SLPTR Annual Report - 2018-2019

Library Governance Committee Final Report

Fiscal Year: 2018-2019

Committee Name: Sabbatical Leave and Post-Tenure Review Committee Committee Chair: Brian Rosenblum

Members (with terms):                

Sara Morris (2018-2020)

Elspeth Healey (2018-2020)

Sherry Williams (2017-2019)

Karen Cook (2017-2019)

Brian Rosenblum (2017-2019)

Standing Charges:

  • SLPTR reviews and evaluates the merit of each sabbatical proposal. It notifies each applicant in writing of its recommendation and forwards each recommendation to the Dean of Libraries, who reviews and evaluates the proposal before transmittal to the Provost for referral to the University Committee on Sabbatical Leaves for evaluation (see 8.1.1-8.2.7 of the Faculty Senate Rules and Regulations).
  • SLPTR addresses itself to matters of policy pertaining to the sabbatical leave system and reports its recommendations to the Dean.
  • SLPTR reviews the qualifications and performance of all members of the library faculty who are scheduled to be evaluated for Post-Tenure Review.
  • SLPTR addresses itself to matters of policy pertaining to the post-tenure review and reports its recommendations to the Dean.

Note: The rest of the standing charges are procedural and do not result in reportable outcomes.

Standing Charges Progress/Accomplishment Summary: We received and evaluated one sabbatical application this year. We evaluated the file of one faculty member scheduled for post-tenure review. No policy questions regarding sabbaticals or post-tenure review came up this year.

Special Charges: Please report to the LFA Executive Board by December 1, 2018, on the pros and cons of creating a best-practices guide as a reference for faculty submitting a post-tenure review (PTR) file. This special charge is based upon a recommendation in the SLPTR FY17 annual report.

Special Charges Progress/Accomplishment Summary: The SLPTR committee missed the December 1 deadline but we wanted to wait until we had gone through the PTR process this year before considering this charge. We do recommend creating a simple, 1-page best practices guide. The guide should remain simple and short, focus on a few key bullet-points that address the process, timeline and/or format of the application materials. See attached.

Other Activities or Accomplishments:

Potential Charges for Future Committees/Recommendations: Create a one-page best practices guide or checklist for creating post-tenure review files.



Project Closure Report

Please review the Committee’s portion of the Library Governance website and the Code. Does it need updating/correcting?:

No changes are needed to the code. The website/Sharepoint site is in need of updating; there are missing minutes/charges, and one of the annual reports is misdated.

Prepared By: Brian Rosenblum, April 22, 2019

 

 

 

Special Charge (2018-19)

Please report to the LFA Executive Board by December 1, 2018, on the pros and cons of creating a best-practices guide as a reference for faculty submitting a post-tenure review (PTR) file. This special charge is based upon a recommendation in the SLPTR FY17 annual report.

The SLPTR committee missed the December 1 deadline but we wanted to wait until we had gone through the PTR process this year before considering this charge.

The pros:

  • may be helpful to the candidate by reminding them of basic requirements
  • provides a chance for the committee to regularly review and update as new issues arise over time or changes to the process become necessary

The cons:

  • the process itself isn’t very prescriptive and we should be careful not to be either
  • as with any guide, inevitably something will be left out that a candidate feels is pertinent

Recommendation:

  • We do recommend creating a simple, 1-page best practices guide.
  • The guide should remain simple and short, focus on a few key bullet-points that address the process, timeline and/or format of the application materials (e.g. reminding candidates to proofread, check formatting)
  • Reviewing or updating the guide annually should be part of the charge of the SLPTR committee. Probably it would be best to do this AFTER the PTR process each year, in order to incorporate any new circumstances or recommendations. This should not be a cumbersome task.

Submitted by SLPTR February 14, 2019