FACULTY POSITION – School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The University of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) seeks an exceptional candidate with demonstrated commitment to excellence in research, teaching, and service to join our dynamic learning community as Assistant Professor beginning fall 2012. SLIS faculty members are expected to conduct research, teach two courses per semester, advise master’s students and supervise doctoral research.

We seek applicants who have research and teaching expertise in one of the following areas: information use, behavior and practice, OR the history of print and digital culture.  Applications from outstanding candidates in other areas will also be considered.  Candidates should have a Ph.D. by August 2012, research and publications commensurate with experience or evidence of ability to carry out a research agenda, and potential for or demonstrated excellence in teaching. All candidates should be committed to diversity, prepared to seek opportunities to extend the School's funding opportunities and thriving collaborations, and to contribute to its service mission. Applicants should be prepared to teach in core areas of the master’s curriculum and to contribute to the distance master’s program.

SLIS has approximately 200 masters and 20 doctoral students in LIS. SLIS is a co-sponsor (with the Wisconsin Historical Society and the University of Wisconsin Libraries) of, and home to, the Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture.  The CHPDC fosters the interdisciplinary study of print culture, through lectures and colloquia, biennial conferences, and the University of Wisconsin Press series "Print Culture History in Modern America," which encourages scholarly work on the authorship, reading, publication and distribution of print and now digital materials, produced by those at both the center and the periphery of power.  SLIS is also a partner in the UW‐Madison Digital Studies initiative, a cross‐departmental initiative that prepares undergraduate students to critically analyze and creatively compose with new media and information technologies (see http://www.dighum.wisc.edu/).

SLIS is equipped with a newly remodeled instructional computer laboratory, a usability lab, and its own library, in addition to the resources of the University Libraries. It cooperates actively with the University Library System, the Cooperative Children's Book Center and the Wisconsin Historical Society's library and archives. It is also home to a large and vital Continuing Education Service and the UW Information/Communications Technology and Policy Research Cluster. It is located in a modern classroom building overlooking beautiful Lake Mendota in one of the world's finest universities and in one of the United States’ most livable cities.

Questions about the search may be directed to Anne Murphy Lom, Department Administrator at [log in to unmask]. To apply, send letter of interest, curriculum vitae, evidence of excellence in teaching, and the names and contact information of three references by December 6th to Anne Murphy Lom, Department Administrator, [log in to unmask] (electronic preferred). Paper mail address: School of Library and Information Studies, 600 N. Park Street, Madison WI 53706.

Unless confidentiality is requested in writing, information regarding the applicants must be released upon request. Finalists cannot be guaranteed confidentiality. The University of Wisconsin‐Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.  SLIS values and actively seeks to maintain a diverse faculty.