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From: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of David Raiken
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 4:54 PM
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Subject: Drexel's College of Info Sci and Tech, tenure-track positions



DREXEL UNIVERSITY 

COLLEGE OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 

Full-time Faculty Positions

Drexel University's College of Information Science & Technology (IST)
invites applications for several tenure-track positions in Library and
Information Science, Information Systems, and Software Engineering at
the assistant, associate, or full professor level.  We welcome
applications with a wide variety of teaching and research interests.  We
are particularly interested in applicants in the following areas: 

Digital libraries 

Digital preservation 

Information security 

Information architecture 

Information representation and retrieval 

Healthcare informatics 

Human-computer interaction 

Software engineering 

The successful candidate will have: 

A completed doctorate in library and information science or a related
field 
Evidence of excellence in teaching and research 
Interest in a highly collaborative faculty environment 

Candidates for senior positions should have established research records
and success in obtaining external research funding.  Joint appointments
with other Drexel academic units are also a possibility. 

The IST view of information is broad, multidisciplinary, and practical.
IST continues to evolve as an innovative leader in educating information
professionals in the twenty-first century, combining high quality
teaching and research in a broad, multidisciplinary, and collaborative
environment.  We offer three BS degrees, three Masters degrees, and the
PhD.  The MS(LIS) degree is highly ranked, both overall and for
specializations in information systems and digital librarianship within
the MS(LIS) degree.  Faculty and student interests span a broad spectrum
of library and information science areas.  Full-time PhD students are
supported either through faculty research grants from the National
Science Foundation, the Institute for Library and Museum Services, and
other funding agencies, or while performing other research or teaching
related activities in the College. 

All programs emphasize applied research, with a tradition of both
quantitative and qualitative research that encourages interdisciplinary
activity. We consider experience in industry a plus. 

Drexel is a privately endowed technology university founded in 1891.
With approximately 20,000 students, it has one of the largest
undergraduate cooperative education programs in the nation, with formal
relationships in place with over 1500 local, national, and
multi-national companies.  Drexel is located on Philadelphia's Avenue of
Technology in University City and at the hub of the academic, cultural,
and historical resources of the nation's fourth largest metropolitan
region. Philadelphia is also the midpoint of a mid-Atlantic technology
corridor that stretches from New York City (100 miles north) to
Washington, DC (135 miles south). 

Please submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and names and
contact information of at least three references to: 

Dr. Denise E. Agosto, Chair 
IST Search Committee 
College of Information Science & Technology 
Drexel University 
3141 Chestnut Street 
Philadelphia, PA  19104 

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Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until
the positions are filled.  Drexel is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action Employer and encourages applications from women, members of
minority groups, disabled individuals and veterans.   

Members of the Search Committee will be available at the ASIST and ALISE
annual and mid-winter meetings to discuss these open faculty positions.