistant Professors, tenure-stream, School of Information Studies, McGill University</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><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="2"><div><b>Faculty Positions at the School of Information Studies, McGill University</b></div><div><font size="3"> </font></div><div>The School of Information Studies (SIS), one of the four academic units in the Faculty of Education at McGill University, invites applications for two tenure-stream appointments at the rank of Assistant Professor. The anticipated start date is September 1, 2010. Qualified candidates should hold a doctoral degree in information studies or a related discipline, and should have demonstrated effective teaching, research and service.</div><div> </div><div>Research expertise is sought in Information and Knowledge Management (digital libraries, taxonomies, health consumer information, knowledge transfer, organizational learning), Information Retrieval (visualization of information, health informatics, bibliometrics, webometrics, infometrics), Curation and Preservation (digital archives, records management, authenticity, cultural heritage management), and Cognitive Models (human information interaction, human computer interaction, usability studies). Applicants with experience in multidisciplinary research in any of these areas are particularly welcome.</div><div><font size="3"> </font></div><div>The successful candidates will teach courses at the graduate level, conduct research, and advise and supervise master’s and doctoral students. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.</div><div> </div><div>McGill University is a world-renowned English-language institution located in the heart of cosmopolitan Montreal and is ranked among the world’s top universities according to the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Times Higher Education Supplement-QS World University Rankings</i>. SIS, one of the oldest schools in North America, has an enrolment of more than 200 graduate students and offers an ALA-accredited MLIS program, a graduate certificate and a graduate diploma in LIS, and a Ph.D. in Information Studies. The MLIS program includes specialized courses in librarianship, knowledge management, and archival studies.</div><div><font size="3"> </font></div><div><font size="3">All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.</font></div><div><font size="3"> </font></div><div>McGill University is committed to equity in employment and diversity. It welcomes applications from indigenous peoples, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others who may contribute to further diversification.</div><div> </div><div>Applicants should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching and research interests, and a list of three references by March 31, 2010 to:</div><div> </div><div>Dr. France Bouthillier</div><div>Director</div><div>School of Information Studies</div><div>McGill University</div><div>3661 Peel St.</div><div>Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1X1</div><div>Voice: (514) 398-3362</div><div>Fax: (514) 398-7193</div><div>Email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:france.bouthillier@mcgill.ca"><font color="#0000FF"><u>france.bouthillier@mcgill.c</u></font><font color="#0000FF"><u>a</u></font></a></div><div>Web:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/sis"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.mcgill.ca/sis</u></font></a></div><div><font size="3"> </font></div><div><font size="3"> </font></div><div><font size="3"> </font></div></font></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>