If criteria are not specified, those considering the promotion and tenure papers have no way to compare a candidate against criteria. Campus is waiting for Communication 21, which will address faculty reviews. In the Library, determining who would evaluate how well goals were being met would be difficult, but could entail supervisors, users, and people in the department. Training in faculty assessments would be necessary. Paula will get in touch with Beth Woodard, Chair of FRC, to clarify the issues and to encourage FRC to keep working toward a better assessment process.
Name changes have budget, personnel, title, and location implications.
Constituents involved should also be consulted in the discussions. Having heard no objections from divisions, AC approved them. Betsy will send out a final version incorporating suggested minor changes. Paula Watson reported on the status of the contract with Elsevier, which is nearly complete. We will have a term two-year agreement through December 31, 2002.