Institution
Job Title
Assistant Professor, Renewable Contract: School Library Media
Department/College
School of Library & Information Studies
Dates
Opening Date: 02/07/2025
Closing Date: 03/15/2025
Job Description
The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) is seeking a full-time, nine-month, non-tenure track renewable contract assistant professor in school library media to join our engaged faculty of creative scholars, innovative researchers, and award-winning educators. This position begins August 16, 2025 and is a teaching focused position based on a 3-year renewable contract cycle with opportunities for promotion.
Job Duties
Position Summary & Responsibilities:
- Advise school library media concentrator graduate students in SLIS’s master of library and information studies (MLIS) program, education specialist (EdS) program, and the College’s interdisciplinary doctoral program
- Supervise graduate internship experiences at K-12 school placements
- Manage school library media assessment and certification processes for the MLIS and EdS programs
- Direct MLIS and EdS school library media degree programs in conjunction with the College of Education and AL State Department of Education to ensure licensure requirements are met
- Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with educators in K-12 schools and with other faculty members in the College of Education
- Participate in academic service in SLIS, the College of Communication and Information Sciences, and the College of Education
- Engage in professional LIS organizations at the state, national, and international levels
- Serve as the main SLIS contact with the College of Education for all school library media degree programs
- Recruit potential school library media graduate students for both the MLIS and EdS programs
Successful applicants will display the ability to be an active and involved member of a highly collaborative faculty team. The standard teaching load for faculty members is four courses per semester. With release times for administration of the school library media MLIS and EdS programs, the successful hire is expected to teach three courses each fall and spring semester (along with the school library media internship oversight course).
Experience/Qualifications/Knowledge/Skills
Minimum Qualifications:
- Earned doctorate in Library and Information Science or Education from a regionally accredited university prior to the appointment date.
- American Library Association (ALA)-accredited MLIS degree or Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)-accredited library media master’s degree
- At least two years, full-time teaching experience in K-12 schools as a school librarian. If teaching experience is more than 5 years old, the successful candidate will be required to spend 10 hours per semester in K-12 schools substituting in the school library or shadowing a highly effective school librarian.
- Commitment to working with non-traditional students.
- Hold or have the ability to obtain an Alabama Class A teaching certificate in the area of school library media.
- Ability to teach in the areas of school library media, research methods, and information literacy.
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