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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 07:56:56 -0500
From: Suzanne Stauffer <[log in to unmask]>
To: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: P&T standards

You will get no argument from me -- but, sadly, as a lowly associate 
professor, I have not been invited to the councils of the wise and 
powerful. I simply hear and obey.

Suzanne M. Stauffer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Science
Louisiana State University
277 Coates Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(225)578-1461
Fax: (225)578-4581
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Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

--T.S. Eliot, "Choruses from The Rock"

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From: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Gretchen Whitney <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 6:45 PM
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Subject: Re: P&T standards

> On Behalf Of Suzanne Stauffer, LSU
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 7:18 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: P&T standards
>
> Our College is in the process of creating a P&T policy, and -- at the
>direction of the university -- wants objective criteria; i.e., they want
>numbers.

I would advise looking carefully at your Faculty Handbook for the
standards that they ask for for the university, and investigate what
guidelines this Handbook advises.

I would also advise a thorough analysis of what quantitative measures
mean:  Number of articles or books published, number of pages, impact
factor according to ISI metrics, postings in scholarly discussion groups,
national and international awards received.

At least at some universities, tenure can be granted not only on research
but creative activity.  Both are given equal measure.  While this
designation traditionally has been reserved for the arts (painting, music)
and humanities (creative writing) I would argue that it also can be
applied to creative uses of information technologies not only in teaching
but in research.  Not a lot of folks have done so, but a few have and won
awards for it.

>> I've poked around a bit, and haven't found P&T policies online for more
>>than one or two schools and those don't give numbers.

> So, I'm asking - what are your P&T requirements for research?
>Specifically, how many journal articles per year? Do you count books, and
>if so, how many points do they get?
>> Do you weight articles according to the number of authors, that is, do
>>single authored papers count for more?
>
>
> Suzanne M. Stauffer, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor
> School of Library and Information Science
> Louisiana State University
> 277 Coates Hall
> Baton Rouge, LA 70803
> (225)578-1461
> Fax: (225)578-4581
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
> Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
> --T.S. Eliot, "Choruses from The Rock"
>