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Faculty Position
Applications encouraged by December 1, 2011; open until filled
GSLIS at Illinois seeks to hire an 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:
. Data curation
. Archives
. Information organizations and services in diverse communities
The GSLIS faculty is highly interdisciplinary, with backgrounds in
library science, communications, information science, computer
science, English, engineering science, philosophy, history, folklore,
public policy and management, medieval studies, 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 Environmental Change 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 providing
focused support for research and teaching in informatics, children's
literature and youth services, and digital inclusion.
Successful candidates must be comfortable working in an
interdisciplinary academic unit and addressing general audiences in a
professional master's degree program, as well as teaching students
from undergraduate to Ph.D. levels in an iSchool. GSLIS participates
in a campus-wide undergraduate minor and Ph.D. in Informatics, and it
offers a Master of Science in Library and Information Science, a
Master of Science in Bioinformatics, a Certificate of Advanced Study
(CAS), and 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,
2012 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 programs and faculty can be found on
the Internet at http://www.lis.illinois.edu/. Applicants should create
a candidate profile at https://jobs.illinois.edu, and upload initial
application materials through this system. To ensure full
consideration, please submit a letter of application, current
curriculum vitae, statement on teaching and research, and a list of
three professional references including contact information by
December 1, 2011. Review of applications will begin on December 1,
2011, and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants may
be interviewed before the closing date, but no hiring decisions will
be made until after the search has closed.
For further information regarding application procedures, you may
contact Candy Edwards
(cledward@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
(http://www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu).
Maeve Reilly
Research Services Coordinator
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois
Rm 219 LIS
501 E. Daniel
Champaign, IL 61820
mjreilly@illinois.edu
(217) 244-7316
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