Location - These roles are in-person. Work primarily takes place at North Campus, Edmonton.
The Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta invites applications from qualified candidates for two (2) tenure-track positions at the rank of Assistant Professor in Library & Information Studies. The successful candidates will contribute to a well established, successful, and internationally accredited program currently supporting approximately 300 students in hybrid and asynchronous online streams. The preferred start date is July 1, 2027 but is negotiable.
We seek applicants who are intellectually curious, excited about rigorous research and scholarship and its applications, committed to high quality teaching and learning in face-to-face and online environments,



and who extend our interests in the public valuable, Indigenization, and the global information professions as they are practiced in diverse communities.
Applicants must have both graduate-level teaching experience relevant to the School’s evolving MLIS curriculum and demonstrated expertise and scholarship in or informing library and information studies in one of the following areas.
AI, Data, Documentation, Leadership, or Management studies
Indigenous LIS
Information ethics
Information organization & knowledge systems
Intellectual freedom & social responsibility

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📌 Assistant Professors of Library & Information Studies (Alberta)
🏢 The University of Alberta
📍 Alberta