36 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
Please briefly explain the other opportunity for reviewing position descriptions. N=7
At the request of staff or supervisor, especially when significant new duties have been added.
At the request of the employee
Central HR is currently in the process of reviewing all position descriptions relevant to positions in the libraries. This is a
unique process, and not the norm.
If requested by the employee.
Position descriptions for staff and academic professional employees are reviewed every three years under the State Civil
Service system. Faculty job descriptions are reviewed when there is a vacancy or new position.
Some library managers review job descriptions annually.
Upon the determination the position has changed by unit head.
17. Please indicate the amount of change in the job duties for the following positions in your
organization in the last five years. Please make one selection per row. N=51
Positions No change Changed
somewhat
Significant
change
N
Senior/executive management positions (e.g., director/university
librarians, associate and or assistant directors/university librarians, etc.)
5 27 19 51
Subject specialist positions 5 36 10 51
Library support positions (e.g., paraprofessionals, library assistants, etc.) 6 35 10 51
Information technology positions 3 26 22 51
Liaison positions 9 27 14 50
Technical services positions 2 30 18 50
Functional specialist positions (e.g., copyright, scholarly communication,
data management, etc.)
5 22 22 49
Other position 0 2 0 2
Total Responses 18 50 40 51
If you selected “Other position” above, please specify the position(s) and amount of change. N=2
Communications and events programming
Curatorial positions in our Special Collections &Archives
Comments N=6
All of our positions went through an analysis as part of our reorg and some changed as indicated. We did not have
functional specialists before our reorg, but are currently considering adding functional support positions in scholarly
communication, copyright, and data management.
Library technicians and assistants are under a statewide civil service recruitment system, so the library has no ability to
change job duties. As a result, there has been a trend away from civil service to paraprofessionals.
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