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Subject: Position announcement: Breslauer Professorship in Bibliography,
UCLA

September 6, 2007

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
Martin and Bernard Breslauer Professorship in Bibliography

The Information Studies Department at the University of California,  
Los Angeles, announces an opening for the newly created Martin and  
Bernard Breslauer Chair in Bibliography.  Endowed Chairs at UCLA are  
reserved for distinguished scholars and teachers at the Full  
Professor level.

It is expected that the Breslauer Professor will contribute to the  
Information Studies Department's long-standing leadership and  
innovation in all areas of bibliography, here understood to include:  
the study of the collection and description of books and other  
textual works; the study of the production and use of textual works  
as physical objects; and the history of the book, of book arts, and  
of print culture.  Emergent areas in which the Department is also  
interested include:  the history of transitions from print to digital  
formats, and of the impact of such transitions on the book arts, on  
publishing and access systems, and on reading; the design of  
bibliographic systems that offer scholars in the arts and humanities  
access to creative and intellectual works; and approaches to the  
study of bibliographic collection and description that are informed  
by artistic and humanistic perspectives.

The Breslauer Professor will be expected to teach in all of the  
Department's academic degree programs.  He or she will also  
strengthen relationships between Information Studies and the UCLA  
Library's world-renowned Special Collections Department.

UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSE&IS),  
in which the Information Studies Department is located, is a  
community of learning and action inspired by the principles of social  
justice and individual responsibility and by an ethic of caring.  As  
researchers, teachers, and agenda setters in learning and information  
fields, the community promotes transformative practice and  
scholarship.  As part of a public research university in a large  
urban setting, GSE&IS recognizes its commitment to the public trust.

QUALIFICATIONS:  A doctoral degree in library and information studies  
or other related field; distinguished record of research, scholarly  
publication, and teaching; commitment to teaching and mentoring  
students; and capacity to provide intellectual leadership to the  
field.  The Department values candidates who can add to the diversity  
of the faculty.

FOR MORE INFO:  Contact Professor Virginia Walter, chair of the  
search committee, at [log in to unmask]  All inquiries  
will be kept confidential if desired.

TO APPLY:  Send application letter describing your research and  
teaching interests, along with curriculum vitae, to:

             Anne Gilliland, Chair
             Information Studies Department
             University of California, Los Angeles
             Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521

Nominations are also invited.  Please send a letter giving pertinent  
information about the nominee, including contact information.

SALARY:  Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

STARTING DATE:  Flexible

DEADLINE:  Screening of completed applications will begin on November  
1, 2007, and continue until the position is filled.

UCLA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups.