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[Rong Tang]

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From: Alisa Libby <alisa.libby at simmons.edu>
Date: Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 10:46 AM
Subject: Simmons School of Library and Information Science Division Director
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*Simmons School of Library and Information Science Division Director
<https://simmons.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Simmons-Careers/job/Main-Campus---Boston-MA/School-of-Library-and-Information-Science-Division-Director_R02981-1>
*

The Director of the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS)
reports to the Dean of the College and is the academic leader of the
School.  The Director has responsibility for planning, including financial
and enrollment management, curriculum development and revision,
accreditation, and staffing.  In fulfilling these duties, the Director
builds excellence by recruiting, evaluating, inspiring, developing and
supporting faculty; attracting and retaining students; facilitating
research opportunities; supervising faculty program leaders; hiring and
evaluating non-faculty staff; and augmenting the resources of the School.
The Director serves as an advisor to the Dean on all academic matters,
advocates for resources, and collaborates with faculty Directors within the
College and across Simmons to promote a rich intellectual environment for
the College. The Director will work with internal and external
constituencies to assure the high visibility of their programs on campus,
in the community, and in the profession.

*The School of Library and Information Science *
SLIS is a division of a newly formed College, with the two other
divisions/departments offering programs in business, and mathematics,
statistics, and computer science.  This College includes more than 50
full-time faculty; grants approximately 400 Bachelors, Masters, and
Doctoral degrees annually; and accounts for more than 15% of the total
credits earned each year at Simmons.  It is the first new College to launch
as part of Simmons College’s academic transformation.

The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) opened with the
College founding in 1899. Today, the MS (LIS) has approximately 700
students on two campuses and online, and an additional 50 students in the
Ph.D. program. The MS degree program is a top ranked program in U.S. News &
World Reports.  The program has highly ranked areas of specialization,
including a Concentration in Archives Management, a concentration in School
Library Media, and specializations in children and youth services and
digital librarianship.  SLIS attracts students from all over the United
States and the world. Graduates of our program hail from every state in the
United States and over 80 countries. SLIS offers a dynamic environment for
research and learning.  Faculty receive grants from a diverse array of
federal agencies and private foundations. Please visit us at
http://www.simmons.edu/academics/schools/school-of-library-and-information-
science

*Simmons at a Glance*
Located in Boston's historic Fenway neighborhood along the Emerald Necklace
(designed by Frederick Law Olmsted,) Simmons College is a small, private
university, which has educated students for enriching careers and useful,
independent lives since 1899. Decades before women in America gained the
right to vote, Boston businessman John Simmons had a revolutionary
idea—that women should be able to earn independent livelihoods—and Simmons
College was the result. Simmons continues to educate its students for
successful careers and meaningful lives through its women’s undergraduate
programs and coeducational masters and doctoral programs.

Simmons offers a pioneering liberal arts education for undergraduate women
integrated with professional work experience, interdisciplinary study, and
a global perspective. Students receive a broad-based, liberal arts
education strengthened by direct experience in their area of concentration
through internships or independent studies, research, fieldwork, or theses.
Simmons offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and programs, with minors
in all departments.

Simmons’s renowned graduate programs educate men and women in the health
sciences, nursing, education, liberal arts, communications management,
social work, and library and information science along with the first MBA
designed specifically for women.  Since 2013, Simmons’s nursing, social
work, business, and library science masters programs have been offered
online to students across the United States.

In fall 2016, Simmons enrolled more than 1,700 undergraduate women and more
than 5000 graduate students (1600 full-time and 3600 part-time; more than
1700 enrolled in online programs.)

Simmons has 219 full-time faculty members of whom 43% are tenured. In
addition, more than 600 part-time faculty – many of whom are clinical
faculty working in schools, archives, libraries, hospitals, businesses,
government, and a variety of non-profit organizations – instruct in
face-to-face and online programs.

Simmons is a member of the Colleges of the Fenway, a voluntary
collaboration among six colleges within a five-minute walk from Simmons's
campus. This partnership allows cross-registration, social events for
students, and faculty collaboration, as well as coordination on back-end
technology and administrative functions. The College's other neighbors
include renowned museums and cultural institutions (such as Boston's Museum
of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum), major libraries
(such as the Massachusetts Historical Society and The Boston Public
Library), other large university campuses (such as Northeastern University
and Boston University), and a number of hospitals and medical research
facilities (such as Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and
Women’s Hospital, and Children’s Hospital), clustered around the nearby
Harvard Medical School.

*Position Requirements*
Applicants must have a doctoral degree in library and information science,
information studies, or an appropriate related field, and have demonstrated
excellence in teaching, research and service at the national level,
consistent with the rank of full professor.

Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications.

*How to Apply*
Please visit the full description
<https://simmons.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Simmons-Careers/job/Main-Campus---Boston-MA/School-of-Library-and-Information-Science-Division-Director_R02981-1>
to apply for this position. Consideration of applications will begin
October 1, 2017 and will continue until the position is filled.

Candidates should be prepared to upload the following required documents:
cover letter, C.V.; statement of teaching philosophy; statement outlining
research interests and experience; statement regarding leadership
philosophy; and names and contact information for three references.  Please
include a statement of any sponsorship requirements.

Simmons College participates in TIAA/CREF and offers excellent benefits
packages, including tuition reimbursement for dependents at Simmons and
other institutions.

Simmons College is strongly committed to diversity and values candidates
who bring a variety of backgrounds and experiences to our community.

For further information, please contact Faculty Search Committee Chair, Dr.
Michele Cloonan, Chair at michele.cloonan at simmons.edu.

As a College committed to diversity, Simmons encourages applications
broadly.  Simmons is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to
continuing to develop a more diverse faculty, staff, student body and
curriculum.
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Alisa M. Libby
Communications Assistant
Simmons College, SLIS
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
t 617-521-2816 <(617)%20521-2816>
f 617-521-3192 <(617)%20521-3192>

Author, *The King's Rose* and *The Blood Confession*
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-- 
Rong Tang, PhD.
Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Science
Director, Simmons Usability Lab
Director, SLIS PhD Program
Simmons College

Director for External Relations, Association for Library and Information
Science Education
rong.tang at simmons.edu
1-617-521-2880
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