The School of Information (iSchool) at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) invites applicants for up to two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in Cultural Heritage Informatics to start in Fall 2025. Candidates with substantial experience may be considered for appointment at a higher rank.

The School is seeking innovative scholars in the work, structure, and especially the social impact of cultural heritage institutions broadly understood. We are seeking scholars who will deepen understanding and drive innovation to advance institutions such as libraries, museums, and archives, among other cultural heritage contexts of information. Candidates will be expected to conduct innovative and impactful research and to teach at both graduate and undergraduate levels. Tenure-track faculty in our iSchool normally have a 2/1 teaching load, with various opportunities for course release. Salaries are competitive.

As an interdisciplinary academic unit, our iSchool’s faculty is drawn from a wide range of different disciplines. We thus welcome applications from diverse backgrounds including (but not limited to): information studies, information science, library science, archival studies, cultural heritage informatics, and museum studies. Our intent is to recruit scholars with compelling research agendas, regardless of their disciplinary background. Applicants, especially those unfamiliar with Information Schools, are welcome to contact the chair of the search, R. David Lankes, prior to submitting their application to discuss how their research agenda connects to our school ([email protected]). Resources provided by the international iSchools organization may also provide useful background for those less familiar with iSchools.

Building Vital Social Infrastructure

Galleries, libraries, museums, and archives represent a rich social infrastructure that is vital to our information society. We are looking for scholars that understand the complex interaction between mission, values, and means of information professionals such as librarians, archivists, curators, or research data managers. We are especially interested in candidates with expertise in areas like:

• Community-centered galleries, libraries, archives, and/or museums
• Indigenous knowledge systems
• Convergence of galleries, libraries, archives, and museums through information technologies such as outreach, digitization, or related areas
• Research that connects professionals, researchers, communities, and institutions
• Issues of information integrity such as misinformation
• Issues of intellectual freedom, information ethics, and information policy
• Metadata and data representation
• Scholarly communications and open access
• Web archiving and digital curation