SPEC Kit 293: External Review for Promotion and Tenure (August 2006)
This SPEC Kit explores the policies and procedures that ARL member libraries use in the external review process for candidates who are eligible for promotion, tenure, or continuing appointment. It examines how external reviewers are identified and asked to participate in the review process, what instructions are given to reviewers, what materials are included in candidates’ portfolios, and the criteria for evaluating candidates’ portfolios, among other questions.
The survey was distributed to the 123 ARL member libraries in February 2006. Seventy-seven libraries (63%) responded to the survey. Librarians at 35 of the responding institutions have faculty status. Forty-four institutions offer tenure or other permanent appointments (32 with faculty status and 12 without). Slightly more than half of the respondents (39 or 51%) do not require external reviews for librarians who are candidates for promotion, tenure, or continuing appointment. While the majority of these have neither faculty status nor permanent appointments (27 or 69%), they also include six whose librarians have faculty status and 11 that offer tenure or other permanent appointments (five with faculty status and six without).
This SPEC Kit includes documentation from respondents for external review procedures and innstructions to external reviewers.
Bicknell-Holmes, Tracy, and Kay Logan-Peters. External Review for Promotion and Tenure. SPEC Kit 293. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, August 2006.
Table of Contents
SPEC Kit 293: External Review for Promotion and Tenure (August 2006)
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External Review for Promotion and Tenure frontmatter
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Survey Results
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Representative Documents
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External Review Procedures
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- University of Arizona 3838
- Arizona State University 3939
- Arizona State University 4040
- University of California, Irvine 4242
- University of California, Irvine 4343
- University of Illinois at Chicago 4444
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 4747
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 5252
- University of Kansas 5555
- University of Louisville 5959
- University of Louisville 6060
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6161
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6363
- University of Oklahoma 6464
- University of Oregon 6868
- Pennsylvania State University 7070
- University of Pittsburgh 7272
- Rutgers University 7474
- University of Tennessee 7777
- University of Washington 7979
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Instructions to External Reviewers
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- University at Albany, SUNY 8282
- University of Arizona 8383
- Arizona State University 8484
- University of California, Irvine 8686
- University of California, Los Angeles 8888
- Iowa State University 9090
- Kent State University 9292
- University of Louisville 9393
- University of Oregon 9494
- University of Oregon 9595
- Pennsylvania State University 9696
- University of Pittsburgh 9797
- Purdue University 9898
- Rutgers University 100100
- Rutgers University 101101
- University of Tennessee 102102
- University of Tennessee 103103
- University of Washington 104104
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External Review Procedures
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Selected Resources
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SPEC Kit 293: External Review for Promotion and Tenure (August 2006)