Faculty positions open at the School of Computing and Information, Department of Information Culture and Data Stewardship
The School of Computing and Information at the University of Pittsburgh is seeking candidates for two faculty positions. The University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information is a top-ranked information school (iSchool) offering a wide variety of multidisciplinary opportunities, including an undergraduate program (BSIS), Master’s programs in information science (MSIS), telecommunications & networking (MST), library & information science (MLIS), and Ph.D. programs. The School offers generous research, teaching, travel, and administrative support. Our School has maintained one of the leading archives graduate programs in the United States for many years.Deadline: February 15, 2017
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Archives and Information Sciences – Position #27041
This is a non-tenure position. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to impactful research as well as to teach at the graduate and undergraduate level. We are particularly interested in someone who is comfortable with our department’s growing focus on data stewardship and digital curation. The applicant’s main research and teaching areas may include:
- Digital curation, preservation, and stewardship, including data archives, research data management, and innovative methods for long-term information stewardship
- Historical and contemporary archival research and practice, with an emphasis on how traditional archival functions are being transformed in today’s digital, collaborative environments
- Specialized fields such as community archives and informatics, digital forensics, and digital humanities
- Information governance and US and international archival recordkeeping policies, traditions, and laws.
Data Stewardship – Position #134534
This is a non-tenure stream position. The initial appointment is expected to be three years. Anticipated start date is August 1, 2017. We are looking for an experienced practitioner and scholar in Data Stewardship who can demonstrate an in-depth understanding of data curation, data documentation and data preservation, specifically:
- Current best practices and policy surrounding active data management through the data lifecycle, including data collection, data management plans, data storage, data quality and reproducibility
- Experience of handling research data including application of data standards and formats, data description and documentation, metadata schema for disciplinary data, data citation and persistent identifiers, data publication, data analysis, data visualization, data re-use and metrics
- Contemporary good practice in data selection and appraisal, data infrastructure including data repository software platforms, and long-term data preservation strategies
- An awareness of diverse disciplinary data practices, research workflows and workflow platforms, as well as an in-depth knowledge of particular domain(s).
- The successful candidates will be expected to possess strong experience within the broader data community or in professional data curation environments and to have excellent interpersonal, communication and team skills.
- The new faculty member is expected to be able to liaise and collaborate with disciplinary faculty and researchers across a range of Schools and Departments in the University, but also with the regional, national and international data community.
- As the School offers an online degree program in addition to on-campus programs, candidates with complementary expertise and experience in educational technologies are encouraged to apply.
Candidates applying for BOTH positions:
- must have an earned doctorate or the equivalent in academic or professional experience
- should present a record of effective teaching, research, leadership abilities and related scholarly activities.
Applications must be submitted electronically and include the following:
- cover letter
- curriculum vitae
- research statement
- teaching statement
- names, postal addresses, email addresses, and telephone numbers for three references.
Questions about the position should be directed to: Dr. Richard Cox, Chair of Search Committee, School of Computing and Information – rcox@sis.pitt.edu