Lecturer in the iSchool
About The Position
The Lecturer will teach one or more courses in the iSchool in an online environment during the 2026–27 spring semester. Courses include LIS 517 Digital Health: Information and Technologies Supporting Consumers and Patients; LIS 602 Information: Organization and Search; LIS 655 Collection Management; and LIS 705 Introductory Analytics for Decision Making. This is a part-time appointment at 33.4%. The minimum full-time-equivalent salary is $50,115, with a base total of $8,411.79 for this appointment. Actual pay depends on qualifications, appointment percentage, and prior higher education teaching experience. The Lecturer serves as an initial point of contact for students regarding course content and expectations, develops instructional design and curriculum, and facilitates classroom, online, and/or laboratory instruction, including assessment of student performance. A master's degree in Information Studies or a closely related field is required.
Requirements
- A master's degree in Information Studies or a closely related field.
- For LIS 517: Experience selecting and training on appropriate and accurate materials for consumer health and family education; knowledge of ethical and organizational policy issues involved in providing health information in different settings; knowledge of public media's role in disseminating health information; and understanding of health-related information needs and preferences of racial and ethnic minority populations.
- For LIS 517: Expertise with health information technologies, from search engines to websites to apps.
- For LIS 602: Practical or teaching experience with library, archival, or cultural heritage organization and retrieval systems, such as catalogs, digital collections, and databases.
- For LIS 602: Knowledge of common standards and best practices in resource description in libraries, archives, and similar settings, such as MARC, Dublin Core, and EAD.
- For LIS 602: Understanding of emerging technologies and their impacts on information organization and retrieval.
- For LIS 655: Knowledge of collection development, selection, and management.
- For LIS 655: Experience examining large societal forces affecting traditional library collection building and contemporary changes in access and ownership.
- For LIS 655: Experience with both print and digital collection management.
- For LIS 705: Expertise in introductory quantitative data analysis, including tests for significance, group differences, correlations, regression, chi square, and basic ANOVA.
- For LIS 705: Knowledge of how to develop testable questions, choose appropriate study designs, and prepare numerical data for testing.
- For LIS 705: Thorough understanding of how sampling, measurement, and research quality affect data quality.
- For LIS 705: Expertise in Excel data visualization and management.
- Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States on or before the effective date of appointment.
Nice To Haves
- For LIS 517, LIS 602, or LIS 705: Experience teaching students with varied technical backgrounds.
- For LIS 517, LIS 602, or LIS 705: Prior teaching experience in higher education.
- For LIS 517, LIS 602, or LIS 705: Prior online teaching experience.
- For LIS 655: Experience teaching students with varied technical backgrounds.
- For LIS 655: Prior teaching experience in higher education.
- For LIS 655: Prior online teaching experience.
Responsibilities
- Serve as an initial point of contact for students regarding course or series content and expectations.
- Develop instructional design and curriculum relevant to a course of instruction.
- Facilitate classroom, online, and/or laboratory instruction for one or more courses.
- Assess student performance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
