Institution

Pusan National University

Job Title

Assistant or Associate Professor

Job Description

The Department of Library, Archive and Information Studies at Pusan National University invites applications for one full-time tenure track position. The date of the appointment, at assistant or associate professor level, will be September 1, 2016. Salary will depend on countable years of qualified work experience, both academic and non-academic. A four-year housing stipend is provided for the resettlement. The professor will join and be covered by the National Health Insurance Plan of the Republic of Korea and the Government Employees Pension Plan.

Job Requirements

The Department is currently offering a bachelor's program in Library and Information Science and three graduate programs in i) Library and Information Science, ii) Archival Science, iii) Teacher-librarian Education. Successful applicants will be expected to teach in English at all levels, including courses in the department's bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs; experience with teaching information technology and its application preferred. All faculty members are expected to advise students and to serve on department, college, and university committees.

Applicants must be of non-Korean nationality, native or native-level English speakers, must hold a doctorate degree in library and information science or information science at the time of application, and should possess more than five years of teaching or research experiences in information related areas. (Two years of masters and three years of doctoral coursework are the minimum acceptable levels to fulfill the research requirement.)

The application for the associate professor requires at least 9 years of teaching or research experiences of which 4 or more years should be under tenure track. 

How to Apply

Applicants are required to submit the application materials via email, which includes i) a cover letter stating the candidate's qualifications for the position and projected research agenda; ii) a current curriculum vitae; iii) a teaching portfolio of no more than 5 pages, including a statement of teaching philosophy and evidence of potential for teaching effectiveness, and iv) contact information (email address and phone number).

Formal review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Online and offline interviews can take place with prior notice. Applications should be addressed to Professor Moon-Won Seol, chairman of the department, and documents should be sent as separate files (in PDF or Word format) via email to: [email protected] If you have any questions, please write Jeong Myoung Park, department assistant at [email protected]

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