III.1 HISTORY OF THE PROCESS OF EVALUATION OF LIBRARIANS AT DREW

1977/1978

Academic Library Development Program self-study included recommendations to establish an evaluation process.

1978/1979

Library Committee on Faculty was created, charged in part with devising a mechanism for evaluation of librarians.

5/1979

Library Faculty approved the concept of peer evaluation and the evaluation form. It was expected that a peer evaluation would occur every three years or prior.

10/1979

LCOF recommended another form, revised by Policy and Planning, and approved by Library Faculty, to be used for an annual evaluation between librarian and supervisor. Annual review first took place that year, using the new "long form."

12/1981

LCOF recommended, and Library Faculty approved, the following revised evaluation program and schedule. Approval of the "short form" evaluation form occurred in Jan. 1982.

1. Full evaluations, using the "long form" should be done for each librarian according to the following schedule:
   * at the end of 1^st full year of employment in Drew Library
   * thereafter at end of every 3^rd year
   * at any other time during one's tenure when one is eligible for promotion, as part of the promotion evaluation process
   Assuming a person is promoted at some point, s/he will be fully evaluated every 3^rd year after the promotion.
2. In the same year that a full evaluation is done between the librarian and the supervisor, the librarian will be evaluated by the Committee on Faculty in a peer review process.
3. During the full evaluation process, a librarian will submit an updated resume.
4. A short evaluation, or update form, will be completed by each librarian each year that a long form is not required.

05/1982

LCOF recommended and faculty approved that a peer evaluation would not be done for first-year people. It also decided that a sabbatical or other long-term leave occurring in the review year would interrupt the three-year review cycle, postponing such a review by one year.

12/1985

LCOF recommended and faculty approved that peer reviews for reappointment would be conducted three years after the initial appointment and every six years thereafter. A long form would be done the third year following a peer review and short forms would be used for the other annual reviews.

2/1997

Library Faculty voted to utilize one form for all evaluation procedures and approved the new Librarian's Annual Report and Self-Evaluation Form

1998-2000

Various procedures were made to accommodate the team structure and evaluation performance under that structure

2/2001

Library Faculty voted to readopt the evaluation procedure and form approved in February 1997.

6/2003

Library Faculty voted to change the peer review to every four years, with new librarians having a review after the first two years. The peer review emphasized goal setting as well as reviews of the prior four-year period.

7/2003

Library Faculty voted to modify the Annual Report and Self-Evaluation Form to put Scholarship after Job Responsibilities, Service, and Professional Growth.