Session Description:
The engaged, prolifically-publishing professional librarian can be typecast as a tenure-track scholar. But what if non-tenure-track librarians step up to the audition? What challenges would they face? In this presentation, we will report on the factors influencing professional participation by non-tenure-track librarians specifically, and their feelings regarding those factors and challenges. Through this nationally-distributed study, we propose a recasting of academic librarian identity outside of the tenure process. Based on our results and our own experiences, we will offer best practices for better inclusion of non-tenure track-librarians in professional activities while also presenting starting points for further discussion and examination of this topic.
