2008-09 LIS Faculty Search
Assistant/Associate/Full
Professor
The School of Information at the University of Michigan
seeks outstanding faculty candidates whose research builds on existing knowledge
of information access and use, and studies people and
information (e.g., people as users of information, libraries,
technology, information behavior, human information interaction), information
tools and technologies (e.g., information creation,
organization, retrieval, preservation), information
contexts (e.g., scholarly communication; digital libraries;
educational, informational, and cultural institutions; community informatics).
Successful candidates will teach in library and information science (LIS) at the
master’s level, add to existing course offerings, and will have the opportunity
to provide instruction and mentor students at the doctoral
level. SI is consistently ranked among the top five LIS
programs. This search is part of a multi-year focus on LIS faculty
hiring.
The School of Information was created around a shared
belief that information is fundamental in society, that advances in information
technology make it even more important now than it was in the past, and that a
more comprehensive approach to research and instruction is needed to address the
challenges raised by the information revolution. Faculty and students are
engaged in projects that focus on the dynamic interplay among information,
technology, and people. SI faculty come from diverse fields such as library and
information science, history, computer science, psychology, economics, physics,
education, political science, business, and communication. MSI and Ph.D.
students come from an even wider variety of fields.
SI faculty provide instruction at the master's and
doctoral level, engage in research in a multidisciplinary environment, mentor
and advise graduate students, and provide service to the School, the University,
and society. The School currently has 53 faculty; 45 doctoral students, and 345
students in its Master of Science in Information program. Detailed information
about the School, its mission, and its activities can be found at
http://www.si.umich.edu.
Positions are for tenure track faculty at the ranks
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor.
All candidates for
these positions should have a Ph.D. in a relevant field, research interests in
LIS or IS, and be committed to working in an interdisciplinary environment.
Applicants should submit the following materials by Dec
5, 2007: a cover letter, separate statements of research and teaching, a
curriculum vita, a list of references, and three representative
publications. Send these materials
electronically (as eight separate files) to JoAnne Kerr ([log in to unmask]), Office
of the Dean, School of Information, University of Michigan.
The University of
Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action educator and
employer.
Joan C. Durrance, PhD
Margaret Mann Collegiate Professor of Information
School of Information
University of Michigan
550 E University-3084 West Hall Connector
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1092
PHONE 734-763-1569. FAX 734-764-2475
www.si.umich.edu/~durrance