[NORSLIS] Faculty position in LIS at University of Wisconsin-Madison

[Kerstin Rydbeck]

FACULTY POSITION ? School of Library and Information Studies, 
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The University of Wisconsin?Madison School of Library and Information 
Studies (SLIS) seeks an exceptional candidate with demonstrated 
commitment to excellence in research, teaching, and service to join  our 
dynamic learning community as Assistant Professor beginning fall  2012. 
SLIS faculty members are expected to conduct research, teach two 
courses per semester, advise master?s students and supervise doctoral 
research.

We seek applicants who have research and teaching expertise in one of 
the following areas: information use, behavior and practice, OR the 
history of print and digital culture.  Applications from outstanding 
candidates in other areas will also be considered.  Candidates should 
have a Ph.D. by August 2012, research and publications commensurate 
with experience or evidence of ability to carry out a research agenda, 
and potential for or demonstrated excellence in teaching. All 
candidates should be committed to diversity, prepared to seek 
opportunities to extend the School's funding opportunities and  thriving 
collaborations, and to contribute to its service mission.  Applicants 
should be prepared to teach in core areas of the master?s  curriculum 
and to contribute to the distance master?s program.

SLIS has approximately 200 masters and 20 doctoral students in LIS. 
SLIS is a co-sponsor (with the Wisconsin Historical Society and the 
University of Wisconsin Libraries) of, and home to, the Center for the 
History of Print and Digital Culture.  The CHPDC fosters the 
interdisciplinary study of print culture, through lectures and 
colloquia, biennial conferences, and the University of Wisconsin Press 
series "Print Culture History in Modern America," which encourages 
scholarly work on the authorship, reading, publication and  distribution 
of print and now digital materials, produced by those at  both the 
center and the periphery of power.  SLIS is also a partner in  the 
UW?Madison Digital Studies initiative, a cross?departmental  initiative 
that prepares undergraduate students to critically analyze  and 
creatively compose with new media and information technologies  (see 
http://www.dighum.wisc.edu/).

SLIS is equipped with a newly remodeled instructional computer 
laboratory, a usability lab, and its own library, in addition to the 
resources of the University Libraries. It cooperates actively with the 
University Library System, the Cooperative Children's Book Center and 
the Wisconsin Historical Society's library and archives. It is also 
home to a large and vital Continuing Education Service and the UW 
Information/Communications Technology and Policy Research Cluster. It 
is located in a modern classroom building overlooking beautiful Lake 
Mendota in one of the world's finest universities and in one of the 
United States? most livable cities.

Questions about the search may be directed to Anne Murphy Lom, 
Department Administrator at ammurphylom at wisc.edu. To apply, send  letter 
of interest, curriculum vitae, evidence of excellence in  teaching, and 
the names and contact information of three references by  December 6th 
to Anne Murphy Lom, Department Administrator,  ammurphylom at wisc.edu 
(electronic preferred). Paper mail address:  School of Library and 
Information Studies, 600 N. Park Street, Madison  WI 53706.

Unless confidentiality is requested in writing, information regarding 
the applicants must be released upon request. Finalists cannot be 
guaranteed confidentiality. The University of Wisconsin?Madison is an 
Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.  SLIS values and 
actively seeks to maintain a diverse faculty.

Link to SLIS website: http://www.slis.wisc.edu/

Christine Pawley Ph.D.
Professor & Director, School of Library and Information Studies
http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~cpawley/

Director, Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture
http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~printcul/

University of Wisconsin-Madison
4238 Helen C. White Hall
600 N. Park St.
Madison, WI 53706
phone: 608 263-2945/608 263-2900
fax: (608) 263-4849
email: cpawley at wisc.edu