Good morning,

 

The Smithsonian Libraries is re-evaluating how we support the PAEC (Professional Accomplishment Evaluation Committee) process for our museum colleagues, and I would love some input from my art librarian friends in academic settings who have helped put together similar dossiers for tenure review.

 

The process is new to me in the museum world, and I think our arts & history museum curators & historians are also struggling with how best to show the work that isn’t as easily quantified, such as mounting and promoting exhibitions, tours, collections research and data entry, mentorship, professional talks, etc. Our Science museum colleagues, on the other hand, seem to churn out co-authored papers like a factory, and have been managing metrics on their work for far longer.

 

Do you have a webpage you share, or list of the types of services you provide or data you collect on faculty publications, etc.? Do you have materials you supply to get staff started on their paperwork? Do you have go-to external sources to help Humanities faculty round out their submissions? We are looking to create “how-to” materials to share with them to better manage their accomplishments from the start, and it would be a big help to see what other librarians provide.  

 

Thanks in advance!

~Anne

 

Anne Evenhaugen

Librarian, Head

Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library

202.633.8227

[log in to unmask] 

http://library.si.edu/libraries/aapg