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MLA Guidelines for Evaluating Computer-Related Work in the Modern Languages (1986)
Faculty members who pursue computer-related work as part of their formal assignments should be prepared to make explicit the results, theoretical basis, and intellectual rigor of their work, as well as its relevance to the discipline.
MLA Guidelines for Evaluating Work with Digital Media in the Modern Languages (2000)
Document and Explain Your Work. Faculty members who work with digital media should be prepared to make explicit the results, theoretical underpinnings, and intellectual rigor of their work. They should be prepared, to the same extent that faculty members in other fields are held accountable, to show the relevance of their work in terms of the traditional areas of teaching, research, and service. You should take particular care to
- Describe how your work may overlap or redefine the traditional categories.
- Describe the process underlying the creation of work in digital media (e.g., the creation of infrastructure as well as content).
- Describe new collaborative relationships with other faculty members and students required by your work in digital media.
MLA Task Force on Evaluating Scholarship for Tenure and Promotion (2006)
3. The profession as a whole should develop a more capacious conception of scholarship by rethinking the dominance of the monograph, promoting the scholarly essay, establishing multiple pathways to tenure, and using scholarly portfolios.
4. Departments and institutions should recognize the legitimacy of scholarship produced in new media, whether by individuals or in collaboration, and create procedures for evaluating these forms of scholarship.
...but
35%-50% of department chairs reported no experience evaluating scholarly work produced in new forms by candidates for promotion and tenure
41% of Carnegie Doctorate-granting institutions reported having no experience in evaluating refereed articles in electronic format
66% reported no experience in evaluating scholarly monographs in electronic format
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