Teaching Matters: Reviewing and Rewarding the Teaching Role of Librarians

Teaching Matters: Reviewing and Rewarding the Teaching Role of Librarians

April Cunningham& Carrie DonovanLOEX Conference [May 6, 2011]

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54%

23%

23%

Librarians' Institution Types

Teaching Intensive Research IntensiveComprehensive

37%

10%28%

25%

Librarians' Status

Academic StaffContingent FacultyTenure-Track FacultyTenured Faculty

Eligible for Tenure

• 24% light teaching load• 48% moderate teaching load • 23% high teaching load• 5% extremely high teaching loadReported

teaching loadMedian number of non-credit sessions/year

Light 16Moderate 40High 50Extremely High 75

Means of evaluation% of Respondents

By student surveys that go directly to the librarian

45%

As part of annual performance review

38%

Through informal peer review 31%By colleagues or supervisor as part of tenure

25%

By no one 25%

4%

23%

6%

35%

34%

Department Teaching Culture

Top DownDon't Ask Don't TellNot Fully Transparent or Collab-orativeTransparent not CollaborativeCollaborative and Transparent

Values

Pride

Communities

Standards

Proficiencies

Criteria

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