Delegations of Authority for Academic Personnel Actions

On October 1, 2006, the Vice Provost-Academic Personnel, was delegated the authority by then-Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw to administer the academic personnel program for the UC Davis campus, including development of implementing procedures and application of the UC academic personnel policies.

This site provides guidance for understanding delegations of authority regarding academic personnel actions. These authorities are official only when documented in an official policy or delegation of authority at http://manuals.ucdavis.edu/da.

A: Approval authority RP: Review for adherence to policy I/R: Initiate action/Recommend R: Review R/R: Reviews/Recommends O: Optional Ad Hoc or Standing Committee review Librarian (including Law Librarian) (APM 360) Dean's Review Ad Hoc/Stand Final Review Appointment Assistant Librarian I/R RP R/R A 1 Associate Librarian/Librarian I/R RP R/R R/R RP O R/R RP A Merit Asst. Librarian, Step II-Librarian, Step V (uncontested) I/R RP R/R A Asst. Librarian, Step II-Librarian, Step V (contested) I/R RP R/R R/R RP R/R RP A To Librarian, Step VI - VII (uncontested or contested) I/R RP R/R R/R RP R/R RP A Accelerated Merit Librarian, All Accelerated Merits I/R RP R/R R/R RP R/R RP A Promotion Assistant Librarian to Associate Librarian I/R RP R/R R/R RP R/R RP A Associate Librarian to Librarian I/R RP R/R R/R RP R/R RP A Deferral One year deferral I/R RP A 1 University Librarian or Dean, School of Law each appoint own advisory review committees, when appropriate