Education, Personnel, and Academic Status
ACRL is the source that the higher education community looks to for standards and guidelines on academic libraries.ACRL promulgates standards and guidelines to help libraries, academic institutions, and accrediting agencies understand the components of an excellent library. These standards, guidelines, and model statements are reviewed and updated by the membership on a regular basis.
A listing of ACRL standards and guidelines for Education, Personnel, and Academic Status is below. An alphabetical listing of all topic areas is also available. For other ACRL Board-approved documents that are not Standards & Guidelines, go to White Papers & Reports.
Education, Personnel, and Academic Status
Guidelines for Academic Status for College and University Librarians (January 2007)
Statement on the Certification & Licensing of Academic Librarians (June 2007)
Guideline on Collective Bargaining (Jan. 2001)
A Guideline for the Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure of Academic Librarians (June 2005)
Joint Statement on Faculty Status of College and University Librarians (June 2007)
Standards for Faculty Status for College and University Librarians (June 2007)
A Guideline for the Screening & Appointment of Academic Librarians Using a Search Committee (2004)
Statement on the,Terminal Professional Degree for Academic Librarians (June 2007)