{"id":3052,"date":"2025-11-25T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/job\/associate-professor-in-library-and-information-studies\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T00:48:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T00:48:36","slug":"associate-professor-in-library-and-information-studies","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/?post_type=job_listing&p=3052","title":{"rendered":"ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VACANCY\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nJOB OPPORTUNITY<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe University of Botswana invites applications from suitably qualified persons for the below positions.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFACULTY OF HUMANITIES<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDepartment of Library and Information Studies<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n*i) Associate Professor in Library and Information Studies (2 year Contract Position) REF: Vacancy No. IRC 2878<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nRequirements: Candidates should have: (i) a PhD in Library and Information Studies, Information Systems, Information Science, or Information Management from a reputable university or institution; (ii) research awards and other forms of research recognition, where appropriate will be an added advantage.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE OR EQUIVALENT: 6 years<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDuties: The successful candidate will be expected to: i) teach in the area of library and information studies with particular reference to: Theory and Practice of Cataloguing and Classification, Information Storage and Retrieval, Research Methods and Data Analysis, Content Management, Organizing Information, Marketing of Information Products and Services, and Foundations of Information Science; (ii) supervise undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate research projects; (iii) participate in all academic and professional activities of the department; and (iv) carry out any other academic and administrative responsibilities as and when assigned by the Head of Department<\/p>\n<p>JOB APPLICATION DETAILS<\/p>\n<p>APPLICATION DETAILS<br \/>\nClosing Date: 10th December 2025<\/p>\n<p>Human Resources Manager, Faculty of Humanities, Private Bag UB 00703, Gaborone. Telephone (267) 355 2641 \/ 2642. E-mail: fohvacancies@ub.ac.bw<\/p>\n<p>Hand delivered applications should be submitted to Office NO. 126 at Block 239 (239\/126)<\/p>\n<p>To view the full advertisement and how to apply, please visit www.ub.bw and click on \u201cConnect\u201d and then \u201cJob Opportunities\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NB: Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.<\/p>\n<p>Please say that you got this job advertisement through Jobsn Botswana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"","_company_name":"UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[11],"job-categories":[88],"job-types":[],"class_list":["post-3052","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-expired","hentry","job_listing_region-gaborone"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/3052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=3052"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=3052"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=3052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}