Archive for April 1st, 2009
Apparently the topic of tenure for academic librarians has been making the rounds in the librarian blogs. I am in the camp of those who do not like the idea of tenure for academic librarians (or any other hybrid idea), and I have my reasons for that, which I would prefer to outline at some later time. Part of it, to give an indication, is that I think it interferes with the extensive work we already have to do as librarians. That one of my colleagues is floating this idea around is not exactly something that pleases me, but let's keep that out of this blog. Anyhow, I have seen a few things that caught my eye related to the topic, so I am making some notes. I may or not develop this into a more substantial post or not.
- While this one is not directly about tenure, it did catch my eye. In the long term, when you think about it, asking for tenure does involve some salesmanship on the part of academic librarians, so maybe the post is relevant. Anyhow, here is Steven Bell (who is tenured and does believe in tenure for librarians) on "Academic Librarians are not Salespeople–But They Should Be."
- The Annoyed Librarian had a series of posts on this, mostly replying to others. If you go to her (I am assuming it is a "her").
- "Who gets faculty status?"
- "Academic Librarians: 'Please Love Us.'" Which addresses a bit on the tenure, but also the seemingly constant insecurity a lot of academic librarians seem to have because the academic faculty seem to either not think of them much or just plain disregard them.
- More on academic librarians taking themselves too seriously in "Thanks for your support."
