The Faculty of Information Studies (FIS) at the University of Toronto is on the move; the Faculty is expanding both in terms of number of people and in scope.  The Faculty invites applications for two tenure-stream appointments at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor to begin on July 1 2008.   Rank and salary will be competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.
 
We seek candidates with excellent research and teaching abilities and a commitment to shaping the future of the Faculty and the field of information.  We value people who transcend traditional divisions and we are specifically interested in candidates with active research agendas within one or more of the following critical areas of information practice: information organization and classification; information resources, seeking, services, and reference.  The candidate’s research agenda should fit with the Faculty’s inclusive focus and mission.
 
The Faculty's 2004-10 Academic Plan recognizes that society's information practices are being reconfigured and transformed by material shifts in infrastructures as well as political and cultural shifts in our attitudes toward information as a social phenomenon.  In this context, as part of a multi-year process of Faculty renewal, two faculty members are sought to help rethink and reshape the information profession through innovative teaching and collaborative research projects.
 
Overall, the Faculty of Information Studies will be conducting three searches for tenured or tenure-track professors during academic year 2007-08, in parallel with the University's search for a new Dean for the Faculty.  The Faculty’s approved Academic Plan envisages continued faculty growth over coming years, with as many as 10-12 more searches expected to be conducted during the 2008-12 time frame.
 
The University of Toronto offers the opportunity to teach, conduct research and live in one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world. The Faculty of Information Studies provides a context in which to work in an emerging interdisciplinary environment and in a range of collaborative programs including Knowledge Media Design, Book History and Print Culture, Women's Studies, Ageing and the Life Course, and Women’s Health.
 
FIS website:
http://www.fis.utoronto.ca
FIS Academic plan: http://www.fis.utoronto.ca/images/documents/about/fisacademicplan.pdf
 
Candidates must have a PhD (or equivalent), a proven record of scholarship, experience with multidisciplinary research, and strong teaching experience.  Additional qualifications for those applying at the Full or Associate Professor level include experience leading research projects and working with graduate students. Experience developing new curricula is an asset.
 
Applicants should send curriculum vitae, teaching dossier, copies of three representative papers/publications, a statement outlining current and future research interests, and a list of three references to the following address. (Applicants at the Assistant Professor level should arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent, under separate cover, to the same address.) Electronic submission is strongly encouraged.  Application deadline is January 15, 2008 but the search will remain open until the positions are filled.
 
Jens-Erik Mai, Chair, LIS Search Committee
140 St. George St, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G6, Canada
Phone 416-978-3234; Fax 416-978-5762
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The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
 
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.