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It's good to see an iSchool with a "multi-year focus on LIS faculty hiring!" ________________________________ From: UTSIS-Jobs [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Deridder, Jody L Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 6:08 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [UTSIS-JOBS] FW: LIS Faculty Search, University of Michigan ________________________________ From: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joan C. Durrance Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 9:54 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: LIS Faculty Search, University of Michigan 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 <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