Perspective on Tenure for I.U. Librarians: How Do We Define and Support Tenure at I.U.?
In a 2011 Indiana University Libraries Faculty Council (IULFC) ballot, librarians voted that promotion and tenure procedures will become campus-specific. Some campuses are in the process of developing procedures and some already have them. No matter how our final procedures will vary campus to campus, we share the bond of academic status and tenure for librarians, and, especially now, we need to think about what these principles mean to us individually and as a faculty. Although our shared criteria for promotion and tenure remain as stated in the Indiana University Faculty Handbook, even those may change as the result of our in-depth review of the tenure process.
Perspectives on Peer Support for Tenure-track Librarians: The Annual "Juniors'" Retreat at Stony Brook University
The non-tenured faculty at Stony Brook University Libraries has implemented an annual one-day retreat which includes presentations, posters of research in progress, group activities, and a discussion of current library issues. The retreats have inspired junior faculty members and assisted them in forming a supportive network of peer mentoring for guidance through the tenure process.
Wearing our own clothes: Librarians as faculty
Abstract The debate over faculty status for librarians continues, but for librarians already on the tenure track, philosophy matters less than the practical matter of achieving tenure. Librarians need to understand the functions and circumtances of non-librarian faculty so that librarianship and individual accomplishments can be described in terms that teaching faculty understand.