Part-Time Lecturer Positions in Information Studies
Company: University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA)
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: October 16, 2024
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Job Description:
Position overview
Salary range:
The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank
and step at appointment. See Table 15. The salary range for this
position is $68,247 - $91,719.
Application Window
Open date: July 29, 2024
Next review date: Friday, Oct 18, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific
Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the
committee.
Final date: Saturday, Mar 1, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but
those received after the review date will only be considered if the
position has not yet been filled.
Position description
SUMMARY OF ORGANIZATION/UNIT
The UCLA Ed&IS Department of Information Studies is a
powerhouse in an increasingly vital field. As a leading architect
of the agenda for how information is disseminated and deployed in
the 21st century, we believe that open and frictionless access
enables incredible outcomes and creates a better and more equitable
world. The Department is home to UCLA's iSchool. The international
iSchool community is dedicated to advancing the information fields.
iSchools promote an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the
opportunities and challenges of information management, with a core
commitment to concepts like universal access and user-centered
organization of information.
SUMMARY OF POSITION
The Department of Information Studies at UCLA seeks to hire
temporary, part-time lecturers to teach within the MLIS graduate
program. Course(s) may include the following, and the lecturers may
also be assigned additional courses according to the instructional
needs in the department and in conformity with departmental
lecturer workload policies:
* IS C115 Introduction to Information Literacies: Lecture, four
hours. Foundational introduction to current and historical role and
impact of information literacy--ability to identify, locate,
critically evaluate, use, and create information effectively and
ethically, for personal and scholarly uses. Topics include theory
and practice related to impact of economic, legal, and
social/environmental issues on development of, access to, use, and
assessment of information, currently and historically; developing
and refining information researching questions; conducting
effective information researching; distinguishing among and
critically evaluating information researching tools such as Google
and databases, as well as types of items, such as ads, opinions,
and factual studies; documenting sources used in information
researching; effectively helping others learn information
researching and critical thinking in support of equity and
inclusivity; and designing, creating, and assessing online
educational learning objects as positive contributions to
addressing social/environmental issues. Concurrently scheduled with
course C215. P/NP or letter grading.
* IS 262A Data Management and Practice: Lecture, three and one half
hours. Designed for MLIS and PhD students. Survey of landscape of
data practices and services, including data-intensive research
methods; social studies of data practices; comparisons between
disciplines; management of data by research teams, data centers,
libraries, and archives; practices of data sharing and reuse; and
introduction to national and international policy for stewardship
of data. Assessment of data archiving needs of one research
community and group project to develop real data management plan in
partnership with UCLA researchers in other academic departments.
Letter grading.
* IS 280 Social Science Research Methods: Lecture, four hours.
Understanding of nature, uses, and practice of research appropriate
to information studies. Identification of research problems and
design and evaluation of research. Social science quantitative and
qualitative methods. Emphasis on inquiry methodology and empirical
research. S/U or letter grading.
* IS 289 Readers' Advisory: Lecture, three and one half hours.
Students learn about readers: how they read, why they read, what
kind of readers they are. Recognizing the power and potential of
the readers' advisory (RA) interview, students acquire and
internalize specific reading appeals. Students gain familiarity
with recommending from all genres, with additional insights from
guest speakers, authors, booksellers, or librarians. Students learn
to extend RA services beyond personal interaction to online and
social media venues. Readers' advisory is often referred to as a
"value-added" service; but a 2017 Pew Research survey indicated
that approximately 69 percent of library users are there to check
out books, and fiction accounts for 65 percent of print circulation
and 79 percent of e-book circulation. Given those statistics,
readers' advisory becomes a core value in the librarian skill set.
Letter grading.
* IS 434 Archival Use and Users: Lecture, three and one half hours.
Requisite: course 431. Examination of who uses archives and why,
with ultimate goal of creating ways to better understand and meet
needs of these users as well as engage new audiences in archival
use. While archivists have traditionally conceived of their users
as academic researchers, more thorough investigation expands this
conception of users to include genealogists, artists, K-12 students
and educators, families of victims of human rights abuse, community
members, and members of general public. Methods for studying users,
ways to conduct outreach to target user groups, and ways in which
archivists can engage general public. Letter grading.
* IS 438A Archival Appraisal: Seminar, four hours. Requisite:
course 431. Evaluation and examination of contributions of key
figures in development of archival appraisal theory; identification
and evaluation of distinct movements in archival appraisal;
identification of cultural, political, sociological, and
technological movements that can have impact on appraisal
methodologies. Letter grading.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities will include lecturing, conducting regularly
scheduled office hours, and the writing and grading of assignments
and exams.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
A Master's in Library and Information Science or related discipline
is required by date of hire.
SALARY RANGE:
The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank
and step at appointment. See Table 15. The salary range for this
position is $68,247 - $91,719.
APPLICATION MATERIALS
o Teaching Evaluations
o MISC
Qualifications
Basic qualifications
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
A Master's in Library and Information Science or related discipline
is required by date of hire.
Application Requirements
Document requirements
Reference requirements
Apply link:
https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09680
Help contact: mercado@seis.ucla.edu
About UCLA
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all
applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining
agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or
local government directives may impose additional requirements.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.
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https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf.
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Job location
Los Angeles, CA
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