[Asis-l] JOB> Faculty position (Associate/Full Professor) SLIS at IUB

[Howard Rosenbaum]

Faculty Positions Available

Faculty Position (Associate/Full Professor)

School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University 
Bloomington

Indiana University's (IU) School of Library and Information Science 
(SLIS) invites applications for a full-time faculty position on its 
Bloomington campus. The successful candidate will have a record of 
internationally recognized research, a strong commitment to teaching, 
and hold a doctoral degree in an appropriate field.

The school's research agenda encompasses social and cognitive analyses 
of interactions among people, organizations, technologies and 
information, particularly in relation to the development of digital 
libraries and the World Wide Web. SLIS maintains excellent working 
relations with colleagues in other academic units. Information about 
the school's faculty, degree programs, research centers and scholarly 
activities can be found at http://www.slis.indiana.edu/.

SLIS has a highly productive, interdisciplinary faculty whose 
backgrounds include computer science, information science, 
instructional systems technology, librarianship, linguistics, political 
science, psychology, and sociology. 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 a 
post-master's specialization in Library and Information Science as well 
as numerous dual/joint degree programs.

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's computing infrastructure is consistently rated one of the 
best 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. To apply, 
submit a letter of application discussing how your research and 
teaching interests connect with those of the school along with six 
references and your curriculum vitae. Informal inquiries are strongly 
encouraged, and can be made to Dean Blaise Cronin (bcronin at indiana.edu; 
812-8555-2848) or Dr. Alice Robbin, search committee chair. 
Nominations, applications and curricula vitae should be sent to the 
address below.

Alice Robbin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Science
Main Library LI 021
1320 East 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-3907
Phone: (812) 855-5389; fax: (812) 855-6166
E-mail: arobbin at indiana.edu