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'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] 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"