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Tenure-Steam Faculty Position in Library and Information Science, School
of Information Sciences -- University of Pittsburgh main campus --
Pennsylvania
The School of Information Sciences (SIS) (http://www.sis.pitt.edu) at the
University of Pittsburgh is seeking candidates for one tenure-stream
faculty position in the Library and Information Science Program, to start
no later than Fall Term 2007.The LIS Program seeks candidates willing to
assume leadership of the resources and services for children and youth
program curriculum and to develop research that reflect the needs of
children and youth in an information-intensive and increasingly-digital
society. The position offers opportunities to collaborate with SIS and
University multi-disciplinary faculty across such areas as Information
Visualization, Sociology of Knowledge, Digital Libraries, and Multimedia
Archives, and Digital Citizenship. Experience with distance education is
an asset. The successful candidate is an effective, proactive educator
pursuing a visionary research agenda and will play a key role in charting
the School's future course as a leading i-School.SIS especially invites
applicants who have an innovative approach to these core areas:* Resources
and services for children and youth, including literature and information
technology;* Information-seeking behavior of children and youth.In 2006,
the University of Pittsburgh, an AAU research university, was ranked in
the top twenty public universities by U.S. News & Report and ranked 10th
among public universities and 37th among the world's top 100 universities
by Newsweek International. SIS, a charter member of the i-Schools
Consortium, has a rich 100+ year legacy of educating librarians serving
children and youth in public and school libraries at the master's level
and educators of librarians at the Ph.D. level. The Master of Library and
Information Science degree, accredited by the American Library
Association, is ranked in the top 10 by U.S. News & World Report, and the
Children & Youth Specialization is ranked fourth. The School's
intellectual foundation is grounded in the integrated study of people,
information, and technology and its teaching, research and service place
the School at the current frontier of the information sciences.The
position requires an earned doctorate and is an appointment at the
assistant professor/associate professor level or at a rank commensurate
with qualifications.Electronic applications should be sent to:
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vitae, and the names, addresses (with e-mail), and telephone numbers of
three references. The review of applications will begin immediately; for
full consideration, applications should be received by November 30, 2006.
Dr. Mary K. Biagini, ChairSIS Faculty Search CommitteeSchool of
Information SciencesUniversity of Pittsburgh135 N. Bellefield Avenue509 IS
BuildingPittsburgh, PA 15260The University of Pittsburgh is an Equal
Opportunity, Affirmative Action employerand strongly encourages women and
minority candidates to apply.
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