Good morning,
Thank you to the librarians at the 45 academic law libraries who replied
to this questionnaire I submitted to the list on July 28, 1997. The
answers are compiled below.
1. Do the librarians, other than the Director, at your school have faculty
status?
YES, HAVE FACULTY STATUS--15
NO FACULTY STATUS---------30
2. If your librarians have faculty status, are they members of the law
faculty or a separate faculty such as a library faculty?
LAW FACULTY---------- 1
LAW LIBRARY FACULTY--10
UNIVERSITY FACULTY--- 3
CLINICAL FACULTY----- 1
3. Are the non-Director librarians, regardless of faculty status,
tenure-track or non-tenured, or do they have some other form of
employment security?
TENURE-TRACK-----------------------10
NOT TENURE-TRACK-------------------30
NOT TENURED BUT MULTI-YR.CONTRACT-- 4
UNION------------------------------ 1
4. Are the non-Director librarians routinely placed on law school
committees?
YES, ON LAW SCHOOL COMMITTEES-----14
NO, NOT ON LAW SCHOOL COMMITTEES--31
If so, which committees?
TECHNOLOGY--5; CURRICULUM--3; DEVELOPMENT--3; ADMISSIONS--1;
SCHOLARSHIP--1; DISABILITY--1; SELF-STUDY--1; LECTURES/CHAIRS--1;
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS--1; BUILDING--1
If so, do they have voting rights on the committees?
YES, WITH VOTING RIGHTS--8
NO VOTING RIGHTS---------6
5. Do the non-Director librarians attend regular law faculty meetings?
YES, ATTEND FACULTY MEETINGS------11
NO, DON'T ATTEND------------------34
If so, is this a matter of law school rules or individual courtesy?
ALL BECAUSE OF LAW SCHOOL RULES
If so, do they have voting rights? If yes, on all matters or only
some?
HALF HAVE VOTING RIGHTS ON SOME MATTERS ONLY.
6. Is there a law faculty listserv within your school?
YES, HAVE A LAW FACULTY LISTSERV-----12
NO, DO NOT HAVE----------------------29
If so, for what kind of communications is it used?
MINUTES, INTERNAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
If so, are librarians permitted to subscribe and post messages to the
listserv?
HALF OF THOSE WITH LISTSERVS COULD POST MESSAGES.
Thank you, Georgia Briscoe
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Georgia Briscoe, Associate Director and Head of Technical Services
University of Colorado Law Library, Campus Box 402, Boulder, CO 80309
Phone: 303 492 7312 Fax: 303 492 2707 E-mail: briscoe@colorado.edu
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