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Faculty Position (Assistant Professor rank)
School of Library and Information Science
Indiana
University Bloomington
Indiana University’s (IU) School of Library and Information
Science
(SLIS)
at
Bloomington invites applications for a full-time tenure-track
faculty position
at the rank of
Assistant Professor of Library and Information
Science. Areas
of particular interest include but
are not limited to: collection
development
and management, public libraries, and evaluation of resources
and
services.
The
successful candidate will have earned a doctorate in library
science or
a closely related
field and will demonstrate evidence of effective
teaching and
scholarship with
experience/expertise in the areas mentioned above.
SLIS has an interdisciplinary faculty whose backgrounds
include
cognitive
science,
computer science, information science, librarianship,
linguistics,
philosophy, and political science.
Its faculty was recently ranked
first in
North
America for its scholarly productivity and impact.
In addition to the
Master of
Library Science (MLS) degree, the school offers the Master of
Information
Science (MIS), a
Ph.D. in Information Science and an extensive roster of
dual degrees, certificates and specializations. The school’s
programs
have
been
accredited continuously by the American Library Association for
more
than half a century.
Indiana University Bloomington is a major public research
university
with
1,700
faculty and 38,000 students. The beautiful campus, situated in one
of the top ten “best college towns” in the U.S., hosts 110
research
centers
and
institutes, as well as a wide array of distinguished academic
departments
and schools. Indiana
University’s library collections are among the
largest
in the nation, and the university is
consistently rated one of the
best
networked
in the U.S.
Indiana University is an equal opportunity/affirmative
action
employer, offering
a full range of benefits, including TIAA/CREF. Salary is
competitive,
commensurate
with qualifications and experience. Completion of the doctoral
degree
(or
near-completion
for appointment at lecturer rank) is required. This
appointment
will begin in Fall 2008 or Spring
2009.
To apply, submit a letter of application discussing how your
research
and
teaching
interests connect with those of the school along with names and
addresses of three references and your curriculum vitae. Informal
inquiries
are encouraged, and
can be made to Howard Rosenbaum, search committee
chair;
applications, nominations and curricula vitae should be sent
to this address
as well.
Dr. Howard Rosenbaum, Chair, Search Committee
School of Library and Information Science
Main
Library 011
1320 East 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-3907
phone: (812) 855-3261;
(812) 855-3250; fax: (812) 855-6166
E-mail:
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