annotation: academic status
As part of my academic library course this term, I need to create weekly 'annotations' on a paper, totaling no more than 100 words. This is one of them.
There is no standard among CARL libraries for what academic status entails. While there is some form of tenure, the requirements for that status vary. Effective professional practice is foremost, followed by ‘service’ in 57% of surveyed libraries. 22% require scholarship, for 39% it is optional. Often, one of a number of activities is required. Scholarship tends to be broadly defined: presentations, publications, grants, contribution to university life, leadership, etc. Tenure is often granted via peer review. The same standards for tenure & promotion that apply to faculty do not generally apply to librarians. Should they?
(96 words)
Hinks, Yvonne. 2006. CRITERIA FOR TENURE AND PROMOTION: A REVIEW OF PRACTICES AMONG MEMBERS OF THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES.
Available at: http://dspace.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/45215
We are all annotations. Annotations blowing in the wind. Squashed into 100-word cubicles, depositing 100-word snippets of our true potential into out boxes. Edited by the expectations of society. Annotated by nine to five, eight to six, seven to seven; By the meaningless drivel of reality programming while our own reality passes us by, annotating us to 50 words or less. Annotate THAT!
I'm going to go pimp my snack now.