SLPTR Meeting Minutes - January 13, 2020

Sabbatical Leave and Post-Tenure Review Committee Meeting

1/13/20 2:00pm, Watson 503A

Present: Sara Morris (Chair), Tami Albin, Lea Currie, Elspeth Healey, Scot McEathron

• The Chair called the meeting to order.
• The committee has several meetings already scheduled on the calendar (1/28, 2/5, and 2/11). The Chair asked how committee members would like to review files. It was decided that all committee members will read both files prior to the next meeting (1/28), and be prepared to collaboratively share comments and discuss the files. At that meeting the Chair will seek volunteers to be responsible for writing up the evaluations.
  • If the committee does not complete its discussion of both files on 1/28, it will continue on 2/5. The evaluations will be drafted prior to the scheduled 2/11 meeting.
• The Chair noted that the current “Post-tenure Review Criteria and Procedures” document (May 2016) requires some edits:
  • The policy says the committee will review 7 years of evaluations, but it should be only 6 to be consistent with the University PTR policy.
  • The use of she/he throughout the document should be switched to the gender neutral “they.”
  • For ease-of-use, the Chair will split the “criteria and procedures” and the form into two separate documents.
  • The Chair will make these edits and circulate the new document(s) to the committee for their approval. The changes will then need to be voted on by the Library Faculty Assembly.
• Meeting adjourned at 2:20pm