Election Procedures for Library Faculty

LIBRARY FACULTY ELECTION PROCEDURES

Elections for the Library Faculty Personnel Committee, Library Faculty Welfare Committee, and Faculty Senate are held in May by secret ballot. All library faculty including the University Librarian are eligible to vote for Faculty Senate. The University Librarian is ineligible to vote for the Library Faculty Personnel and Faculty Welfare Committees.

Library Faculty Personnel Committee: five librarians will be elected to one-year terms beginning the following fall. Consecutive terms are allowed. At least two librarians must be from the 5-year contract ranks. Candidates for 5-year contracts, their supervising librarians, and their family members are ineligible to serve on the Library Faculty Personnel Committee.

Library Faculty Welfare Committee: five librarians will be elected to two-year terms in two staggered groups. Consecutive terms are allowed. All librarians are eligible. A proportional representation percentage will be based upon the number of tenured librarians, librarians with 5-year contracts, and librarians with 1-year contracts. As of May 2009, the current proportional representation percentage requires that the committee include one tenured librarian, three librarians with 5-year contracts, and one librarian with a 1-year contract. The proportional representation percentage will be reviewed annually in May and changed as necessary.

Faculty Senate: two librarians will be elected to two-year terms beginning the following fall. Consecutive terms are allowed.

Ballots will be distributed by the chair of the Faculty Welfare Committee, who will count the ballots and report the results to the library faculty. In the case of a tie, a run-off ballot will be conducted under the same conditions. In the case of a second tie, the chair will invite the two candidates to a coin toss.

Approved by the Faculty Welfare Committee, September 24, 2007
Revised and approved by the Faculty Welfare Committee, May 4, 2009
Revised and approved by the Faculty Welfare Committee November 3, 2009

If you have questions, please email benedettis [at] uncw [dot] edu.

Last Update: November 3, 2009