Abstract
In 2013, the dean of Libraries at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Libraries formed a task force composed of six librarians and charged them with completely overhauling the career progression policy for librarians and archivists that had been in place since 1995. The task force devised a new policy and a scoring rubric to assist the committee that makes recommendations regarding promotions in their evaluation process. This article describes the process of developing the policy and its accompanying rubric as well as their contents and recounts lessons learned during the first round of evaluations of candidates for promotion.
Highlights
In 2013, the dean of Libraries at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Libraries formed a task force composed of six librarians and charged them with completely overhauling the career progression policy for librarians and archivists that had been in place since 1995
The Associates of the Faculty Promotion Recommendation Committee (AFPRC) needs to stress to all supervisors that this promotion policy is an opportunity to focus not just on librarians’ and archivists’ performance over the past year and on how associates of the faculty can work toward future promotion and professional development
The AFPRC has discussed leading a workshop on this process for all supervisors of associates of the faculty, which would encourage them to complete this presubmission evaluation
Summary
In 2013, the dean of Libraries at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Libraries formed a task force composed of six librarians and charged them with completely overhauling the career progression policy for librarians and archivists that had been in place since 1995. The task force devised a new policy and a scoring rubric to assist the committee that makes recommendations regarding promotions in their evaluation process. Page 1 results from informal interviews with personnel from four academic libraries: one peer, two aspirational peers, and one small private college); the development of the policy and its reception by UTA librarians and archivists; descriptions of the policy and its accompanying rubric; and lessons learned during the first round of evaluations of candidates for promotion who used the new policy
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