Faculty status and rank
Bhatt, Anjana
Hello Danielle. Here are answers to your questions
Yes, At Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) librarians are considered
academic faculty.
Yes, we have rank, but our university does not offer tenure, we have
multi-year appointment structure.
Ranking structure is Assistant Librarian, Associate Librarian, and
University Librarian.
We serve on Faculty Affairs, Faculty senate, Student Affairs Committee,
Distance Learning Committees, On all the state level University library
committees, University Mission Committee, Celebration of Excellence
committee, market equity committee. In short I can say that all the
committees at university level have to have a library representative.
Anjana
abh...@fgcu.edu
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I realized this may not be the most appropriate place for this question, but
I wasn't sure where the appropriate place would be. So, here goes. There is
a bit of a debate going on about the
status and rank of librarians here. Some who have been here a few years were
told librarians
do not have rank, new hires were told we do have rank, but only one person
has had rank
actually show up on the appointment letter. There is some concern that the
Academic Dean
does not even want us considered "academic" faculty. We are expected to
serve on
committees and participate in off campus activities, etc. I am even serving
as an officer in the
Faculty Senate. The debate is not about job duties, but our status in
relationship to the rest
of the faculty. We would like to compare our status to that of other
"university" librarians. We
would greatly appreciate any help. I will be glad to summarize results for
the list, if the
following questions could be answered.
Are librarians considered academic faculty?
Do you have rank and/or tenure?
What is the ranking structure?
(instructor, assistant prof., etc.; Librarian I, Librarian II, etc.;
or other)
What are your job duties outside of the library other than publication?
(serving on committees,
etc.)
Thanks in advance,
Danielle
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Reference/Circulation Librarian Fax: 770-421-1066
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dkno...@life.edu
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