Professional Performance and Knowledge Clause Samples

Professional Performance and Knowledge. There are many functions performed by librarians and archivists in varied contexts. These functions include a wide range of activities related to the prac- ▇▇▇▇, development, communication, and application of expertise to areas such as collection development, teaching, research consultations, resource discovery, cataloguing/metadata/description, digital infra- structure development, scholarly publishing, and data management. For individual librarians and archivists, specific job responsibilities are defined in position descriptions. Since effective library and archival service to the York community is the primary function of the Libraries, it follows that every librarian’s and archivist’s foremost responsibility is to provide a high standard of service to the community of users. Therefore, every librarian and archivist being evalu- ated for promotion to any rank, or for continuing appointment, must achieve at least high compe- tence in this area. To determine a librarian and archivist’s effective- ness, the content of an individual’s job is considered in relation to the following factors: • knowledge and application of best practices of librarianship or archival theory and prac- ▇▇▇▇ (as appropriate); • initiative, resourcefulness and creative prob- lem-solving in areas of responsibility; • quality of judgement in decision making; • expertise and ongoing professional develop- ment in areas of responsibility as defined in the position description; • effectiveness of contact with library users and colleagues; • ability to effectively communicate profession- al expertise with the user community and with colleagues, both verbally and in written form; • ability and willingness to engage in responsibilities that broaden knowledge and expertise; • adapting to and integrating new methods and technology to provide better library and archival service; • ability to plan, take leadership roles in, and evaluate sustainable University library or archival services, resources and functions;

Professional Performance and Knowledge. There are many functions performed by librarians and archi- vists in varied contexts, but, of necessity, the primary respon- sibilities of librarians and archivists are to build sound collec- tions in the Libraries, to establish effective bibliographic con- trol over those collections and to assist students and faculty members in making effective use of the Libraries’ resources as they are required to support academic and research pur- suits. Since effective library service to the York community is the primary function of the Libraries, it follows that every librarian and archivist’s foremost responsibility is to provide a high standard of service to the community of users. There- fore, every librarian and archivist being evaluated for promo- tion to any rank, or for continuing appointment, must achieve at least high competence in this area. To determine a librari- an and archivist’s effectiveness, the content of an individual’s job is considered in relation to the following factors: knowledge and application of bibliographic techniques; initi- ative and resourcefulness in problem-solving whether biblio- graphic or managerial; quality of judgement in decision- making; understanding of library operations and purposes; ability to utilize current library techniques and theories; in- teraction with library personnel at all levels; effectiveness of contact with library users; degree of flexibility in accepting responsibility; adapting to and integrating new methods and technology to provide better library service; ability to plan and evaluate library services, resources and functions; level of knowledge of subject or foreign languages, if relevant to responsibilities; and ability to communicate effectively both in verbal and written form.