GENERAL NEWS: Milwaukee, October, Job Ad

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

I am off to Milwaukee for the American Society for Information Science and Technology conference. We are taking all six of our Ph.D. students thanks to the IMLS grant for the program. I'm sure you will hear many tales when we return. I am chair of the publications committee for the Society and monograph editor for the ASIST series that Information Today, Inc. publishes. I'm also doing a paper on Social computing, folksonomies, and image tagging: Reports from the research front with Hemalata Iyer, Diane Neal, Abebe Rorissa and JungWon Yoon. Dr. Jinmook Kim is doing a paper on Information seeking and use of low-level students with Jin Soo Chung. The complete program is at http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM07/program.html

We will have a display table for SLIS with the announcement of our faculty searches. I have pasted the ad below so you can help us search for our new colleagues. Instructions on how to apply are at the end of the page.

I'll send your five things next update. In the meantime, enjoy October and let us know if there is anything we can do for you!

sam

FACULTY JOB AD:
The University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science in Columbia invites applications and nominations for multiple tenure track faculty positions at all levels.

Pursue your interests in an environment that provides support and encouragement as part of a collaborative work culture. Minimum requirements include an earned doctorate in library and information science or a related field, a clearly articulated research agenda, and enthusiasm for and excellence in teaching.

The School is particularly interested in candidates with a specialization in any of the following areas: information science, information management, information organization and retrieval, research design, technology, academic libraries, special libraries, and literacy. Selected candidates will be expected to provide leadership and help focus the research, teaching, and service missions of the School in her/his area of specialization.

The School of Library and Information Science, fully accredited by the American Library Association (ALA), and approved by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), offers the Master of Library and Information Science degree and two programs of advanced study beyond the Master's degree (the Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Library and Information Science and the Specialist in Library and Information Science) and a doctoral degree. The undergraduate degree program in information science begins in Fall 2008. The School has a strong commitment to distance education throughout the state of South Carolina and beyond. The School is one of two Schools in the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies. The second is the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Although the two Schools are structurally separate, they are involved in a number of collaborative activities, intend to share faculty expertise, and have merged the leadership boards of their respective advisory committees. The School is located on the campus’ historic Horseshoe. It has nationally recognized programs in school library media, youth services, and medical librarianship. Since its inception, the School has emphasized the use of information technology as a vital component of library and information services.

The University, founded in 1801, is the flagship campus of an eight-campus, fully accredited, state-supported system. The University of South Carolina-Columbia has strong undergraduate and graduate programs and other highly regarded professional schools including: medicine, law, education, engineering, social work, pharmacy, public health, arts and sciences, nursing, and business administration. The University is a Carnegie Research I institution. About 27,390 students are enrolled on the Columbia campus and more than 40,000 throughout the system. The City of Columbia is the state capital with a metropolitan area population of almost half a million. It is a state center of financial, transportation, and industrial development, and it has a rich historical and cultural tradition. It is located within easy driving distance of both mountains and coast.

Applications and nominations are invited for positions to be available on August 16, 2008. Salary is fully competitive. The Committee will begin full reviews of applications and nominations on December 1, 2007 and continue until the positions are filled. SLIS representatives will be available at the ASIS&T and ALISE conferences.

TO APPLY: Applicants should send a letter of application and a complete resume including the names of three references to School of Library and Information Science, Attn: Faculty Searches, 1501 Greene Street, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. For further information or to submit nominations, send an email to slisadmin@gwm.sc.edu.

School Information is available at http://www.libsci.sc.edu/ . Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. The University of South Carolina is responsive to the needs of dual career couples.

The University of South Carolina is an equal opportunity institution.