University of Toronto
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University of Toronto
Faculty of Information
Sessional Lecturer
Fall Term 2025 (September – December)
INF2560H – Special Topics in LIS: Management and Practice in Specialized Information Settings
Course Description: This project-based course is an advanced study in how library, archives, knowledge management, information management and records management programs and services operate in specialized settings such as business corporations, law firms, hospitals, NGOs, not-for-profits, and government ministries and agencies.
This is a community-engaged course with visits to and with practitioners and a professionally supervised 50-hour project which provides students with the opportunity to apply their information practice and project management skills and knowledge and to determine their suitability and interest in working in a specialized setting.
Estimate of the course enrolment: 35
Estimate of TA Support: None anticipated. Estimate of 75 hours with enrollment of 36 or greater. Allocation of TA hours, if any, will be based on enrolment numbers.
Class Schedule: TBD. You are required to be located in geographical proximity to the applicable University premises in order to attend and perform your duties on University premises as of the Starting Date.
Sessional dates of appointment: September 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025
Salary:
Sessional Lecturer I: $10,300
Sessional Lecturer I Long Term: $10,764
Sessional Lecturer II $11,021
Sessional Lecturer II Long Term: $11,227
Sessional Lecturer III: $11,279
Sessional Lecturer III Long Term: $11,485
Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
Qualifications: Preferably candidates will have a completed, or nearly completed, PhD degree in an area related to the course or a Master’s degree plus extensive professional experience in an area related to the course. Teaching experience is preferred.
Brief description of duties: Preparing course materials; delivering course content (e.g., seminars, lectures, and labs); developing and administering course assignments, tests & exams; grading; holding regular office hours.
Application Deadline: June 4, 2025
Application Process: Applicants must submit a CV and a completed CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form in one pdf file to the attention of:
Melissa Szopa, Administrative Coordinator, Academic
Faculty of Information, 140 St. George Street
University of Toronto
This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II and Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12.
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