It’s good to see an iSchool with a “multi-year focus on
LIS faculty hiring!”
From: UTSIS-Jobs
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Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007
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Subject: [UTSIS-JOBS] FW: LIS
Faculty Search, University
of Michigan
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Lib/Info Sci Education Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joan C. Durrance
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007
9:54 AM
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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.
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.
Margaret Mann
Collegiate Professor of Information
550 E
University-3084 West Hall Connector
PHONE 734-763-1569.
FAX 734-764-2475
www.si.umich.edu/~durrance