UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN Graduate School of Library and Information Science Faculty Positions 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. 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). 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. 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. 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: Professor Linda C. Smith c/o Dorlene Clark, Assistant to the Dean Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois 501 East Daniel Street Champaign, Illinois 61820-6211 phone: (217) 333-3281; fax: (217) 244-3302; email: The University of Illinois is an AA-EOE. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite (haythorn@uiuc.edu) Associate Professor, and Interim Associate Dean Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 501 East Daniel St., Champaign, IL, 61820 phone: 217-244-7453 fax: 217-244-3302 www.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn