Stu, And just what do you mean by "library-centric scholars" and "actual librarians" ? Please forgive me for bursting your stereotype, but we--librarians and LIS faculty--face the same brick walls of institutional rejection of our creative works, community and digital projects in consideration for tenure and promotion. If you look closely, you will see that resistance to expansive scholarship lies elsewhere. -- Maria E. Gonzalez, PhD Assistant Professor Library and Information Science Program Wayne Sate University eb9414@wayne.edu gonzalez@ischool.utexas.edu
A task force is preparing a document for the Faculty Senate at UMass Amherst on scholarship in the digital age. We talk about lots of vexing issues with respect to old and new or emerging reward structures, the economics of publishing, etc. Most of the members are library-centric scholars, or actual librarians. I find myself tasked with drafting the section on promotion and review considerations. In particular, I have been asked to show some examples where universities, schools, colleges or specific departments have found new types of scholarly artifacts worthy of recognition. If you know of an example where the traditional consideration of books and articles in top tier journals is being augmented with other types of uniquely digital contributions, please let me know directly.
I will share the results of this survey with the list when it is complete.
Many thanks, ~Stu
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