Assistant Professor tenure-stream at Simmons University SLIS

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Assistant Professor position (tenurestream) at Simmons University SLIS

Simmons Universitys School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) seeks a dedicated scholar and teacher to fill an Assistant Professor faculty position (tenure track) to start in Fall 2025 or Spring 2026. Applicants should be able to teach in our Archives Management and Cultural Heritage Informatics concentrations online and on campus in Boston. We are particularly seeking applications from candidates with research interests in the following areas:

• Principles practices and emerging technologies used in the acquisition organization and preservation of archival materials;
• Strategies for ensuring longterm access to digital assets including automatic preservation workflows and managing borndigital and digitized collections;
• Collaborative archival practices and communitydriven archiving to strengthen the preservation accessibility and interpretation of cultural heritage materials;
• Metadata standards digital curation and innovative strategies for preserving and providing access to visual collections;
• Integration of AI machine learning and computational methods to analyze curate and interpret digital text images and other cultural artifacts.

Candidates will be expected to teach conduct research contribute to curriculum development and provide service to the School the University and the information professions. Experience designing and delivering online courses in an asynchronous environment is highly desirable as is the availability to teach in our facetoface program. Opportunities to teach include masters and doctorallevel courses facetoface in Boston and at the SLIS West program in Greenfield Massachusetts.

Applicants must hold or expect to complete a doctoral degree in library and information science information studies or an appropriately related field ideally by June 30 2025. Students in the final stages of their dissertation research will also be considered. We seek colleagues who can demonstrate excellence in teaching have a viable research agenda and show the potential for leadership in scholarship and professional service. All qualified candidates are invited to apply.

Application instructions / Preinterviews:

• For further information please email
• Please upload a Cover Letter and CV with your application and select or drop all required application materials into the Resume / Cover Letter section before submitting for the job. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled.

About Simmons SLIS:

Simmons SLIS prepares students for inspired service advocacy and leadership in library and information science archives school libraries and childrens services. Simmons SLIS is dedicated to hiring diverse faculty members who will join a community committed to developing principles of equity inclusion and social justice in our students and thoroughly preparing our graduates to work effectively in the global environment. We value candidates who bring a variety of backgrounds and experiences to our community to enhance diversity through their research teaching and service.

Located in Bostons historic Fenway area Simmons University is a small private nonsectarian university that has educated students for enriching careers and purposeful lives since 1899. Today Simmons serves nearly 2000 students in a womencentered undergraduate program and almost 5000 in coeducational graduate programs. Working at Simmons means joining a collaborative diverse missiondriven community of educators and professionals. The School of Library and Information Science is one of the oldest programs at Simmons University having opened in 1902. Today the MS in Library and Information Science has over 700 students on two campuses and online and additional students in our PhD program. The MS degree program is topranked in U.S. News & World Reportsgraduates of our program hail from every state in the United States and over 80 countries.

The successful candidates will join a faculty with a strong commitment to student success and diverse research interests. The SLIS vision imagines an interconnected world with a diverse and engaged citizenry empowered by information cultural heritage and technology; in which the information disciplines and creativity improve lives; and where literature knowledge and collective wisdom are preserved and celebrated.

Instructions to Applicants: Please upload all applicable application materials (e.g. resume/cv cover letter writing sample teaching philosophy etc. in the Application Materials box on page 2 (My Experience) of this application. Documents can be uploaded individually or as a combined document (e.g. PDF).

Simmons University is committed to inclusive excellence in all aspects of an individuals community experience. As a university committed to diversity equity and inclusion Simmons encourages applications from all underrepresented groups. Simmons is committed to creating developing promoting and enhancing inclusive hiring practicesat all levels for all positionsensuring diverse talent pools and the delivery of a consistent positive candidate experience. Simmons is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to continuing to develop a more diverse faculty staff student body and curriculum.