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School of Information Management: Part-time Academic Posting

Posting Date: June 3, 2015
Application Deadline: June 17, 2015
Position: Part-Time Academic
Department/Location: School of Information Management
Pay Rate: In accordance with CUPE Collective Agreement

Precis:
Work Assignment: INFO 5530 Information Sources, Services and Retrieval

The Sessional Instructor will teach the required course INFO 5530 Information Sources, Services and Retrieval in the Master of Library and Information Studies program in the 2015 Fall term. The course is scheduled for one 3 hour period per week, September – December, 2015.

The candidate should be a graduate in Library and Information Studies, Archives, Information Management, or cognate discipline. Prior teaching experience will be an asset and some professional experience in an archival setting, or a cognate area will be helpful.

The Instructor reports to the Director of the School. Duties include, but are not limited to:

Responsibility for all aspects of teaching and administering the course, including lectures, active learning class sessions, assignment preparation and evaluation; availability for two hours per week for consultation with students.

If you are interested in this position, please apply in writing by the deadline to:

Kim Humes
School of Information Management
Faculty of Management
Dalhousie University
1459 Oxford Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 4R2
sim@dal.ca

All offers of employment as a part-time academic are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the courses and approval by the University.

Dalhousie University is an Employment Equity/Affirmative Action employer. The University encourages applications from qualified Aboriginal peoples, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, and women.