University of Washington
Application Deadline: 25 October 2024
The University of Washington Information School (iSchool) is accepting applications for a teaching-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level starting September 1, 2025.
This position will be expected to engage in creative, collaborative, and forward-thinking instruction, develop a deep understanding of social and ethical dimensions and issues in LIS, and use data and digital technologies to empower diverse communities and to advance informational justice. As a highly interdisciplinary unit, we encourage our faculty to engage in information-based approaches to understand and to address systemic challenges and to make social impact. This search is specifically focused on attracting candidates that can contribute to our teaching portfolio in Library and Information Science.
This position will be expected to 1) engage in excellent teaching and mentoring; 2) develop expertise in one or more of the domains of library and information science listed below; 3) develop facility with and support the Information School’s commitment to concepts of diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and justice in the context of their professional and teaching practice; 4) fully participate within the Information School community; and 5) maintain active involvement in relevant professional and community venues.
Potential applicants will be expected to incorporate LIS practices and theory in their teaching. This position will be expected to deliver their courses to students in both residential (synchronous) and online (asynchronous) environments. Positive factors for consideration include, but are not limited to, substantial experience in LIS practice, and a rich professional network to leverage in support of student learning experiences (e.g., directed fieldwork, capstones, internships). Positive factors for consideration include, but are not limited to, candidates with professional or scholarly expertise in one or more of the following areas:
Knowledge Organization: cultural, social, and ideological politics and practices of knowledge organization, representation, metadata and categorization, and management of digital content and cultural heritage collections;
Youth Services: librarians as facilitators of literacy, the joy of reading and learning of all types with children and youth that leverages the strength of libraries and archives as learning institutions;
Archives and Special Collections: addressing research, preservation and technical aspects of digital and physical collections in academic, community and cultural heritage settings; advancing Indigenous knowledges and data sovereignty
Intellectual Freedom: libraries and archives as catalysts and leaders for intellectual freedom, freedom to read, policy-making and legislation pertaining to censorship and information accessibility
This position will be expected to contribute in at least one of the Information School’s current strategic areas: climate change, health and wellness, healthy information environments, and responsibility in artificial intelligence.
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