Lecturer, Associate, or Full Professor, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Posted July 3, 2020

Description:

The School of Library and Information Science at The University of Iowa invites applications for one or more instructional-track (non-tenure-track) at the rank of Lecturer, Associate or Full Professor of Instruction beginning Fall 2020. These are one-year appointments with the possibility of renewal. We seek excellent candidates to participate in delivering SLIS’s ALA-accredited Master’s program. Successful candidates will have a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science or a related discipline and have demonstrated teaching experience, preferably at the Master’s level. SLIS instruction is delivered in a hybrid synchronous mode, with both residential and remote students interacting in a virtual classroom. Demonstration of an active research program is desirable but not required. A Ph.D. in LIS or a related discipline or a MLIS from an ALA-accredited program and professional experience in a LIS setting is required. The position will involve 75% instruction (three courses per semester) and 25% service responsibilities.

We are particularly interested in applicants with expertise in teaching technology to students from humanities disciplines and with the ability to translate technical concepts into humanistic contexts. Areas of interest include database design, metadata, linked open data, and information organization/visualization. Strong candidates will have experience working with digital humanities projects or other cognate areas.

Additionally, we seek candidates who have interests in the areas of outreach and user engagement, literacies, and library instruction. Expertise in scholarly domains and communication are of particular interest. SLIS has a strong history of interdisciplinary projects and partnerships, including the Virtual Writing University, the UI Center for the Book, the Project on the Rhetoric of Inquiry, the Iowa Graduate Program in Informatics and most recently, the Public Digital Humanities. Virtually all faculty in SLIS have collaborative relationships with other units on campus, with such collaboration actively encouraged by both SLIS and College leadership.

How to Apply:

The original job posting with full description can be found here. To apply use the job portal found there. A Curriculum Vitae, Letter of Interest, 3 References with Letters of Recommendation. Apply by Thursday, June 11th, 2020.