Loosening the ties that bind: Academic librarians and tenure

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 164-176

  Welch, Jeanie M ^a   Mozenter, Frada L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 33645792143     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl.67.2.164     Document Type: Article

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12. Ibid.
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17. Ibid.,
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44. Ibid.,
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49. Ibid.,
50. Slattery, "Faculty Status," 193.
51. Ibid.,
52. Ibid.,
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