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Faculty, College of Information Science & Technology -- Drexel
University -- Pennsylvania
Drexel University's College of Information Science & Technology (IST)
invites applications for several tenure-track positions in Library and
Information Science, Information Systems, and Software Engineering at the
assistant, associate, or full professor level. We welcome applications
with a wide variety of teaching and research interests; we are
particularly interested in applicants in the following areas:
·Human-computer interaction;
·School and media librarianship;
·Information security;
·Information representation and retrieval (with a particular
interest in digitized non-text resources, TREC-related studies, and visual
information retrieval);
·Competitive intelligence/knowledge management;
·Healthcare informatics and health literacy;
·Software Engineering including requirements engineering, software
design and modeling, software metrics, process improvement, software
quality, and project management.
The successful candidate will have:
·Completed doctorate in library and information science,
information systems, software engineering or a cognate field.
·Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
·Evidence of excellence in teaching and research.
·Interest in a highly collaborative faculty environment.
Candidates for senior positions should have an established research record
and success in obtaining external research funding. Joint appointments with
other Drexel academic units are also a possibility.
The IST view of information is broad, multidisciplinary, and practical.
IST continues to evolve as an innovative leader in educating information
professionals in the twenty-first century, combining high quality teaching
and research in a broad, multidisciplinary, and collaborative environment.
We offer three BS degrees, three Masters degrees, and the Ph.D. The MS
(LIS) degree is highly ranked, both overall and for specializations in
information systems and digital librarianship within the MS(LIS) degree;
faculty and student interests span a broad spectrum of library and
information science areas. IST's systems-related curricula (MSIS, MSSE)
are particularly strong in databases, data mining/information
visualization, and human-computer interaction. Full-time Ph.D. students
are supported either through faculty research grants from the National
Science Foundation, the Institute for Library and Museum Services, and
other funding agencies or while performing other research or teaching
related activities in the College.
All programs emphasize applied research, with a tradition of both
quantitative and qualitative research that encourages interdisciplinary
activity. We consider experience in industry a plus.
Drexel is a privately endowed technology university founded in 1891. With
approximately 16,000 students, it has one of the largest undergraduate
cooperative education programs in the nation, with formal relationships in
place with over 1,500 local, national, and multi-national companies. Drexel
is located on Philadelphia's Avenue of Technology in University City and at
the hub of the academic, cultural, and historical resources of the nation's
fourth largest metropolitan region. Philadelphia is also the midpoint of a
mid-Atlantic technology corridor that stretches from New York City (100
miles north) to Washington, D.C. (135 miles south).
Please submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and names and
contact information of at least three references to:
Chair, IST Search Committee
College of Information Science & Technology
Drexel University
3141 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the
positions are filled. Drexel is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action
employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Dr. Katherine McCain, Associate Dean, and members of the Search Committee
will be available at the iSchool, ASIST and ALISE meetings to discuss
these open faculty positions.
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