I recently had a discussion with a friend who is in a tenure track position. Her requirements for tenure and advancement are much stricter than mine. Under her administration, only her publications in the library literature count for tenure. If she wrote a peer-reviewed article in (say) a scholarly art history journal, it would not count towards tenure. This, to me, does not make sense. Scholarship is scholarship, and many librarians have second masters, are required to get second masters, or have strong interests in other subject areas where we publish, present, etc. This administrative practice seems like a punishment for librarians, who are often expected to act as subject specialists... but apparently not rewarded when they contribute to the scholarship of a field other than library science.

I am curious how others feel about this, and if you are in a tenure track position, have you experienced this?

Thanks!

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Susanne Markgren
Systems / Electronic Resources Librarian
Purchase College, SUNY