LIBRARY FACULTY HANDBOOK

Washington State University Libraries

A guide to policies and procedures prepared for members of the WSU Libraries Faculty by the Library Faculty Affairs Committee

 

Ends and beginnings -- there are no such things.

There are only middles.

--Robert Frost, In the Home Stretch

 

Sec. 1       HISTORY AND OBJECTIVES

 

Sec. 2       RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES and ORGANIZATION

                 

                  2.a    FACULTY RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

                  2.b    ORGANIZATION OF THE LIBRARY FACULTY

                  2.c    ORGANIZATION OF THE WSU LIBRARIES (Library Groups & Lib Org Chart)

                                    2.c.1:  Library Council description (This Section Under Revision)

                                                2.c.1.a:  "Procedure to Elect Library Faculty Representatives to Library Council"

                                    2.c.2:  Working Groups list

                                    2.c.3:  Standing Faculty Committees

                                                2.c.3.a:  Library Faculty Affairs Committee (LFAC)

                                                                2.c.3.a.1:  Salary Improvement Subcommittee (of LFAC)

                                                2.c.3.b:  Faculty Development Committee (FDC)

                                    2.c.4:  WSU Libraries Organization Chart

 

Sec. 3       FACULTY PERSONNEL POLICIES

                          

                  3.a    FACULTY SEARCH PROCEDURES

                                    3.a.1    Procedure for Transferring into an Open Faculty Position

                                    3.a.2    Statement on No Preferential Balloting

                  3.b    ANNUAL REVIEW DEFINITIONS

                                    3.b.1    "Criteria for Merit Increases, Promotion and Granting of Tenure"

                                                3.b.1.a  Guidelines

                                                          3.b.1.a.1 Guidelines for the Evaluation of Electronic Publications

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

                                                          3.b.1.a.3  Research/Scholarly/Creative & Professional Activities Support Guidelines

                                3.b.2    Explanation of Merit Ratings In Libraries

                                            3.b.2.a  Evaluating and Assigning Merit Ratings for Library Faculty on Professional Leave

                                    3.b.3    SAMPLE FORM:  
WSU Annual Review form

                  3.c     PROMOTION (This Section Under Revision)

                  3.d    TENURE AND PRE-TENURE (This Section Under Revision)

                                    3.d.1    SAMPLE FORMS:  
                WSU Confidential 3rd Year Tenure Progress Review
                WSU Confidential Tenure/Promotion Recommendation
                1st, 2nd, 4th & 5th Year Pre-Tenure Review Comments Form

                  3.e    LEAVE

                                    3.e.1       Professional Leave (monetary compensation)

                  3.f     TRAVEL (This Section Under Revision)

                                   3.f.1    SAMPLE FORMS:  
                Libraries Travel Request Form
                WSU Travel Authority Form

                  3.g    CONTINUING EDUCATION

                  3.h    TERMINATION

                  3.i     TYPES OF FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

                  3.j     PERSONNEL RECORDS

                  3.k    GRIEVANCE

                  3.l     NEPOTISM

                  3.m   PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

                  3.n    FACULTY MENTOR PROGRAM

 

Sec. 4       POLITICAL ACTIVITY

 

Sec. 5       REVISION OF LIBRARY FACULTY HANDBOOK