ASSOCIATION FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE EDUCATION
STATISTICAL REPORT QUESTIONNAIRE 2002
PART I
FACULTY
Please complete the following contact information identifying the person completing this part of the Statistical Report. This will help if questions arise in interpreting the data. Please be sure to return this cover sheet with the questionnaire.
Name:
Title:
Phone Number:
Fax Number:
Email Address:
University:
If questions arise in completing this part of the questionnaire, or if you have comments on its content, please contact the author of this section:
Timothy W. Sineath
College of Library and Information Science
University of Kentucky
502 King Library Building, S.
Lexington, KY 40506-0039
Telephone: 859-257-8100
Fax: 859-257-4205
Email: tsineath@pop.uky.edu
PART I: FACULTY
1. Type of Academic Calendar in use in 2002-2003
Semester_____ Quarter_____
Trimester____ Other______
2. Full-Time Faculty: Fall 2002. In the following computation, include:
1) Full-time members of the school’s faculty, including administrative persons holding academic rank (or equivalent), whose salaries were at least in part from the school’s budget as appropriate;
2) instructional staff who gave full-time to the school, but whose salaries were paid from outside the school’s budget (e.g., full-time faculty paid from the president’s discretionary fund); and
3) faculty on leave if at least partial salaries were paid during the leave. “Visiting faculty,” should be included here if they were full-time during the term specified. Persons who devoted only a portion of their time to instruction (including research and service), even though they held academic titles (e.g., a library science librarian who taught one course) should not be included here but among part-time faculty in question number 3. Do not include unfilled positions.
Full-time faculty
No.
Fall term 2002 _____
3. Part-time Faculty: Fall, 2002. In the following computation of part-time faculty include:
1) individuals who have had the major share of the teaching responsibility for at least one credit course in the school. If a doctoral student was engaged by the school to assume the major share of the teaching of a credit course, that person should also be considered part-time faculty for the purpose of this survey.
2) A faculty member with a joint appointment in the school should also be included here. “Adjunct faculty” are often practicing librarians (including retired persons) who teach an occasional course for the school - they should also be counted here.
The following should not be included as part-time faculty:
1) students who assist a regular faculty in the teaching of a course;
2) a technician in charge of a laboratory session for such courses as cataloging or media production;
3) a librarian who instructs students in the use of the library; and
4) a librarian who provides internships for library and information science students.
In computing the full time equivalent (FTE) of part-time faculty, the institutional formula for this purpose should be followed:
No. FTE
Fall term 2002 _____ _____
Please provide the formula used to calculate FTE for part-time faculty:
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4. What was the average percentage of salary improvement for your school’s full-time faculty in Academic Year 2002-2003? __________________
5. On what basis were the salaries of your school’s full-time faculty increased in Academic Year 2002-2003?
(check all appropriate blanks)
Union Contract ___ Cost-of-living ___
Merit ___ Seniority ___
Across the Board ___ To Achieve Equity ___
(Without regard to merit)
Other (Please specify) ___
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6. How many full-time faculty replacements (resulting from resignations, retirements, etc.) were made in your schools in Academic Year 2001-2002? _______________
Please indicate below the rank of the individual/s who was/were replaced and the rank of the replacements, (e.g., “2 professors replaced by 1 associate and 1 assistant professor”, etc.)
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7. Indicate the number of unfilled, full-time faculty positions, for which funding was available, in your school in Fall 2002. _____
For each position, please indicate rank and the reason why the position was not filled. If the funding for these positions was used by choice or default to hire part-time faculty, still count them as unfilled, full-time faculty positions.
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8. Were any full-time faculty positions lost in your school in Academic Year 2001-2002, because of reduction of funding for such salaries? (That is, were there faculty who retired, resigned, etc., before or during 2001-2002 who could not be replaced because funding for those positions was not available in 2001-2002? __________________
If the answer is yes, please indicate the number and rank of each position lost?
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9. Were additional (new) faculty positions with new or reallocated funding created in your school in Academic Year 2001-2002? (Note that this question pertains to added positions not to replacements) __________
If the answer is yes, please indicate number and rank.
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10. What was the percentage value of faculty salary fringe benefits for Academic Year 2002-2003? (i.e., the financial worth of the institution’s contribution to retirement, health insurance, etc.) (This percentage figure is usually required in grant applications where faculty salaries are to be covered). ____________________
11. How many specific individuals on your school’s faculty, excluding the dean or director, received travel funds in Academic Year 2001-2002 (includes Summer 2002)?___________ DO NOT include here anyone who received travel funds exclusively to travel to teach in extension, distance learning, workshops, etc. ________________________
12. What was the total amount of funding for professional travel provided to and used by your faculty in Academic Year 2001-2002(includes Summer 2002)?. Exclude travel by the dean or director. (Funding, whether or not part of your school’s budget, that was provided through your institution for this purpose should be included when calculating the answer.) DO NOT include here travel to teach in extension, distance learning, workshops, etc. ________________________
What was the average amount received in Academic Year 2001-2002 (includes Summer 2002) per faculty member (excluding dean or director) who received professional travel assistance? _______________________
13. How many faculty at your school received sabbatical leave, or its equivalent, during Academic Year 2001-2002? __________________________
Check here if no such leaves are granted at your institution. ___
Please indicate the time and percentage of salary received by each faculty member on sabbatical leave during Academic Year 2001-2002. (e.g., one semester at 100%; a year at 50%).
Length of time: _______________ % of Salary:__________
Length of time: _______________ % of Salary:__________
Length of time: _______________ % of Salary:__________
14. Support Staff. Definitions for the following computations:
(a) Administrative support: Secretarial and other assistance provided to the dean, assistant dean, etc., in the administration of the school.
(b) Instructional support: Clerical and other assistance provided to faculty in their course preparation and teaching.
(c) Research assistance: Secretarial and other support provided to the faculty in their research activity.
(d) Media Services: Media technicians, graphic artists, and others who provide assistance in the production and use of non-print media.
(e) Library Personnel: Librarians and library assistants who serve in the library and information science library, whether their salaries are paid from the school’s budget or from that of the central library.
(f) Other: Any support staff beyond those listed above.
Any individual working full-time who has also enrolled in a course or two should be listed below in A, not B.
A. Support staff provided to the school in its budget or by the central administration in Fall 2002 (exclusive of part-time student assistance)
(a) Administrative support: Full-time staff __________
FTE of part-time staff ____
(b) Instructional support: Full-time staff __________
FTE of part-time staff ____
(c) Research assistance: Full-time staff __________
FTE of part-time staff ____
(d) Media services: Full-time staff __________
FTE of part-time staff ____
(e) Library personnel Full-time staff __________
FTE of part-time staff ____
(f) Computer lab support: Full-time staff __________
FTE of part-time staff ____
(g) Other: Full-time staff __________
(Please specify) __________
FTE of part-time staff____
B. Support staff provided in Fall 2002 through the use of student/graduate assistants who worked less than full-time.
(a) Administrative support: ___________ FTE
(b) Instructional support: ___________ FTE
(c) Research support: ___________ FTE
(d) Media services: ___________ FTE
(e) Library personnel: ___________ FTE
(f) Computer lab support: ___________ FTE
(g) Other: ___________ FTE
(Please specify) __________