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crl-15786	Welch, Jeanie M.; Mozenter, Frada L.	Loosening the Ties that Bind: Academic Librarians and Tenure	2006	13	.pdf	application/pdf	6565	351	46	Does it make university com- mi ee membership more meaningful by making librarians’ opinions and concerns more valid?36 A number of surveys speak to this question and have addressed the following topics: • Satisfaction with faculty status, based on type of institution, academic rank, promotion history, primary area of responsibility, years of experience, tenure status, and gender; • Differences with regard to library governance structure; • Differences in eligibility for mem- bership in the faculty governing body; • Effects on salary scales; • Differences in promotion policies; • Differences in obtaining leaves of absence or sabbaticals; • Differences in funding opportuni- ties for research projects; • Differences in academic freedom; • Examined library faculty participa- tion in governance.37 As a result of the developments re- garding tenure for library faculty at UNC Charlo e, two members of the library faculty did a literature review to try to de- termine if faculty status and tenure made a difference in librarians’ professional lives. The 168 College & Research Libraries March 2006 interim provost was instituting a new status for library faculty under Special Faculty Appointments, as provided for in the university’s tenure policy.	cache/crl-15786.pdf	txt/crl-15786.txt