Why does the current Annual Update form ask faculty to “attach reprints where applicable”?
Departments should have the recent peer-reviewed publications of all faculty on file, particularly non-tenured, tenure track faculty. As mentioned in the previous question, tenured faculty should have ready access to peer-reviewed publications of non-tenured, tenure tack faculty; and the Chair should have access to the recent peer-reviewed publications of all faculty the better to take account of longer-term research and writing agenda. Thus, attaching reprints of peer-reviewed publications is essential when Annual Updates are submitted to the Chair. It is, however, not necessary for the Chair to forward these publications to the Dean, except for special reasons. The Dean’s office does not have room to store such publications, except in special circumstances. Such “special circumstances” include: the publication of a particularly prestigious publication to which the Chair’s letter calls special attention; a disagreement between the Chair and a faculty member over the quality of a publi
