Librarians receive an annual salary agreement letter which serves as their agreement with the university for the next year. Librarians are governed by written institutional policies for faculty and for administrative and professional faculty. The library's recruitment procedures, checklist for new faculty, etc., make certain that faculty are aware of all relevant policies and procedures they need to become productive members. ULS guidelines for faculty promotion are evaluated regularly by ULS and the university to ensure their rigor and ongoing relevance. The library has a personnel officer who assists in orienting all classified staff to the university.
Supervisors assume responsibility for orienting staff to the library.
The library uses checklists developed by the university's personnel office to assist it in making certain that staff are aware of relevant policies and procedures. Association of Research Libraries. As ULS continues to expand services and programs, it is suffering from shortages in staffing and operating dollars. While the acquisitions budget has been increased dramatically in 1992-93, there have been no additions to the staff to acquire, process, and service the additional materials. In our 1981-82 statistics for academic members, the median staff size was 248 and the median professional staff size was 132.