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Library Faculty Assembly: Faculty Bylaws and Guidelines Committee

The UF Library Faculty Assembly (LFA) is the official faculty body for College Level Shared Governance, serving all faculty librarians at the University of Florida. This Guide replaces the website at http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/LFA/

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Revision of Faculty Bylaws and Guidelines 2022

This process governed by Article 9, UFF-UF CBA, 2021-2021. Faculty Bylaws were last updated, July 15, 2020 and the Faculty Guidelines were updated, May 2021 (not subject to tenure home votes). 

  • Each tenure home scheduled a vote in November of 2022 and publicly posted the date and time of the vote on the LFA Libguide, which is visible to the public. This was according to Article 9.2.b of the UFF-UF-CBA. 

  • All the tenure homes voted to approve the revised Bylaws and Guidelines. 

  • The final guidelines are attached below.

 

Updated on 5/10/2024 By Lauren Adkins

Faculty Bylaws and Guidelines Committee

Committee Membership 2022-2023:

Laura Spears (2023-2025, Chair)

Stacey Ewing (2023-2025)

Chelsea Dinsmore (2023-2025)

Borui Zhang (2022-2024)

Lily Pang (2023-2025) 

Ben Walker (Ex officio)

Lily Lewis (LHR Representative)

 

CDH

Career Development Handbook Updates: 

Libraries Bylaws - Adopted July 15, 2020

Click here to view the Libraries Bylaws in our Institutional Repository

Faculty Guidelines - Effective May 2021

Click here to view the Faculty Guidelines in our Institutional Repository

Faculty Bylaws and Guidelines Committee

Faculty Bylaws and Guidelines Committee

Per the LFA Standing Rules

Responsibilities: The Faculty Bylaws and Guidelines Committee is charged with developing and maintaining policies on faculty recruitment, evaluation, promotion, tenure, sabbatical/professional development leaves, mentoring and professional development; to develop and maintain the Career Development Handbook and other professional development guidelines and resources for faculty; and to ensure that library faculty career development policies and practices best serve the faculty and conform to relevant university rules and relevant UFF-UF rules for in unit faculty.

Appointment: This Committee is an annual assignment but continues from year to year. Members will be appointed by the Assembly Chair in consultation with the other Officers at the Assembly Officers planning meeting. Membership should include 2-3 past Chairs (or past members) from the Tenure and Promotion Committee, the Sabbatical Committee and/or the Sustained Performance Evaluation Process Committee who would be responsible for maintaining faculty career development resources. All members would be responsible for career development policy and practice matters.  Professional staff from the Library Human Resource Office may serve as advisory members.

Chair: The Chair will be elected by the committee at their first meeting following the Assembly Officers planning meeting.

Meetings: The Committee and Committee members shall be charged immediately after the Assembly Officers planning meeting and will meet when requested to do so by the Committee Chair.

Term: Committee members shall serve two year staggered terms. If a Committee member resigns, a replacement member shall be appointed by the Assembly Chair in consultation with the other Officers to serve out the member’s term.

Quorum: A quorum shall consist of a simple majority of the Committee members.

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Last updated: 11/29/2023 - sre

 
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