Section IV.D: Position of Library Director

1. The position of Director of the Law Library (“Library Director”) is a unique faculty position, distinct from that of tenure-track, LAW and clinical faculty. The Library Director shall be appointed as a member of the faculty with tenure-in-position as Director of the Law Library. The Library Director will have the academic titles as appropriate per appointment and promotion, of Library Director and Assistant Professor, Library Director and Associate Professor, and Library Director and Professor.
2. The Library Director is a faculty member appointed to an administrative position, and shall receive a joint administrative/faculty contract which will set out the Library Director’s rights, duties, and responsibilities. In addition to the academic title, the Library Director may also hold the title of Associate Dean, at the dean’s discretion.
3. Appointment to the tenure-in-position track as Library Director requires an 80-percent vote of the voting members of the faculty and student representatives to the faculty, present and voting at a regularly scheduled or duly noticed special meeting of the faculty; approval of the dean of the Law School; and approval of the president of Lewis & Clark College.
4. A person hired as Library Director pursuant to a tenure-in-position appointment shall:
   1. have full voting rights, commensurate with rank,
   2. have full access to, and responsibility for attending faculty meetings and participating on committees; and
   3. be subject to the same promotion and tenure standards and procedures applicable to other tenure-track faculty members except for the following considerations:
      • The responsibilities of the Library Director are primarily concerned with the management of the library, and not with teaching. Therefore, the teaching responsibilities of the Library Director will be such as are appropriate to the position, and will be evaluated and taken into account only to that extent.
      • The Library Director is not required to produce scholarship as a prerequisite to promotion or tenure, but any scholarship by the Library Director will be supported as appropriate.
      • The Library Director will be evaluated on the requirements of the position and the evaluation standards set out in his or her contract.
5. The Library Director shall be accorded the same rights and privileges as other tenured faculty members, except that the Library Director is not eligible for sabbaticals.

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