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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Dear Deborah, I am glad you have poised your faculty or staff question to the list - I have been pondering the same question and wondering whether there is information somewhere compiled on this topic. At Pratt Institute Librarians do have Faculty Rank and I think it is crucial for all the reasons you have outlined in your orginal message. Since this is my first position in an academic institution I cannot comment on NOT having faculty rank as a Librarian. I will be interested to read other responses and I think the topic would make an important survey if it has not already been done. Greta Earnest Art and Architecture Librarian Pratt Institute ([log in to unmask]) (Please note, the internet addresses published for me in both the current ARLIS/NA Membership Directory and the recent revisions published in the recent Arlis Update are both incorrect.) On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Deborah Barlow wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > Dear Colleagues, > > I am currently doing a rather indepth reexamination of the services and > related employee activities in my academic, architecture, branch library. > This particular study was instigated by the recent vacancy of our > Architecture Reference Librarian position and a request by the University > Libraries' Administration that we provide justification for filling this > vacancy, as well as our "Plan B"--i.e. alternative staffing solutions. > > I plan to order a copy of the latest edition of the ARLIS/NA Staffing > Standards but, in the meantime, the whole situation brought to mind a > larger issue. > > When I was in library school, I remember being advised that, when seeking a > position at an academic library, I should prefer and/or insist upon a > position that had "Faculty" status. The idea being, I believe, that the > "Library Faculty" had a better chance of receiving a higher salary, support > for professional development (research, conference attendence, etc.), and, > ideally, collegial respect from the Administration and the "Teaching > Faculty". > > Is this still held to be true? > > I noticed that the 1990 ARLIS/NA Salary Survey did not include a break-down > of "faculty" versus "staff/non-faculty" positions within the academic > library catagory. Is this something that might be considered in the next > survey? Has another library association conducted a recent survey including > and/or addressing this issue? > > Thanks for your feedback! > > Deborah Barlow, Branch Head > Emery A. Gunnin Architectural Library > Clemson University, Clemson, SC > [log in to unmask] >