Associate Professor​/Full Professor: Information Organization​/Information Retrieval

Final date to receive applications: December 13 2024 at 22:55 CST

The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) is seeking a full-time faculty member in the areas of information organization and retrieval. The position begins as early as August 16, 2025, at the rank of tenured associate or full professor, and offers an exciting opportunity for an outstanding scholar with interests in information discoverability, information retrieval, organization of information, database design, and the social aspects of information access.

• Maintain an established research agenda in library science and information science broadly defined commensurate with rank to include information organization and information retrieval. Areas of interest include (but are not limited to): information retrieval, organization of information, database design, information discoverability, metadata, linked data, and social aspects of information access.
• Mentor and advise master’s students as part of our ALA accredited Masters of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) degree program.
• Mentor undergraduate students in the forthcoming BS in Informatics program and contribute to said undergraduate curriculum in areas such as organizing systems and database design.
• Attract, advise, and mentor doctoral students as part of the college‑wide interdisciplinary PhD program.
• Teach two courses per semester at the graduate and/or undergraduate level in the fall and spring. Instructional modes typically include synchronous, online distance education, and face‑to‑face.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships across campus, within the larger LIS profession, and in other academic disciplines.
• Participate in professional service and engagement to SLIS, the College of Communication and Information Sciences, the University of Alabama, and organizations at the state, national, and international levels.
• All SLIS faculty contribute to a curriculum which fosters diversity of thought, experiences, and backgrounds.
• Mentor junior faculty as appropriate.