TENURE AND PROMOTION - A STUDY OF PRACTICES BY INSTITUTIONAL TYPE

A survey sent to research, doctorate-granting, comprehensive, and libe ral arts institutions across the U.S. provides information on how eval uation criteria for academic librarians vary among different types of institutions. Job performance is almost universally considered; doctor ate-granting and comprehensive universities are more likely to require evidence of publication than are either research or liberal arts inst itutions. Knowledge of the differences among institutions may help lib rarians in making career decisions.