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Job Field: Limited Term (Teaching Stream)
Faculty / Division: Faculty of Information
Department: Faculty of Information
Campus: St. George (downtown Toronto)
Reference: 2000956
Job Closing: June 1, 2020, 11:59pm, EST
The Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto invites applications for a two-year Contractually Limited Term Appointment (CLTA) at the rank of Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, in the area of Library and Information Science. The position is expected to begin August 1, 2020, or shortly thereafter, and ends on July 31, 2022. The successful candidate will teach primarily in our Master of Information program, in the Library and Information Science concentration, and secondarily in Knowledge Management and Information Management concentration.
We seek individuals who have expertise in knowledge organization, metadata, bibliography/bibliographic control, and information structures. Applicants must have advanced knowledge and professional experience working with the social and technical infrastructure for information access to document collections, broadly construed, specifically within the library context. Fluency in information retrieval and search are helpful. We seek enthusiastic individuals with the demonstrated ability and ambition to advance our Faculty’s rigorous, highly-ranked Master of Information program and a demonstrated commitment to the values and ethics of librarianship, including social justice.
Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in Information Studies, or a relevant field, with a required focus on Library and Information Science, by the time of appointment or shortly thereafter, or a combination of a master’s degree in the field with an exceptional portfolio of professional work and/or an outstanding record of teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels focusing on this area. We seek candidates whose teaching interests complement our existing strengths.
Candidates must have teaching expertise in a degree granting program at both the undergraduate and graduate program levels, including lecture preparation and delivery, curriculum development, and development of online material/lectures. The successful candidate must have a demonstrated record of teaching excellence, strong endorsements from referees, superb communication and expository skills, demonstrated interest in teaching-related scholarly activities, and the demonstrated ability to expertly incorporate current best practices and professionally-oriented research into our graduate courses.
Evidence of excellence in teaching and pedagogical inquiry can be demonstrated through teaching accomplishments, awards and accolades, presentations at significant conferences, the teaching dossier submitted as part of the application including a strong teaching statement, sample syllabi and course materials, and teaching evaluations, as well as strong letters of reference from referees of high standing.
Salary is to be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Information about the University of Toronto Faculty of Information is available at: http://www.ischool.utoronto.ca.
Applications must be submitted online at the link below. A completed application will include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and a creative and coherent teaching dossier that includes a teaching statement and teaching evaluations, and sample course syllabi and materials. Please note that paper applications will not be accepted. If you have questions about this position please contact the Dean, Wendy Duff at wendy.duff@utoronto.ca. Applicants must also arrange for three letters of reference (signed and on letterhead) to be sent directly to the Faculty by the closing date, which comment specifically on the applicant’s experience in teaching and curriculum development. These letters should be sent to anna.pralat@utoronto.ca. Only complete applications will be considered.
All application materials, including reference letters, must be received by June 1, 2020.
The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Click here to apply: https://utoronto.taleo.net/careersection/10050/jobdetail.ftl?job=517502
