[Air-L] iSchool at UMD Faculty Position: Open Rank Lecturer Archives and Digital Curation

[Naielia Akela Allen]

The College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College
Park (Maryland’s iSchool), invites applications for a full-time,
professional track lecturer who is highly competent, energetic, collegial,
and flexible to join our exciting environment. The Lecturer will teach in
one or more of the areas listed below, with a course load of three classes
per semester (fall and spring), and will actively participate in the life
of the college through building research capacity and experiential learning
opportunities in the Center for Archival Futures (CAFe).

The successful candidate will teach in our core courses and electives in
archives and digital curation. Additional courses that the successful
candidate can develop include courses that cover topics such as:

   - Born-digital, web, and social media archiving;
   - The intersection of archives, social justice, and public humanities;
   - Crowdsourcing and community archives;
   - Digital curation across the LAM sector and beyond;
   - Data management;
   - Knowledge representation and knowledge organization;
   - Machine learning and AI related to cultural heritage;
   - Inclusive, equitable, and enduring information ecosystems.

While these areas of expertise are of particular interest, candidates with
expertise and interest in any digital curation and archives areas covered
by the College’s programs are encouraged to apply.

The successful candidate will teach at the undergraduate and graduate
levels, and engage in service to the profession and shared governance
within the university. Service to the profession will include taking on a
managerial role within the Center for Archival Futures (CAFe) and assisting
Center leadership in achieving the goals of the center, including two main
components:Increasing CAFe’s research capacity and outreach and growing
CAFe’s experiential learning programs.

The course load for this position may be reduced, depending on the workload
required by CAFe center management.

Expected 9-month starting salary of $80,000-$85,000 or 12-month $107,000 –
$113,000 for entry rank at 100% FTE. Actual salary will commensurate with
experience and starting rank.

The expected start date for this position is Fall 2022.

For more information about the position, please visit:
https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/92154





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*Naielia Allen *| Administrative Coordinator, Faculty Affairs
(she/her/hers)
University of Maryland | College of Information Studies (iSchool)
4161 Fieldhouse Drive (Patuxent Building) | College Park, MD 20742
www.ischool.umd.edu | nallen11 at umd.edu