Academic Professional Status: An Alternative for Librarians.

Bechtel, Joan M.

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Publication Date: 1985

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Academic Professional Status: An Alternative for Librarians.

Bechtel, Joan M.

Journal of Academic Librarianship, v11 n5 p298-92 Nov 1985

Details the evolution of the status of "academic professional" developed at Dickinson College to fill the need for a professional category for librarians and others who are neither administrators nor faculty. Faculty status, contract status, the tenure crunch, noncompetition, and arguments for the integrity of the category are highlighted. (EJS)

Descriptors: College Libraries, Contracts, Higher Education, Librarians, Occupational Information, Professional Recognition, Tenure

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