<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Daureen,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">You might want to mention that some libraries have ditched their reference desks so 'Public Service' is no longer possible in that sense. Teaching and consultation are services that approximate public service, in that we are helping students, staff, and faculty find what they need. We are in the process of changing our promotion guidelines, and we have used the criteria name 'Librarianship and Teaching'. The librarianship criteria changes depending on whether we are in archives, cataloging, reference, etc.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I realize that a sea change such as this is hard, but maybe the staff needs to read 'New Roles for the Road Ahead' <a href="http://acrl.ala.org/newroles/">http://acrl.ala.org/newroles/</a> Embedded librarians and informationists and popping up everywhere, so we all need to try to redefine our promotion (and tenure if you are lucky) criteria.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Good luck,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Margaret</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Margaret Henderson, MLIS, AHIP<div>Associate Professor</div><div>Director, Research Data Management</div><div>VCU Libraries</div><div><a href="http://www.library.vcu.edu" target="_blank">www.library.vcu.edu </a></div><div><br></div><div>Room 146</div><div>Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences</div><div>Virginia Commonwealth University</div><div>509 North 12th Street<br>Richmond, VA 23298</div><div><br></div><div>(804)628-2714</div><div><a href="mailto:mehenderson@vcu.edu" target="_blank">mehenderson@vcu.edu</a></div></div></div></div>
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