Sessional Lecturer, INF2311H - Managing AudioVisual Material (42721)
Sessional Lecturer, INF2311H - Managing AudioVisual Material (42721)
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Share
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Not Disclosed
Salary Not Disclosed
1 Vacancy
Job Description
University of Toronto
Faculty of Information
Sessional Lecturer
Fall Term 2025 (September December)
INF2311H Managing AudioVisual Material
Course Description:The purpose and content of this course is to provide an introduction to the world of audiovisual documents (photographs sound recordings moving images). This includes their history physical makeup stages of creation appraisal acquisition arrangement and description and preservation. As well there will be a brief introduction to copyright as well as the licensing and distribution ramifications of using exhibiting and repurposing AV documents. By focusing on the above knowledge set the course will reveal how important they are in research terms both as an adjunct to other types of documents and in their own right. This exposure will make it evident that audiovisual documents deserve to be given the fullest consideration in archival and library management decisionmaking as much as any other types of documents.
There will also be an examination and critical review of examples of specialized audiovisual scholarship in the form of virtual exhibitions illustrated and multiplemedia books DVD and CD box sets. The skills and knowledge to be taken away by the student include both the theoretical knowledge described above as well as handson experience working with and assessing an actual audiovisual archival collection.
INF2311H Managing AudioVisual Material
Estimate of the course enrolment:35
Estimate of TA Support:None anticipated. Estimate of 75 hours with enrollment of 36 or greater. Allocation of TA hours if any will be based on enrolment numbers.
Class Schedule:TBD. You are required to be located in geographical proximity to the applicable University premises in order to attend and perform your duties on University premises as of the Starting Date.
Sessional dates of appointment:September 1 2025 December 31 2025
Salary:
Sessional Lecturer I: $10300
Sessional Lecturer I Long Term: $10764
Sessional Lecturer II $11021
Sessional Lecturer II Long Term: $11227
Sessional Lecturer III: $11279
Sessional Lecturer III Long Term: $11485
Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
Qualifications:Preferably candidates will have a completed or nearly completed PhD degree in an area related to the course or a Masters degree plus extensive professional experience in an area related to the course. Teaching experience is preferred.
Brief description of duties:Preparing course materials; delivering course content (e.g. seminars lectures and labs); developing and administering course assignments tests & exams; grading; holding regular office hours.
Application Deadline:May 22 2025
Application Process:Applicants must submit a CV and a completed CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form in one pdf file to the attention of:
Melissa Szopa Administrative Coordinator Academic
Faculty of Information 140 St. George Street
University of Toronto
This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II and Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12.
Employment Type
Contract
