Annual Workload Assignments for Library Affairs Faculty Clause Samples

Annual Workload Assignments for Library Affairs Faculty. In addition to the foregoing contractual provisions, in making Faculty annual workload assignments (i.e., the assignment of teaching/librarianship, research/creative activity and service), the ▇▇▇▇ (or designee) shall consider the following factors: the need of the Library to maintain its service to the University community; the Faculty member’s professional specialization, areas of responsibility, development needs (including a Faculty member’s interest in seeking tenure and promotion) ; distribution of teaching/librarianship, research/creative activity, and service assignment in an individual Faculty’s annual workload assignment; and equitable distribution of workload within the Library. The teaching/librarianship workload component for Library Faculty includes both scheduled and unscheduled assignments. The Library Affairs operating paper shall define workload components for scheduled and unscheduled assignments. Scheduled workload components include, but are not limited to: reference assignments (desk and/or virtual), classroom teaching, and office hours. The percentage of total workload duties assigned to scheduled hours shall be stated in the annual workload assignment. Unscheduled duties are comprised of all other activities necessary for a Faculty member to meet the functional requirements of his/her teaching/librarianship assignment as outlined in his/her position description, including, but not limited to, acquisitions, cataloging, collection development, collection processing, consultation, instructional support, supervision, and other responsibilities. Library Faculty members may voluntarily accept responsibilities which require the performance of duties outside the annual workload assignment and/or scope of the position description, but shall not be required to do so or penalized for not doing so. Prior to the end of the fiscal year, the ▇▇▇▇ (or designee) shall meet with each Library Faculty member to discuss the proposed annual workload assignment for the following fiscal year. If the Library operating paper so provides, proposed Faculty annual workload assignments will be reviewed by the Faculty. A Faculty member’s annual workload assignment shall be subject to the approval of the ▇▇▇▇ and, after approval by the ▇▇▇▇, a written record of the final annual workload assignment shall be provided to the Faculty member. Changes in a final annual workload assignment can be made only for a subsequent change in circumstances (e.g., death or disabili...