Senate Document SD 05-12

(Supersedes SD 90-3)
(Supersedes SD 88-40)
(Approved, 10/8/1990)

(Amended and Approved, 2/10/2003)

TO:                     Fort Wayne Senate

FROM:               Faculty Affairs Committee

                           Nash Younis, Chair

DATE:                March 24, 2006

SUBJ:                 Replacement of SD 90-3, "Criteria for Promotion and Tenure for Librarians"

DISPOSITION: To the Presiding Officer for implementation

WHEREAS, SD 90-3 "Criteria for Promotion and Tenure for Librarians" does not reflect changes implemented in 2004 in Indiana University Libraries system-wide "Promotion and Tenure Criteria for Librarians"; and

WHEREAS, IPFW Librarians are required to conform to the Indiana University Libraries system-wide criteria;

RESOLVED, That the Senate approve the attached document which will supersede SD 90-3 and will be used in place of SD 88-25 in tenure and promotion cases of librarians on this campus.

Approving

C. Champion

M. Codispoti

C. Drummond

C. Hill

M. Montesino

H. Samavati

N. Younis

Senate Document SD 05-12

(Supersedes SD 90-3)
(Supersedes SD 88-40)
(Approved, 10/8/1990)

(Amended and Approved, 2/10/2003)

PROMOTION AND TENURE CRITERIA FOR LIBRARIANS

The Authority for Library Tenure and Librarian Ranks

Library tenure is granted to librarians at Indiana University based on the authority of a statement approved by the Board of Trustees on June 30, 1972 which reads, in part, "a person appointed as a professional librarian in the Indiana University Library System shall have Library tenure after the same probationary period that is applicable to the faculty." Also, the Academic Handbook of Indiana University states that titles for librarians are:  “Librarian, Associate Librarian, and Assistant Librarian” (pg. 59).

Indiana University distinguishes between faculty and librarians in the granting of tenure and in the ranks which librarians hold. The university also recognizes that there are differences in the nature of the professional duties of librarians and faculty by establishing different criteria for librarians' promotion and tenure. IPFW librarians are part of the Indiana University Libraries system and follow the most current system-wide procedures and criteria for promotion and tenure, as stated in the "Promotion and Tenure Criteria for Librarians," section of the Indiana University Libraries' Library Faculty Handbook.