Common use of Professional Performance and Knowledge Clause in Contracts

Professional Performance and Knowledge. There are many functions performed by librarians and archivists in varied contexts, but, of necessity, the primary responsibilities of librarians and archivists are to build sound collections in the Libraries, to establish effective bibliographic control over those collections and to assist students and faculty members in making effective use of the Libraries’ resources as they are required to support academ- ic and research pursuits. Since effective library service to the York community is the primary function of the Librar- ies, it follows that every librarian and archivist’s foremost responsibility is to provide a high standard of service to the community of users. Therefore, every librarian and archivist being evaluated for promotion to any rank, or for continuing appointment, must achieve at least high competence in this area. To determine a librarian and archivist’s effectiveness, the content of an individual’s job is considered in relation to the following factors: knowledge and application of biblio- graphic techniques; initiative and resourcefulness in prob- lem-solving whether bibliographic or managerial; quality of judgement in decision-making; understanding of library operations and purposes; ability to utilize current library techniques and theories; interaction with library personnel at all levels; effectiveness of contact with library users; degree of flexibility in accepting responsibility; adapting to and integrating new methods and technology to provide better library service; ability to plan and evaluate library services, resources and functions; level of knowledge of subject or foreign languages, if relevant to responsibilities; and ability to communicate effectively both in verbal and written form.

Professional Performance and Knowledge. There are many functions performed by librarians and archivists in varied contexts, but, of necessity, the primary responsibilities of librarians and archivists are to build sound collections in the Libraries, to establish effective bibliographic control over those collections collec- tions and to assist students and faculty members in making effective use of the Libraries’ resources as they are required to support academ- ic academic and research pursuits. Since effective library service to the York community is the primary function func- tion of the Librar- iesLibraries, it follows that every librarian and archivistlibrarian’s foremost fore- most responsibility is to provide a high standard of service to the community of users. Therefore, every librarian and archivist being evaluated for promotion to any rank, or for continuing appointment, must achieve at least high competence in this area. To determine a librarian and archivistlibrarian’s effectiveness, the content of an individual’s job is considered in relation to the following factors: knowledge and application of biblio- graphic techniquesbibliographic tech- niques; initiative and resourcefulness in prob- lemproblem-solving whether bibliographic or managerial; quality of judgement in decision-making; understanding of library operations and purposes; ability to utilize current library techniques and theories; interaction with library personnel at all levels; effectiveness of contact with library users; degree of flexibility flexibil- ity in accepting responsibility; adapting to and integrating new methods and technology to provide better library serviceserv- ice; ability to plan and evaluate library services, resources and functions; level of knowledge of subject or foreign languageslan- guages, if relevant to responsibilities; and ability to communicate commu- nicate effectively both in verbal and written form.