Academic Review Policies & Guidelines

Academic Status

Librarians are academic appointees at the University of California. Academic status confers privileges, rights, and responsibilities upon librarians as professional employees whose work is closely related to the teaching and research functions of the University. Based on academic traditions of autonomy and sustained professional growth, University support of professional development, self-governance, and discretionary use of time in the fulfillment of responsibilities reflect this distinction. Therefore, academic status includes but is not limited to: the freedom to perform a range of functions within the profession, a choice of avenues for professional development, performance evaluation based on activities relevant to the profession, review by one's peers, and job security as stated in University policies and contracts.

Peer Review

Librarians, like other academic staff, are evaluated for appointment, advancement, and promotion by committees of their peers, which are elected or appointed at each of the campus divisions. As with faculty, librarians are required to progress through the three ranks in the librarian series: Assistant Librarian, Associate Librarian, and Librarian. Librarians are evaluated on the basis of professional competence and quality of service rendered within the library and, to the extent that they are relevant, one or more of the following: professional activity outside the library; University and public service; and research and other creative activity.

Authorized salary scales for this series are issued by the University of California Office of the President.

• Represented Librarians Salary Scale

• Non Represented Librarians Salary Scale

Manuals

• Academic Personnel Manual (APM) - the policy manual for academic appointees in the UC system
  • APM 210-4 Appointment and promotion: Review and Appraisal Committees (PDF)
  • APM 360 Appointment and promotion: Librarian Series (PDF)
• Academic Review Procedures Manual (ARPM) - the procedures manual for Librarians at UC San Diego (revised April 2021)
  • Table of Contents
  • Appendix I - Documents Used in Academic Reviews for Librarians
  • Appendix II - Certification Checklist for Review of Librarians
  • Appendix III - Certification Checklist for Review of Academic Appointees
  • Appendix IV - Guidelines for Telephone Reference Checks
  • Appendix V - Document Checklist for Appointment Files to be Reviewed by CAPA
  • Appendix VI - UC Policy on Access to Academic Personnel Records
  • Appendix VII - LAUC-SD Guidelines & Expectations for Merit Increases
  • Appendix VIII - Ad Hoc Committee Report
  • Appendix IX - CAPA Committee Report
  • Appendix X - Statement of Goals
  • Appendix XI - Academic Review Action Summary Form
  • Appendix XII - Procedures for Updating the ARPM
• Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) - Memorandum of Understanding between UC-AFT and UC