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as practical and never later than fifteen days after the faculty member receives notice from the
College of the terms of his or her continuing appointment the following year.
III.A.3. Status and Promotion in Rank of Professional Librarians
In accordance with the Association of College and Research Librarians statement on
" a Master's degree in library and information science
from an American Library Association-accredited graduate school shall be the terminal degree
for academic librarians. All librarians must hold the terminal degree.
The Director of the Library will hold tenure-track faculty status and be appointed at the rank of
Assistant or Associate Professor in accordance with relevant professional experience and
demonstrated professional performance.
Full-time, non-tenure-track professional librarians with fewer than six years relevant experience
may be appointed at the rank of Assistant Professor and hold faculty status. Individuals with at
least six years relevant experience and demonstrated superior professional performance may be
appointed at the rank of Associate Professor and hold faculty status.
After a probationary period of six years, non-tenure-track librarians are eligible for promotion in
rank in accordance with procedures outlined in the Faculty Handbook for application for
promotion. Criteria for promotion in academic rank to Associate Professor include a
demonstrated high level of performance in bibliographic organization, in research or instruction,
or in other professional endeavors; scholarship; advising; and service to the College and
community. In the case of a professional librarian’s completion of all requirements for a
doctorate, the professional librarian may, in the College’s discretion, be granted tenure and
promoted to the rank of Full Professor.
During the six-year probationary period, librarians will customarily be issued twelve-month
contracts. After six years, the College shall offer a librarian a rolling two-year contract. Each
year, the librarian will be offered a new two-year appointment. In the case of non-
reappointment, the Provost shall inform the librarian by September 1 of the second year of the
two-year contract that the librarian will not be given a new two-year contract and therefore is
beginning the final year of appointment.
In the case of non-reappointment, at the discretion of the Provost, the College may either allow
the librarian to continue to fulfill the librarian’s appointment duties during the second year of the
two-year appointment, or the College may terminate employment immediately and pay the
librarian a lump sum equal to the salary and retirement benefits contributions, if any, that would
be due during the second year of the appointment, and reimburse the librarian for the actual, out-
of-pocket cost of health insurance continuation coverage for the remaining appointment term.
In the event of a termination for cause prior to the end of contract term, the faculty member with
a term contract may use the review procedure.