Library Faculty Responsibilities Clause Samples

Library Faculty Responsibilities. A. The primary responsibilities of library faculty are the delivery of library and information services. To be in compliance with the requirements of the SACSCOC and any other applicable accrediting agencies, each library faculty member must satisfy the minimum certification requirements established by these agencies. The Administration will provide the appropriate resources to enable each library faculty member to perform his or her responsibilities to the college. Additionally, administration will not explore the creation of new library partnerships or agreements without consulting library faculty as part of the decision-making process. 1. To fulfill this responsibility, library faculty will: a) Provide reference service and library instruction to students, faculty, staff and community residents. b) Provide assistance with one or more operational areas of the Library (e.g., Reference and Instructional Services, Circulation and Interlibrary Loan, Technical Services and Automation). c) Provide access to information resources via the Library’s automated system, website, etc. 2. While not a contractual requirement, library faculty members have the option to teach credit classes in an overload capacity. a) Courses taught may include information research, information technology, library skills, student success, and/or similar approved contractual assignments based on academic credentials. b) When teaching a course as an overload assignment, library faculty members must meet the teaching-related responsibilities required of adjunct faculty.

Library Faculty Responsibilities. B. The primary responsibilities of a library faculty are library science/information, literacy curriculum and maintaining the professional integrity of the content, collections, and services of the academic libraries. To be in compliance with the requirements of the SACSCOC and any other applicable accrediting agencies, each library faculty member must satisfy the minimum certification requirements established by these agencies. The Administration will provide the appropriate resources to enable each library faculty member to perform his responsibilities to the College. 1. Library faculty members and Supervising Administrators shall mutually determine their schedules as may be necessary to meet professional-staffing requirements, and within the provisions of Sections 8.2 and 8.3 of this Article. Unless by mutual agreement otherwise, full-time library faculty members will be accorded a minimum of eight (8) consecutive weeks of non-paid release/reassignment time. 2. Library faculty members may be assigned to teach all or portions of a course as part of their contractual duties to the College. a. Courses taught by library faculty members shall be limited to information research, information technology, library skills, or similar approved contractual assignments based on academic credentials. b. Courses assigned to library faculty members may be for credit or non-credit, and may include seminars, workshops, or portions of College-sponsored conferences or in-service opportunities assigned by the Supervising Administrator. c. When teaching a course or portion of a course, either as part of their regular work assignment or as an overload assignment, library faculty members must also meet the teaching-related responsibilities of instructional faculty members as provided in this Article. d. Library faculty shall be permitted a maximum of one (1) hour of preparation time for each one (1) hour of class time. e. Such teaching and preparation must not interfere with the scheduling of any library faculty member’s other professional duties as assigned by the Supervising Administrator. 3. The salary of library faculty members is intended as compensation for all hours worked. However, recognizing that there are unusual circumstances, such as illness, understaffing, or other times when librarians may be required to work hours beyond the normally-required thirty-five (35) hours per week to perform the faculty’s job, librarians will be entitled to receive additional compensat...