FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

PROMOTION: Responsibilities, Policies and Procedures

Table of Contents

0.0  Preamble
1.0  Responsibilities of Participants
     1.100  Individual Librarians
     1.200  Colleagues
     1.300  Department Head/Supervisor
     1.400  Director
     1.500  Promotion Committee
     1.600  Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs
     1.700  President

2.0  Policies
     2.100  Basic Criteria
            2.101  Education
            2.102  Experience
                   2.1021 Professional: Academic Library
                   2.1022 Professional: Non-Academic Library
                   2.1023 Professional: Non-Library
                   2.1024 Non-professional
                   2.1025 Maximum Credit
            2.103  Job Performance
            2.104  Additional Qualifications
                   2.1041 University Service
                   2.1042 Professional Activity Outside the Library
                   2.1043 Research/Scholarship/Creative Activity
                   2.1044 Community or Public Service
      2.200 Specific Criteria by Rank
            2.201 Instructor to Assistant
            2.202 Assistant to Associate
            2.203 Associate to University Librarian
      2.300 Promotion Committee
            2.301 Composition
            2.302 One Year Residency
            2.303 Campus Representation
            2.304 Alternate
            2.305 Candidate Exclusions
            2.306 Supervisor Participation
            2.307 Special Elections
            2.308 Eligible Voters

  3.0  Procedures
       3.100  Documentation
              3.101 Application for Promotion
              3.102 General Appearance
              3.103 Contents of Promotion File
                    3.1031 Table of Contents
                    3.1032 Forms
                    3.1033 Recommendations
                    3.1034 Performance Appraisals
                    3.1035 Letters of Evaluation
                    3.1036 Documentation Supporting University Service
                    3.1037 Documentation Supporting Professional Activity
                    3.1038 Documentation supporting research/
                           scholarship/creative activity
                    3.1039 Documentation supporting community or 
                           public service
                    3.1040 List of Awards and Honors
                    3.1041 Other Documentation
        3.200 Promotion Committee
              3.201 Structure
              3.202 First Meeting and Charge
                    3.2021 Chair Election
                    3.2022 Meetings, Confidentiality, Procedures
                    3.2023 File Deferral
              3.203 Subsequent Meetings
                    3.2031 General Discussion
                    3.2032 Final Vote
                    3.2033 Vote Tally
                    3.2034 Summary Form and Letter of Explanation
              3.204 Minutes
        3.300 Schedule of Promotion Process

  4.0  Appendices
       4.100 Summary of Statements
       4.200 Promotion Application Form
       4.300 I & R Class Specifications



Submitted to Dr. Laurence Miller, Director of Libraries
by the Promotion Criteria Review Committee, October, 1994.

Committee Members:

Gail Clement
Antonie Downs, ex-officio
Nancy Hershoff
Mirtha Hernandez
Patricia Iannuzzi, co-chair
Miguel Menendez, co-chair


This document supersedes all previous library promotion documents
August 1, 1990 Revised March 1, 1995