Title

The True Benefit Of Faculty Status For Academic Reference Librarians

Keywords

Faculty status; LIS literature; LIS publications; Tenure

Abstract

Faculty status means having the same privileges of rank, promotion, tenure, compensation, leaves, and research funds as other faculty. Arguments against faculty status include that focusing on status detracts from librarians' mission of providing access to information; that the rigorous requirements of faculty status are not something that librarians are prepared or qualified to pursue; and that good librarians would be just as good without faculty status. These arguments can also be used in favor of faculty status, especially as it relates to increasing the quantity and quality of library and information science literature and contributions by academic librarians. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

10-19-2010

Publication Title

Reference Librarian

Volume

51

Issue

4

Number of Pages

321-328

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2010.501419

Socpus ID

77957860153 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/77957860153

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