University of Oklahoma,School of Library & Information Studies

Deadline: October 1, 2019

The School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Oklahoma invites applications for an open rank tenure-track or tenured position with a focus on Applied Technology and/or Data Science. We are seeking candidates with expertise in one or more of the following areas: Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, Mobile App Development, Text Mining, Information Retrieval, Data Ethics, or User Experience Design. The ideal candidate must demonstrate the ability to teach one or more of the required courses for the bachelor’s or master’s programs in online and in person environments.

The successful applicant for this position will join the OU SLIS faculty in the education of undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students in various capacities including teaching courses, supervising independent courses, advising, and serving on students’ committees. The teaching responsibilities include two courses per semester. The faculty member will conduct scholarly research resulting in publications in peer reviewed journals, book chapters, edited books, books, and conference papers. Seeking opportunities for internal and external funding is also expected. Additionally, the candidate will be committed to engagement in service to the profession and in the shared governance within the university. The position is based on the Norman campus and will begin August 16, 2020.

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University of Oklahoma,School of Library & Information Studies

Deadline: October 1, 2019

The School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Oklahoma invites applications for a temporary, one-year lecturer position with a focus on Applied Technology in LIS. The lecturer will teach the introduction to technology course that is required for undergraduate majors and MLIS students, additional classes that match their expertise, and act as faculty supervisor for undergraduate internships. The ideal candidate must have experience teaching online courses. A completed Ph.D. is preferred.

The position will cover four courses in Spring 2020, one course in Summer 2020, and two courses in Fall 2020. The lecturer will supervise approximately five undergraduate internships in each of Spring, Summer, and Fall (total of around fifteen internships). The lecturer will also engage in service activities such as serving on SLIS committees and attending faculty meetings.

The position is based on the Norman campus and will begin January 2020. 

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University of Toronto Mississauga

Deadline: October 1, 2019

Candidates must have a PhD in a related discipline with a curricular emphasis in marketing, management, business administration, communications/media, or information, or a related discipline by the time of appointment (or shortly thereafter). Candidates must have a demonstrated record of excellence in research and teaching. They must demonstrate an active and excellent research program emphasizing the role of technology in marketing; an emerging reputation in a marketing-related field with a demonstrated ability to attract research funding; and a good publication record in top-ranked and field relevant scholarly journals; as well as through strong endorsements from referees of high standing. Excellence in teaching can be demonstrated by the teaching dossier outlining experience and accomplishments, a statement of teaching philosophy, sample syllabi, and teaching evaluations, as well as strong letters of reference is also required. The successful candidate will have a graduate appointment in one of the University of Toronto's tri-campus graduate departments.

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University of Michigan School of Information

Deadline: August 11, 2019

The University of Michigan School of Information seeks qualified individuals as Lecturer III to provide instruction in Python programming and data science skills and techniques to students in our new Master of Applied Data Science degree as well as in our other academic programs. We expect the applicant to be able to support courses such as data manipulation, exploratory data analysis, data mining, and natural language processing. We seek candidates who are passionate about teaching and using computation and data science to build a better world. Students in the online degree program take four-week classes on the Coursera platform. Under direction of the instructor of record the successful candidate will serve as front line instructional and student support, and participate in the continuous process of program improvement. This person may be assigned course development duties. Given the online degree program structure, there will be a variety of classes that change from month to month. Course assignments are made in advance giving teaching faculty ample time to prepare. However, these responsibilities will be very fast paced and sometimes evolving quickly. Thus, it will be critical to have strong organizational skills and the willingness and ability to work in a dynamic environment.

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University of California, Berkeley, School of Information
Deadline: July 17, 2019

The School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for a pool of part-time, non-tenure track lecturers to teach courses in the Master of Information Management and Systems (MIMS) program. Screening of applicants is ongoing and will continue as needed.

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National Taiwan University, Dept. of Library and Information Science
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2019

The Department of Library and Information Science at National Taiwan University is seeking to employ one new full-time faculty member.

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University of Sheffield iSchool
Deadline: May 20, 2019

The Faculty of Social Science, Information School, University of Sheffield seeks applications from inspirational leaders who can play a key role in advancing the School’s competitive position in research, teaching excellence, and innovation. Research expertise in the following areas would be of particular, although not exclusive, interest: digital innovation and its impact on organisations and society; digital inequalities and the digital society; information behaviour in different organisational and societal contexts, e.g., business, education, healthcare; information, knowledge and innovation management; information systems; delivery of information and digital services; digital scholarship and ‘research on research’; computational social science.

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University of Strathclyde iSchool
Deadline: May 19, 2019

The Department of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) at the University of Strathclyde seeks to appoint a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (equivalent to Asst Professor/Associate Professor) in Information Science. The successful applicant will have primary research interests and expertise in information and library studies. Search on job #206557 for more information.

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University at Buffalo iSchool
Deadline: May 25, 2019

The University at Buffalo seeks an adjunct instructor to teach a senior-level undergraduate course in Applied Information Management. Development and teaching of the course in spring 2020 (January 27, 2020 through May 8, 2020).

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Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Deadline: June 1, 2019

The Center for Humans and Machines (Director: Prof. Dr. Iyad Rahwan), Max Planck Institute for Human Development, is seeking applications for two postdoctoral research positions. Description: The Human Impact of Machinestheme uses quantitative and causal inferential methods to investigate how humanity’s relationship with machines — broadly conceived — may be affecting the human system. The Instutute expects that the post-doctoral researchers will conduct research into important topics in this area, in concert with the PI, in a self-driven, creative, and scientifically rigorous manner.

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