Open AccessWithout Merit: One Library’s Attempt to Put “Merit” Back in “Merit Pay”
Author(s) -
Frada L. Mozenter,
Lois Stickell
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
college and research libraries/college and research libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.886
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 2150-6701
pISSN - 0010-0870
DOI - 10.5860/0700034
Subject(s) - merit pay , figure of merit , task (project management) , plan (archaeology) , computer science , work (physics) , task force , sociology , management , political science , public administration , economics , microeconomics , engineering , history , mechanical engineering , archaeology , computer vision , incentive
This article outlines a proposal developed at the University of North Carolina of a method for awarding merit pay to librarians. The library has a two-tiered structure that includes faculty who are tenured and others who work on contract. Because of this, the Acting University Librarian created two task forces to investigate ways to make merit pay equitable. Each task force developed a proposal that eventually was merged into one document. This article examines the process of developing a plan for merit pay and library faculty reactions to the plan.