1 Full-time Faculty are employed by BAMSI for the entire Calendar Year.
2 It is understood that the needs of the College extend to all campuses.
3 It is expected that Faculty attend
3.1 Monthly General Faculty meetings.
3.2 Departmental meetings.
3.3 Graduation ceremonies.
3.4 Two (2) days of professional development, which shall be scheduled at the beginning of the Academic Year.
3.4.1 Should there be a need for additional professional development days, the Union shall be consulted.
3.4.2 The Union must be intrinsically involved with the planning of all professional development days, including the annual Faculty Seminar.
3.4.3 Professional development days shall not be scheduled on weekends or during midterm or any other official College breaks.
3.5 Other College milestones through invitation.
4 The Duties and Responsibilities of Librarians fall under three (3) general categories: Professional Duties, Research/Scholarship/Creative Work, and Service.
4.1 The duties of Librarians include, but are not limited to:
4.1.1 Cataloguing.
4.1.2 Participating in and/or overseeing collection development.
4.1.3 Conducting information literacy sessions.
4.1.4 Preparing of indexes, abstracts and maintenance of databases.
4.1.5 Providing reference services.
4.1.6 Developing training materials.
4.1.7 Evaluating library programmes.
4.1.8 Supervising and training library staff.
4.1.9 Analysing and reporting user behaviours and trends.
4.1.10 Planning and organising the work of a specific unit/branch and/or special projects.
4.1.11 Developing relevant policies, procedures and protocols.
4.1.12 Liaising with other units/branches, Schools/Units and Departments on libraryrelated matters.
4.1.13 Keeping current in one’s discipline and integrating current thinking from the discipline into practice.
4.2 Research/Scholarship/Creative Work includes, but is not limited to:
4.2.1 Research, scholarly and/or creative work within the member’s field that contributes to the expansion and application of knowledge and enhances library services, skills and learning;
4.2.2 Dissemination of work through publishing in respected publications, presentation of scholarly papers and exhibitions; and
4.2.3 On-going and major project development.
4.3 Service to the College and/or Community includes a minimum of four (4) hours per week of administrative and committee work which includes, but is not limited to:
4.3.1 Serving on College-wide committees or boards.
4.3.2 Participating in College-related activities, student activities, and/or special programmes.
4.3.3 Sharing of the administrative work of the branch, College and BAMSI.
4.3.4 Taking an active role in scientific, cultural, educational, professional, governmental, civic and social bodies and events, inclusive of serving on national and/or international committees, boards and commissions, together with those activities which are relevant to, and compatible with, the professorial role.
4.4 From time to time the Union shall appoint Members of the Union to ad hoc committees whose work shall be considered service to the College or Community and shall inform the College of the terms of reference for those committees and the names of appointees.
5 The duties of Librarians shall be assigned in a fair and equitable manner, in the case of the main library, by the Deputy Librarian, and in all other cases by the Librarian in charge of a branch in consultation with the Faculty Member on the basis of his/her skills, expertise, research interests and the needs of the campus.
5.1 The College Librarian shall have responsibility to monitor the assignment of duties.
5.2 In monitoring the duties of Librarians, it is the role of the College Librarian to ensure equity and adherence to College policies (provided these policies do not violate the terms of this Agreement).
6 Reduction of Librarian Duties
6.1 Faculty are required to inform their practices with research. The Employer shall provide the support services that are necessary for this to occur within approved budgetary allocations and/or the exigencies of the College.
6.2 Where a Faculty Member is involved in research that requires significant involvement, he/she may, in writing, request a reduction in workload. Such requests should be submitted to the Deputy Librarian or the Librarian in charge of a branch and copied to the College Librarian. Normally, a written request should be submitted four (4) months prior to the semester affected. Upon receipt of such requests, the Deputy Librarian or the Librarian in charge of the branch must respond to the Faculty Member in writing within ten (10) working days.