Library faculty members are provided job descriptions that list their responsibilities
and the approximate amount of time they should devote to each. The job description
is the primary basis for performance appraisal. Currently, the possibilities for job
duties fall into the following categories:
- Practice of Librarianship: traditional library tasks, like information literacy instruction,
cataloging, acquisitions, collection development, and reference, are covered in this
category (typically 80%).
- Scholarship: research, publications in librarianship or other areas, scholarly presentations
and exhibits (typically 10%).
- Service: consulting, service on library or university committees, organization of
professional meetings (typically 10%).
- Administration: supervising and managing library employees.
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Library faculty members undergo a periodic review process similar to the teaching
faculty.
- The process involves an iterative process of peers’ recommendations to an administrator.
Typically, this involves the general library faculty advising the department head,
the Library Reappointment and Promotion Committee advising the Dean of Libraries,
and, in some cases, the University Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion Committee advising
the Vice President for Academic Affairs. Comments from all of these reviews are provided
to the candidate. Following these steps there are reviews by the President and Board
of Trustees.
- Faculty members being evaluated must prepare packets in a prescribed manner to document
their activities and to aid their peers’ evaluations.
- Faculty appointed at the Assistant Librarian rank have annual reviews in their first
and second years, a mandatory reappointment and fixed-term review in their third year,
and annual reviews in the fourth and fifth year. Assistant Librarians are reviewed
for promotion to Associate Librarian in their sixth year. The promotion review covers
the faculty members’ entire careers at U.W. and includes outside review of their scholarship.
Faculty appointed at the Associate rank normally have a three-year probationary period
with annual reviews in their first and second year, followed by a mandatory reappointment
and fixed-term review in the third year.
- Library faculty members may elect to come up for early promotion, though to be successful
their cases must be persuasive. Librarians should consult with peers, department heads,
and the Dean about the prospects for a successful early promotion.
- Library faculty are reviewed separately for fixed-term appointment and promotion to
Associate Librarian. There is no scheduled point at which library faculty members
are considered for promotion to Librarian.
- Fixed-term appointments with rolling contracts are three years in length for Assistant
and Associate Librarians and five years for Librarians.
The Academic Affairs website is the official source of information for academic personnel
undergoing review.
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In addition to the reappointment, fixed-term appointment, and promotion process, faculty
members are routinely evaluated by their supervisors in annual performance reviews.
All faculty undergo an annual review unless they are already undergoing a formal review
in the same academic year. Positive annual reviews result in a new one-year appointment
for probationary faculty or trigger a fixed-term faculty contract to roll forward
another year.
The University of Wyoming Libraries Faculty Evaluation Policy and Procedure is available
on LibNet (UW Libraries intranet) for current employees. |
- The Personnel Committee is concerned with nominations and elections, mentoring, new
faculty orientation, and exit interviews.
- The Reappointment and Promotion Committee reviews and votes on matters pertaining
to reappointment, optional review, fixed-term appointment, and promotion. Please
speak to your department chair/assistant dean and the Associate Dean of Libraries
about your proposal.
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| Library faculty members at the rank of Associate or Full Librarian with fixed-term
appointments are eligible to apply for professional development leave. Please speak to your department chair/assistant dean and the Associate Dean of Libraries
about your proposal. |
Each library faculty member has an annual stipend for their travel related to professional
development. For more information see the document “Travel Guidelines for Faculty”
on LibNet (UW Libraries Intranet). |
Library faculty members holding fixed term rolling contracts may be terminated only
for cause or bona fide financial exigencies of the University. “Cause” includes any
conduct that seriously impairs the ability of the University to carry out its functions,
including physical or mental incapacity, incompetence, neglect of duty, dishonesty,
immorality, or conviction of a felony. |
