Memorial Library Staff Information

• Birmingham-Southern College Librarians have faculty rank but with the exception of the director are not tenure track (other librarians who complete a doctorate "may, in the College’s discretion, be granted tenure and promoted to the rank of Full Professor"). See attachment. Acting Director Steven Laughlin: "We currently have a proposal setting at the Provost's level to put us back in the tenure-track business, but with Presidential searches and stuff, we aren't too optimistic it will be considered this year."
• Centre College Director Stan Campbell: professional librarians at Centre do not have faculty rank.  Rather, we have administrative status ... Librarians share the same benefits as faculty except for tenure.  Centre has a fairly good program with TIAA/CREF (matching 10%) of salaries.  Librarians serve on College Council committees.  The College Council is the governing body of the college although faculty reserve all curricular decisions to teaching faculty and the Curriculum Committee. I report to the Academic Dean and serve on the Instructional Services Resources Committee and the Planning & Priorities Committee."
• ​Furman University Librarians have non-tenured faculty status. (Why You Should Work at Furman Libraries, accessed 2/16/2015). Director Janis Bandelin: "that there is a Library Promotion Committee composed of librarians of a higher rank than the candidate for promotion. Then, the Library Promotion Review Panel, composed of two faculty from the Library Committee and myself, reviews the portfolio. The process has worked well." (see attachments)
• Hendrix College Faculty Manual (p. F-1, "The faculty consists of the President, Provost, Vice Presidents, and all officers of instruction above and including the rank of instructor. The professional librarians are considered officers of instruction; thus they are faculty of Hendrix College with voting privileges.") Director Britt Anne Murphy: "Librarians at Hendrix have always, as far as I know, had faculty status with no tenure and report to the Chief Academic Officer.  We go through similar evaluations that faculty have on the same cycle, although we are 12-month, and we have promotions with the titles of Assistant Librarian, Associate Librarian, and Full Librarian.  We are also considered an academic department.  I’ve been trying to move us more towards full faculty status ... the way it works with faculty here is that the Department Chair reviews a letter of self-evaluation and promotion file from the faculty member, and then responds with a letter to the Area Chair (there are three of these at Hendrix, and together with the Provost, they comprise the Committee on Faculty).  In the library’s case, the Provost serves as our Area Chair. Then there’s a meeting of the faculty member, Department Chair, and Area Chair. The Area Chair writes a letter to the Committee on Faculty, who also have access to the promotion files, and they meet regarding the faculty member. Then a recommendation is made to the President, who brings it before an Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees."
• Millsaps College Librarians at Millsaps College have twelve-month appointments, faculty rank, and titles, but are not tenured. Director Tom Henderson: "At Millsaps, librarians have faculty titles of Assistant Professor but we are not tenure-track nor eligible for promotion in rank.  We have no publishing or scholarship requirements; and we are evaluated annually the same way college staff employees are evaluated. We have 12 month appointments; 22 days personal leave, 12 days sick leave; and get many college holidays but not all. I’m quite happy with this arrangement as are all of my professional staff."
• Rhodes College Director Darlene Brooks: "Librarians at Rhodes are considered Professional Administrative Staff.  We have no faculty status.  We are a merged institution with IT and Institutional Research and report to the Vice President of Information Services."
• Sewanee - University of the South Director Vicki Sells: "Librarians with an MLS or MLIS in a professional position are members of the Joint Faculties at Sewanee. Broadly, it means faculty status without rank or tenure (or tenure/promotion requirements)." Membership in the Joint Faculties means: seat, voice, and vote​ in the Joint Faculties​; an invitation from the University Marshall to request a seat at Convocations​; the right to indicate “faculty status” when appropriate​; eligible for election to the slot on the Library/Information Technology Services Committee ; . eligible for election to slots on various committees elected by the Joint Faculties that are designated as “faculty”​.​
• Wofford Director Kevin Reynolds: "Librarians at Wofford are considered to have a limited faculty status. We attend faculty meetings (but do not have voting privileges), process with faculty at formal College events, and some of us serve ex officio on faculty committees. We have 12 month contracts. We do not have the opportunity for tenure. This limited faculty status was granted about 2 years ago. It is a bit murky and needs some clarification. There is no clear method for advancement within the system- that is, there are not levels (assistant, associate, etc) in place with clear requirements for what librarians must do to move from one to the next." (see attached report from the Education Advisory Board.)

also see the Academic Librarian Status wiki

• American University Library Faculty Manual
• Berea College Criteria and Procedures for Evaluation and Promotion of Librarians
• Brigham Young University Library Policies and Procedures for Appointment, Rank Advancement, and Continuing Status
• Cornell University Appointment and Promotion of Librarians
• Elon University Faculty Handbook Contracts (search for librarians) 
• George Mason University Administrative/Professional Faculty Handbook
• Illinois Wesleyan University Review and Promotion of Library Faculty (Chapter IV, p. 31: " In their candidacy for promotion and tenure, library faculty candidates must exhibit ...")
• Indiana University Criteria for Librarian Promotion
• North Carolina State University Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Ranks and Appointments
• Northern Illinois University Appointments of Non-Tenure Track Faculty and Research Staff
• Northwestern University Librarian Faculty Terms of Employment
• Old Dominion University Guidelines for Appointment and Promotion of Librarians
• St. Mary's College of Maryland Policy on Appointment, Promotion, and Permanent Status of Library Faculty
• Stetson University Tenure and Promotion Policy
• Trinity University Policy and Procedures for Promotion and Tenure of Academic FacultyUniversity of Delaware Library Rank and Promotion System
• University of Florida Library Faculty Ranks
• University of Pittsburgh Faculty Librarians
• University of Utah University Faculty
• University of Virginia Employment of Non-Tenure-Track Faculy​

• A Guideline for the Appointment, Promotion and Tenure of Academic Librarians. American Library Association, 2010.
• ACRL Joiont Statement on Faculty Status of College and University Librarians
• Dorita F. Bolger & Erin T. Smith, "Faculty Status and Rank at Liberal Arts Colleges: An Investigation into the Correlation among Faculty Status, Professional Rights and Responsibilities, and Overall Institutional Quality." College & Research Libraries, 67:3, May 2006
• AAUP Joint Statement on Faculty Status of College and University Librarians
• Nathan Hosburgh, "Librarian Faculty Status: What Does it Mean in Academia?" Library Philosophy and Practice, paper 572
• Terence K. Huwe & Ginny Irving, "U.C. Librarian Peer Review: Another Model for Faculty Self-Governance"