LIBRARY FACULTY HANDBOOK

3.b.1.a.2  Guidelines for Professional Activity Time (PAT)

 

 

Professional Activity Time (PAT) is defined as "time to conduct research and to carry out professional activities" as specified in Category II of the Libraries' "Criteria for Merit Increases, Promotion, and Granting of Tenure." 

 

PAT is an acknowledgement that time is needed each week to work on Category II activities.  It is not intended to be the only time devoted to such activities nor the only time granted by the Libraries or the University for such activities.

 

The following Guidelines were approved at the 11/25/91 Library Faculty Meeting:

 

      ELIGIBILITY:  All librarians with a minimum of .5FTE will be eligible for PAT.

 

      AMOUNT OF TIME:  PAT will consist of 4 hours per week for each librarian FTE.  Those with less than a full-time appointment will receive PAT pro-rated to their FTE appointment, i.e., faculty with a .5FTE appointment will receive 2 hours per week of PAT.

 

      WHEN:  Librarians will determine when to take PAT depending on individual time constraints and scheduled responsibilities, such as reference shifts.  Up to 16 hours of PAT may be accrued.

 

WHERE:  Individual librarians will determine where PAT is used.

 

Implementation will occur one month after approval by the library faculty in order to give individual units time to prioritize activities to accommodate PAT.  Twelve months after PAT is implemented, library faculty individual units will discuss the impact of PAT with their colleagues and unit heads.  Results will also be discussed at a general Library Faculty Meeting.  Library faculty will decide whether or not PAT should be continued.

 

NOTE:  Implementation date of PAT is 12/25/91; general review of PAT will be scheduled for the December 1992 Library Faculty Meeting.

 

                        (Approved at Library Faculty Meeting, 11/25/91; repaginated 3/25/02)

 

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NS: 3b1a2 Guidelines for Professional Activity Time (PAT)