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Introduced Version House Bill 2183 History

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H. B. 2183


(By Delegates Doyle, Manuel and Fleischauer)

[Introduced February 14, 2001 ; referred to the

Committee on Education then Finance.]





A BILL to amend article seven, chapter eighteen-b of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twelve, relating to higher education; personnel generally; and faculty status for professional librarians.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article seven, chapter eighteen-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twelve, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. PERSONNEL GENERALLY.
§18B-7-12. Faculty status for professional librarians.

(a) Any individual now serving as a full-time librarian in a library at a college or university under the jurisdiction of the governing boards of the state institutions of higher education, who holds a degree in library or information science based upon the successful completion of graduate work at an institution qualified and approved to offer the degree by the American library association, and any individual meeting this definition who is subsequently hired, shall be appointed as a full-time member of the faculty of that institution for purposes of position title, equitable salary, promotion, permanent appointment and termination. Professional librarians are eligible for all privileges common to classroom faculty and full-time librarians at each institution of higher education are regarded as an academic department or unit of comparable size to facilitate participation in campus governance.
(b) Upon the effective date of this section, librarians with at least five years of satisfactory service in their present state appointments shall be placed at ranks and salaries similar to classroom faculty with the same average years of experience. All librarians with less than five years in their present positions and subsequent appointees shall be granted a reasonable time to qualify for permanent appointments under applicable terms as adopted and approved by their respective institutions. The evaluation of librarians for purposes of promotion or permanent appointment shall, in all cases, be based in criteria related to the nature of librarianship and the distinctive contribution of librarians to the academic mission of the college or university.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that full-time professional librarians in the state college and university system are considered and treated as faculty members.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
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