Department
University Library
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 5-1-2020
Embargo Period
9-21-2021
Abstract
If you’re an academic librarian with faculty status, you know that this status comes with an equal portion of benefit and burden. Some of the benefits are academic freedom, support for scholarship, and elevated status on campus (though not necessarily higher pay). Some library faculty are even eligible for tenure (though at my institution, Kennesaw State University, we are not). On the flipside of these benefits are a few things I would consider burdens, such as tedious annual reviews and extensive service requirements. Library faculty governance, I would argue, falls somewhere in between a benefit and a burden.
Journal Title
College & Research Libraries News
Journal ISSN
2150-6698
Volume
81
Issue
5
First Page
236
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.81.5.236