Description
The School of Information at San José State University is pleased to announce a search for an Assistant Professor - Leadership and Administration, beginning in August 2025, for our 100% online master’s of library and information science program. This position serves as core course coordinator for courses in the Leadership and Administration cluster and teaches INFO 204 - Information Professions, ensuring that the course learning outcomes are appropriate and that all sections address the same outcomes.
San José State University’s School of Information (SJSU - School of Information - Information Science School) prepares individuals for careers as information professionals, offering a variety of bachelor's and master's degrees programs, doctoral partnership programs, certification and credentials programs. Graduates work in diverse areas of the information profession, such as user experience design, digital asset management, information architecture, electronic records management, information governance, digital preservation, and librarianship. Our school has awarded graduate degrees to information professionals for more than 55 years. Based in Silicon Valley, our vibrant community continues to inspire innovation in the library and information science field worldwide.
The School of Information, housed within the College of Information, Data, and Society and San José State University value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Our excellence in research, teaching, and service can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and staff who share our commitment to these values. SJSU enrolls more than 36,000 students, many of whom are historically underserved, and around 45% are first-generation and 38% are Pell-recipients. SJSU is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander (AANAPISI) Serving Institution. The university’s commitment to social justice extends from its vibrant, inclusive campus to an international network of over 275,000 alumni. As such, San José State is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty so our disciplines, students, and the community can benefit from multiple ethnic and gender perspectives.
Successful candidates will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to equity and inclusion through their research, teaching, and/or service. We ask that all applicants include a Diversity Statement with their application package. A guide to writing this statement can be found at SJSU Diversity Statement Guidelines, along with information about how these statements will be evaluated.
Requirements
Required Qualifications
An earned doctorate by the start of appointment.
A record of scholarly and professional achievement.
Evidence of potential for teaching effectiveness.
Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a socially and economically diverse student population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching, and other comparable experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Priority will be given to candidates who possess one or more of the following:
100% online teaching experience.
Teaching capabilities in the following areas: Foundations of the information professions, their professional characteristics, and the settings where they practice.
Challenges and critical success factors of information service development.
Strategic long term management and daily challenges involved in leading and supporting physical and digital library initiatives.
Effective mediation between the users of information and the resources and information systems in specific organizational contexts.
Best practices in library and information service strategic planning.
Performance measures that contribute to the effective development of library and information services.
Key Responsibilities
Serve as core course coordinator for courses in the Leadership and Administration cluster and teach INFO 204 - Information Professions (INFO 204 Information Professions - SJSU - School of Information), ensuring that the course learning outcomes are appropriate and that all sections address the same outcomes.
Organize all their classes within the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS).
Conduct research in at least one of the following areas: Advocacy and advocacy metrics in the information professions.
Decision making in the information professions.
Management of globally distributed teams of information professionals who work in globally distributed online environments – both profit and nonprofit.
The candidate will participate in shared governance, usually in department, college, and university committees and other service assignments.
Participate in state, national, and international professional organizations.
The candidate must demonstrate awareness and experience understanding the needs of a student population of great diversity – in age, abilities, cultural background, ethnicity, religion, economic background, primary language, sexual orientation, gender identity, and academic preparation – through inclusive course materials, teaching strategies and advisement.
