[Asis-l] Vacancy: Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Information Science
Diane Pennington
diane.pennington at strath.ac.uk
Thu Jul 23 08:27:31 EDT 2015
University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Scotland)
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Information Science
Salary range: £37,394 - £44,620
FTE: 1.0
Term: Open ended
Closing date: 28 August
The Department of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Information Science. CIS provides one of the largest postgraduate programmes in Information and Library Studies in the UK, and is a member of the iSchools group, a coalition of the world's leading information schools. Our iLab research group is an interdisciplinary information science research group, investigating arising socio-techno phenomena and evolving information behaviour. In pursuit of a literate and informed society, much of our work is societal in nature and holistic in perspective, investigating human information need and use, and informing the design and delivery of public information systems and services.
The successful applicant will have primary research interests and expertise in information and library studies. The appointee will be expected to teach on the Department's MSc Information and Library Studies and to work closely with our Information Seeking Behaviour research group (a sub-group within our iLab). We particularly encourage applicants with research interests in Information Literacy and practical library experience.
Candidates will demonstrate significant promise in their research discipline with have a record of achievement in their career to date. They will have ambitious academic goals and an understanding of how to bring in the grant income required to fund those goals.
Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Professor Ian Ruthven and Dr Steven Buchanan, ian.ruthven at strath.ac.uk<mailto:ian.ruthven at strath.ac.uk>,steven.buchanan at strath.ac.uk<mailto:steven.buchanan at strath.ac.uk>, +44 141 548 4527, +44 141 548 3409).
Formal interviews for this post are likely to take place on 2 October 2015.
Full details can be found at http://www.strath.ac.uk/workwithus/vacancies/.
Diane M. Rasmussen Pennington, PhD
Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
diane.pennington at strath.ac.uk
+44 (0)141 548 3900
http://personal.cis.strath.ac.uk/diane.pennington/
The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC015263.
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