Document Everything: A Tenure Tracker for Academic Librarians

“Document everything, and I mean EVERYTHING!” is the advice constantly given to tenure-track faculty. Tenure-track faculty librarians are no exception to the mantra of documenting everything, including simple daily activities and major projects or programs. The tenure portfolio represents years of documented work and experience necessary to achieve tenure. The advice succinctly captures the goal to document work over an extended period spanning multiple years, but that advice rarely comes with a how-to guide or any meaningful suggestion on how to do it. Literature1 about librarians on the tenure track provides insight into the experience but not a way to document the daily work of trying to achieve tenure. How do you document everything as an