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Faculty Search for School Library Media Specialist Underway

The UNCG LIS Department is conducting a faculty search at the assistant/associate professor level with expertise in school library media.

Read here for the job search and position description

School of Education Department of Library and Information Studies

The Department of Library and Information Studies invites applications and nominations for an assistant or associate professor position with expertise in school library media. This nine-month, tenure track position becomes effective August 1, 2007. Salary is commensurate with qualifications. Summer teaching is normally available as an option.

Responsibilities: Teaching, research, and service in the following areas: school library media programs, information skills curriculum, and children and young adult services.

Qualifications: An earned doctorate in library and information studies or related field, an MLIS from an ALA accredited program, demonstrated potential for research and publication, demonstrated teaching potential, and appropriate experience in school library media programs. Commitment to distance education and flexibility in a variety of delivery modes is an essential component of the position. Must be eligible for Media Coordinator license (076) in North Carolina.

The department has an MLIS enrollment of over 250 that includes delivery of the program through the campus Tele-learning Center or via the Internet to students in Charlotte and Asheville. The American Library Association accredits the MLIS program, and the school library media specialist curriculum is approved through the AASL/ALA/NCATE accreditation process.

UNCG, with an enrollment of 16,600 students, is located in the Triad area of North Carolina and is one of four doctoral-granting institutions of the sixteen-campus University system. UNCG places strong emphasis on effective teaching as well as research and service to the community.

Application Deadline and Procedures: Review of application will begin on February 12, 2007 and will continue until the position is successfully filled. Candidates should send: (1) a letter of application that addresses stated responsibilities, qualifications and research agenda, (2) current vitae, (3) evidence of qualifications and experience in teaching (i.e. course evaluations, sample syllabi), and (4) the names, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of three or more references to:

Dr. Sandra D. Andrews
Search Committee for Assistant/Associate Professor
Department of Library and Information Studies
349 Curry Building
UNCG
Greensboro , NC 27402-6170
(336)-334-5738
sdandre2@uncg.edu
www.uncg.edu/lis
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349 Curry Building, PO Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
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