[Asis-l] Drexel's College of Info Sci and Tech, tenure-track positions

[Denise Agosto]

Drexel University's College of Information Science & Technology (IST)
invites applications for several tenure-track positions in Library and
Information Science, Information Systems, and Software Engineering at the
assistant, associate, or full professor level.  We welcome applications with
a wide variety of teaching and research interests.  We are particularly
interested in applicants in the following areas:   
Digital libraries 
Digital preservation 
Information security 
Information architecture 
Information representation and retrieval 
Healthcare informatics 
Human-computer interaction 
Software engineering 
The successful candidate will have:   
A completed doctorate in library and information science or a related field
  
Evidence of excellence in teaching and research   
Interest in a highly collaborative faculty environment   

Candidates for senior positions should have established research records and
success in obtaining external research funding.  Joint appointments with
other Drexel academic units are also a possibility.   

The IST view of information is broad, multidisciplinary, and practical.  IST
continues to evolve as an innovative leader in educating information
professionals in the twenty-first century, combining high quality teaching
and research in a broad, multidisciplinary, and collaborative environment.
 We offer three BS degrees, three Masters degrees, and the PhD.  The MS(LIS)
degree is highly ranked, both overall and for specializations in information
systems and digital librarianship within the MS(LIS) degree.  Faculty and
student interests span a broad spectrum of library and information science
areas.  Full-time PhD students are supported either through faculty research
grants from the National Science Foundation, the Institute for Library and
Museum Services, and other funding agencies, or while performing other
research or teaching related activities in the College.   
All programs emphasize applied research, with a tradition of both
quantitative and qualitative research that encourages interdisciplinary
activity. We consider experience in industry a plus. 
Drexel is a privately endowed technology university founded in 1891. With
approximately 20,000 students, it has one of the largest undergraduate
cooperative education programs in the nation, with formal relationships in
place with over 1500 local, national, and multi-national companies.  Drexel
is located on Philadelphia’s Avenue of Technology in University City and at
the hub of the academic, cultural, and historical resources of the nation’s
fourth largest metropolitan region. Philadelphia is also the midpoint of a
mid-Atlantic technology corridor that stretches from New York City (100
miles north) to Washington, DC (135 miles south).   
Please submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and names and
contact information of at least three references to:   
Dr. Denise E. Agosto, Chair   
IST Search Committee   
College of Information Science & Technology   
Drexel University   
3141 Chestnut Street   
Philadelphia, PA  19104   

E-mail: faculty-search at cis.drexel.edu   

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the
positions are filled.  Drexel is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups,
disabled individuals and veterans.     

Members of the Search Committee will be available at the ASIST and ALISE
annual and mid-winter meetings to discuss these open faculty positions. 


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Denise E. Agosto, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
College of Information Science & Technology
Drexel University
3141 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA  19104
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