Promotion and Tenure Advisory Committee

This Committee reviews recommendations for tenure and promotion and advises the University Librarian on tenure and promotion decisions and on other related matters as required.

Composition

There are seven members, all tenured associate professors or professors, elected at-large from the Faculty. Members serve two-year staggered terms and may be re-elected to one successive term. The chair is appointed annually by the University Librarian from among the elected members.

• Heidi Imker, Co-Chair(Dec 2022 - Dec 2024)
• Amy Fry(Dec 2021 - Dec 2023)
• Kirstin Johnson(Dec 2021 - Dec 2023)
• Merinda Hensley(Dec 2022 - No End Of Term Date Available)
• Myung-Ja Han(Dec 2022 - Dec 2024)
• Ellen Swain(Dec 2022 - Dec 2024)
• Jennifer Teper, Co-Chair(Dec 2022 - Dec 2024) Second Consecutive Term

Documents

Background

• Promotion, Tenure, and Annual Review Related Calendar
• Untenured Faculty Peer Review Committee Assignments
• Statement on Promotion and Tenure to the Library Faculty at UIUC

Campus Documents

• Provost Communication 9: Promotion and Tenure
• Provost Communication 13: Review of Faculty in Year Three of Probationary Period\
• Complete List of Provost’s Communications
• Public Engagement — A Faculty Guide for Relating Public Service to the Promotion and Tenure Review Process

Review Process Documents

• 0-2Y and 4Y Review Process Document (08/2016)
• Mid-tenure (3Y) Review Process Document (08/2016)
• 5Y Dossier Review Process (12/2021)
• General Process for Candidates Seeking Promotion to Full Professor (10/19/20)
• University Library Guidelines for Requesting Appointment with Rank of Associate Professor or Professor (09/25/12) 
• Library PTA Committee Deliberative Policies & Procedures When Considering P & T Cases

Documents Regarding PRCs and Candidates

• Statement on the Relationship between Tenure Track Faculty and Peer Review Committees
• Guidelines & Procedures for Peer Review Committees for Untenured Library Faculty (Updated October 2006)
• Guidelines & Procedures for Peer Review Committees for Tenured Library Faculty

Dossier Preparation and Reviewer Selection

• Library Dossier Outline 2023rev (revised May 2023)
• Dossier Guidelines 2023rev (revised May 2023)
• Sample Evaluative Statements for Substitute Section III of P & T Dossier
• Guidelines for Selection of External and Internal Reviewers for Library Tenure Cases (10/17/16, 10/5/2017)
• Coversheet Template
• Dossier Signature Page Template for 3Y (Word) (PDF Form)
• Dossier Signature Page Template for 0,1,2,4,5Y (Word) (PDF Form)

Faculty Review Committee website

Faculty Information on Research

• Library Faculty Database
• Research & Publication Committee Website
• Library Staff Homepage

• Bill Maher(Dec 2021 - Dec 2023)
• Nancy O’Brien(Dec 2020 - Dec 2022)
• Peg Burnette(Dec 2019 - Dec 2022)
• Atoma Batoma(Dec 2018 - Dec 2020)