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On 10/28/16 11:36 AM, "Asis-l on behalf of Nancy J Evans" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote: >The School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) at the University of >Alberta invites applications for one (1) full-time tenure track position. >The date of the appointment will ideally be July 1, 2017. > >We seek candidates who are intellectually curious, excited about rigorous >research and scholarship and its applications, committed to quality >teaching and learning in face-to-face and online environments, and who >extend our interests in the public good and the global information >professions as they are practiced in diverse communities. > >The position requires an individual who can work effectively in a >collegial >environment with an earned PhD in Library and Information Science or a >related field. Candidates near completion will also be considered. An MLIS >or equivalent is highly desirable. The candidates will have demonstrated >teaching experience relevant to the School¹s evolving MLIS curriculum ( >http://www.slis.ualberta.ca/Courses.aspx) and demonstrated expertise and >scholarship in or informing library and information studies in the context >of one or more of the following research areas: > > - Indigenous scholarship, with a particular focus on archival studies, > protection of traditional knowledge and cultural expression, or >indigenous > studies of ICTs. > > > - Information systems, with a particular focus on information >retrieval, > text analysis, and/or information visualization. > > > - Records management, archives, and/or museums. > >For nearly 50 years, the School of Library and Information Studies has >offered the only American Library Association (ALA)-accredited MLIS >program >on the Canadian prairies. The School has a combined MA/MLIS program with >Humanities Computing (HUCO) and an MBA/MLIS program with The Alberta >School >of Business. Our PhD is individual and interdisciplinary and SLIS faculty >serve as co-supervisors. The School also offers Canada¹s only entirely >online MLIS degree program. > >For additional information please visit our website at: > http://www.slis.ualberta.ca <http://www.slis.ualberta.ca/>. > >The University of Alberta (www.ualberta.ca) is one of the largest and most >research productive universities in Canada. With more than 37,000 students >from 143 countries, the U of A regularly ranks in the top 4 universities >in >the country and in the top 100 universities in the world according to the >latest QS Worldwide university rankings (https://www.ualberta.ca/why-u >alberta/rankings/news/2016/september/ualberta-maintains-stro >ng-standing-among-worlds-top-100). The university offers highly >competitive >salaries and an excellent benefits package. > >Edmonton and the University of Alberta are situated on Treaty 6 territory, >a traditional meeting ground and home for many Indigenous Peoples, >including Cree, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Métis, and Nakota Sioux. The city of >Edmonton has over one million residents and one of Canada's strongest >economies. The University of Alberta has grown and thrived in step with >its >host for more than 100 years. Like the university, Edmonton is a place >where people come together to build, create, and change things for the >better. It is defined by an entrepreneurial spirit not only in business, >but also in the arts and in social activism aimed at ensuring opportunity >for all. It is a place where good ideas have the best chance to become >reality. Edmonton boasts 78 arts and cultural organizations including the >Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Edmonton Opera, Citadel Theatre and more than >30 arts and cultural festivals taking place each year. > > >Review of applications will begin *January 4, 2017,* and will continue >until the position is filled. > >For more information and to apply please see: http://careers.ualberta. >ca/Competition/A107530903/ > > >-- > >*Nancy Evans* >*Acting Assistant Chair, Administration* >*School of Library Information Studies* >*3-20 Rutherford South* > >*[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>* >*780 492 0373* > > >NOTE: This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for >the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. As this >e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information, if you are not >the named addressee, you are not authorized to retain, read, copy or >disseminate this message or any part of it. If you have received this >email >in error please notify us immediately, delete the email and files from any >computer, and destroy any copies or print-outs that may have been made of >the email and files. >________________________________________ >