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-----Original Message----- From: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of shawd Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 11:59 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Faculty Position: SLIS, Indiana University Bloomington Faculty Position (Open rank) School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University's (IU) School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Bloomington invites applications for a full-time faculty position. Appointment as assistant, associate, or full professor is possible. Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to: collection development and evaluation, data mining, history of the book, information retrieval. SLIS has an interdisciplinary faculty whose backgrounds include cognitive science, computer science, information science, librarianship, linguistics, philosophy, and political science. Its faculty was recently ranked first in North America for its scholarly productivity and impact. In addition to the Master of Library Science (MLS) degree, the school offers the Master of Information Science (MIS), a Ph.D. in Information Science and an extensive roster of dual degrees, certificates and specializations. The school's programs have been accredited continuously by the American Library Association for more than half a century. Indiana University Bloomington is a major public research university with 1,600 full-time faculty and 38,000 students. The beautiful campus, situated in one of the top ten "best college towns" in the U.S., hosts more than 100 research centers and institutes, as well as a wide array of distinguished academic departments and schools. Indiana University's library collections are among the largest in the nation, and the university is consistently rated one of the best networked in the U.S. Indiana University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, offering a full range of benefits, including TIAA/CREF. Salary is competitive, commensurate with qualifications and experience. To apply, submit a letter of application discussing how your research and teaching interests connect with those of the school along with names and addresses of three references (six for consideration as associate or full professor) and your curriculum vitae. Informal inquiries are encouraged, and can be made to either Debora Shaw or Howard Rosenbaum, search committee co-chairs; applications, nominations and curricula vitae should be sent to this address as well. Dr. Debora Shaw & Dr. Howard Rosenbaum, Co-chairs School of Library and Information Science Main Library 011 1320 East 10th Street Bloomington, IN 47405-3907 phone: (812) 855-3261; (812) 855-3250; fax: (812) 855-6166 E-mail: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]