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On 12/9/16 1:17 PM, "Library and Information Science Educators' Information and Discussion List on behalf of Toni Samek" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote: >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >From: Nancy J Evans <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 8:22 AM >Subject: UAlberta SLIS Tenure-track Career Opportunity >To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], >[log in to unmask] > >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. > >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-ualberta/rankings/news/2016/september/ualbert >a-maintains-strong-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] >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. > >-- >Toni Samek, PhD >Professor and Chair >School of Library & Information Studies >3-18 Rutherford South, University of Alberta >Edmonton, Alberta CANADA T6G 2J4 >Email: [log in to unmask] >Phone: 780-492-3932 >http://tonisamek.wordpress.com/