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<font face="Times, Times" size=3>UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN<br>
Graduate School of Library and Information Science<br>
Faculty Positions<br><br>
The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks outstanding full-time
faculty to join our unique, top-ranked program. Preference will be
given to applicants with strong research and teaching credentials in (1)
organization of information (knowledge representation,
cataloging/classification, indexing/abstracting, etc.), or (2) technical
aspects of information retrieval and digital libraries. The School
will consider exceptionally strong applicants working in other areas of
library and information science or related disciplines.<br><br>
The GSLIS faculty is highly interdisciplinary, with backgrounds in
library science, information science, communications, computer science,
education, history of science, philosophy, and sociology, and we have
been the number one ranked School of Library and Information Science for
many years. The faculty pursue a wide variety of research projects
in areas such as distributed knowledge, library history, information and
telecommunications policy, inquiry-based education, biodiversity
informatics, youth services, children’s literature, music information
retrieval, digital libraries, document standards, electronic books and
e-publishing, computer-supported collaborative work and collaborative
learning, museum informatics, community networks, internet studies, and
more. GSLIS research funding is approximately $3 million per year
and growing. Faculty and students are also involved in many
interdisciplinary research initiatives across the campus, and are
affiliated with units such as the Department of Computer Science,
Illinois Natural History Survey, the Beckman Institute, Institute for
Communications Research, Computational Science and Engineering Program,
and National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).<br><br>
The School offers Master’s, Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS), and
Doctoral programs, as well as an innovative undergraduate minor in
Information Technology Studies and a new LIS K-12 Media Specialist
Certification Program. The School’s unique LEEP online education
option for the Master’s and CAS degrees incorporates a variety of
technologies and focuses on ways to involve remote students in all
aspects of professional education. New faculty will have the
opportunity to teach in all these programs.<br><br>
The School hosts several units that support teaching, research and
service. Our new Information Systems Research Laboratory (ISRL)
provides a state-of-the-art environment supporting research for all GSLIS
faculty. The Library Research Center supports faculty research and
fosters a strong working relationship with the professional
communities. The Center for Children’s Books produces a premier
review journal and has an expanding program for librarians and
teachers. Information Researchers is a professional information
service offering custom research. Prairienet, a widely-known
community computing network, originated in the School.<br><br>
Visiting and/or tenure track appointments made under this announcement
will be effective August 21, 2003. Visiting appointments may become
tenure track appointments at a future date. To ensure full
consideration, applications must be received by January 27, 2003.
Rank is open and salary is commensurate with experience. A Ph.D.
degree or equivalent is required, though we will consider candidates who
are close to completion of the doctoral degree. Information about
GSLIS, its programs, and its environment can be found on the internet
at Nominations, letters of application (including a current
resume and three letters of reference), or requests for further
information should be sent to:<br><br>
Professor Linda C. Smith<br>
c/o Dorlene Clark, Assistant to the Dean<br>
Graduate School of Library and Information Science<br>
University of Illinois<br>
501 East Daniel Street<br>
Champaign, Illinois 61820-6211<br>
phone: (217) 333-3281; fax: (217) 244-3302; email: <br>
The University of Illinois is an AA-EOE.<br>
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<div>Caroline Haythornthwaite (haythorn@uiuc.edu) </div>
<div>Associate Professor, and Interim Associate Dean</div>
<div>Graduate School of Library and Information Science</div>
<div>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 501 East Daniel St.,
Champaign, IL, 61820</div>
<div>phone: 217-244-7453<x-tab> </x-tab>fax:
217-244-3302
<a href="http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn" EUDORA=AUTOURL>www.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn</a></div>
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