ABSTRACT
The world of scholarly communication, in particular, and publishing, in general, is changing because of the technologies that have been developed with the Internet. For academics, the publication of articles in scholarly journals or monographs is essential to obtaining tenure and promotion. While professional associations can suggest guidelines, they are not binding on the institutions or their faculties. Universities and departments can, on the other hand, adopt guidelines that will make the process of evaluation more transparent in the university setting. Library Faculty Affairs Committee (LFAC) had decided in the February meeting to follow the pattern of the American Association for History and Computing (AAHC) guidelines, and include instructions for both the institution and the faculty member. While looking to the Association for Research Libraries and the Association for College and Research Libraries for similar examples of such policy statements and other materials that would be of assistance in the effort.
