Assistant Professor, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Hawaii, Honolulu HI
Posted April 1, 2014
Assistant Professor, position number 0070284, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, College of Natural Sciences, Department of Computer and Information Sciences (ICS), 1.00 FTE, (9-month), general funds, tenure-track position to begin approximately August 1, 2014 pending position clearance and availability of funds.
- Conduct courses in support of an ALA-accredited masters degree program in Library and Information Science (LIS).
- Advise master’s students and participate actively in professional organizations at the state, national, and international levels.
- Exhibit the potential to become a nationally recognized researcher and scholar in any area of LIS.
- The ideal candidate will develop a research program integrating elements of LIS with other fields.
- Researchers who locate their work in both traditional LIS areas such as reference, information organization, children’s literature, public library services, and intellectual freedom, and in hybrid areas such as digital archives/ libraries, indigenous knowledge, and informatics, are especially encouraged to apply.
- Demonstrated teaching excellence is essential.
- The teaching load is two graduate courses per semester.
- Teaching modes include face-to-face, and web-based synchronous and asynchronous distance education.
- All faculty are expected to work with diverse constituencies, teach in the core curriculum, teach using online and hybrid modes, maintain a vigorous research agenda, meet expectations of tenure and promotion, engage in interdisciplinary scholarship, and obtain funding.
- Through research, teaching and service, the ideal candidate will support the LIS Program, the Department of Information and Computer Sciences, the College of Natural Sciences and related units across campus, and increase the breadth of our contribution to the University’s values: a Hawaiian place of learning, a local to global perspective, sustainability, technology, community and diversity.
Minimum Qualifications
- Earned doctorate in Library and Information Science or a related field; masters degree or equivalent; commitment to effective teaching; poise and good address for meeting and conferring with others.
- MLIS or equivalent from an ALA-accredited institution; College or university teaching experience.
- The ideal candidate will develop a research program integrating elements of library and information science with those of the ICS Department and related units across the university.
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