Permanency for Professional Librarians Sample Clauses

The "Permanency for Professional Librarians" clause establishes job security and ongoing employment status for librarians who meet certain professional criteria. Typically, this clause outlines the qualifications required for librarians to achieve permanent status, such as years of service, educational credentials, or performance evaluations, and may detail the process for transitioning from probationary to permanent roles. Its core function is to protect qualified librarians from arbitrary dismissal, ensuring stability in their employment and supporting the retention of experienced staff within the institution.
Permanency for Professional Librarians. 80 Definition of a Permanency Decision 80 Annual Meeting with the University Librarian 80 Eligibility to be Considered for Permanency 80 Early Consideration for Permanency 80 Eligibility for Permanency with Previous Limited Term Service 81 Extension of Probationary Period 81 Criteria for Permanency 82 Timing 83 Composition of the Library Permanency Committee 83 Permanency Files 84 External Assessors 86 Recommendation of the Library Permanency Committee 86 Recommendation of COAP to the University Librarian 88 Permanency Decision 91
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Permanency for Professional Librarians. III.10.1 DEFINITION OF A PERMANENCY DECISION III.10.1.1 A decision to award or deny permanency constitutes a permanency decision. III.10.1.2 A decision to award permanency shall be made by the Board only on the recommendation of the President, who shall first receive a recommendation from the University Librarian, following the University Librarian’s receipt of a recommendation from COAP and from the Library Permanency Committee. A decision to deny permanency shall be made by the President. III.10.1.3 Permanency shall not be granted without a positive recommendation from the Library Permanency Committee, the University Librarian, and the President, provided that each carries out the duties assigned in the permanency process under this Agreement without determinative procedural or substantive error or bias. III.10.2 ANNUAL MEETING WITH THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN FOR MEMBERS ON PROBATIONARY APPOINTMENTS III.10.2.1 The University Librarian’s Office shall contact all members holding probationary appointments to arrange a meeting with the University Librarian to be held by April 30th of each year of the member’s probationary appointment to discuss his/her progress towards permanency.
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Permanency for Professional Librarians. III.10.1
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