[Asis-l] Faculty Position Opening at San Jose State University SLIS

[Sandy Hirsh]

San Jose State University SLIS faculty will be attending the ASIS&T
conference in Baltimore in October. If you would like to set up a time to
meet with one of San Jose State University's SLIS faculty to discuss the
position, please contact the Chair of the Search Committee -Dr. Linda Main
–at Linda.Main at sjsu.edu  -and she will arrange a meeting.

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- Live anywhere*
- Teach great students –http://slisapps.sjsu.edu/blogs/meet/
- Use the newest technologies to develop innovative online classes
- Work with a top grant writer and collegial faculty.

San Jose State University <http://www.sjsu.edu> seeks to dramatically
expand its faculty working in the area of cyber security/data science by
hiring a cluster of five new faculty members. The university seeks people
who are able to initiate and participate in interdisciplinary
collaborations in the area of cyber security or data science, and who are
skilled researchers and teachers in one of five areas: Computer Science,
Computer Engineering, Library and Information Science, Management
Information Science, or Psychology.

As part of this initiative the School of Library and Information Science
<http://slisweb.sjsu.edu> (SLIS) is looking for a faculty member with a
focus in either
information assurance/information integrity or large data sets/information
visualization. The successful applicant will teach online classes for SLIS
and conduct research, build online interdisciplinary certificates, and
develop fundable research proposals with colleagues in the cybersecurity
and data science
clusters in the University.

A successful applicant focused primarily in the area of information
assurance/information integrity will teach online classes and conduct
research with cluster faculty members in one or more of the following
areas:
●      Protection of records and archives via trusted digital repositories
that ensure the accuracy, reliability, and authenticity (i.e., identity
and integrity) of records in the cloud and records delivered via mobile
devices
●      Information risk analysis, management, and compliance of digital
records
●      Sustainability of digital records
●      Privacy and freedom of information
●      Encryption management strategies
●      Recovery and disaster techniques including disaster planning

A successful applicant focused primarily in the area of large data
sets/information visualization will teach online classes and conduct
research with cluster faculty members in one or more of the following
areas:
●      Analysis of unstructured and machine generated data from social
media (e.g., Facebook and Twitter)
●      Information visualization to help users gain new and deeper
knowledge from complex information
●      Tagging of data for ease of analysis and findability
●      Metadata systems, architectures, and applications
●      Semantic networks and linked data
●      Data analytics
●      Text/data mining
●      Pattern recognition

We require an earned doctorate; a strong record of scholarly and
professional achievement; and an excitement and enjoyment for teaching and
working online.

The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San Jose State
University is fully accredited by the American Library Association through
2014. It has 2000 students and since Fall 2009 delivers its degrees only
online.   In addition to the online Masters in Library and Information
Science (MLIS) degree SLIS offers an online masters degree in Archives and
Records Administration (MARA), a gateway Ph.D. program with Queensland
University of Technology, and a Post Master’s Certificate program. The
School is part of the College of Applied Sciences and Arts at San Jose
State University.

The School has a rich technological environment (Desire2Learn Learning
Management System, Blackboard Collaborate Web conferencing, WebEx,
Blackboard IM, Panopto, and Web 2.0 tools such as social networking,
blogs, wikis, podcasts, and collaborative environments).   Check out
Innovate Magazine, SLIS's 2012 Annual Review
<http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/about-slis/publications/innovate-magazine>, to
see what our students and faculty are doing.

Send by February 1st 2013:
(1) A letter of application that addresses in detail the requirements
listed above and into which of the two cluster areas you feel best fitted
(2) A curriculum vitae
(3) Three original letters of reference with contact information

Application material should be sent electronically (pdf or a URL) to:  Dr.
Linda Main, Chair of the Search Committee at:       Linda.Main at sjsu.edu
Please include Job Opening ID: 22461

San Jose State University is home to the Silicon Valley Center for Cyber
Security, is a partner in the NSF-funded national Center for Science and
Technology for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology (TRUST) at UC
Berkeley, and hosted the national symposium on Curriculum Development in
Security and Information Assurance (CDSIA) as well as the Oates Security
in the Cyberage Symposium.

*Employment is contingent upon proof of eligibility to work in the United
States. In addition, you will be required to visit the San Jose State
University campus four or five times a year at your own expense.