Bringing Tenure Into the Digital Age

By LISA GUERNSEY

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Christine L. Borgman, who argues that tenure requirements need to be changed in a digital age.

New tools for analyzing information are arriving every day, but that doesn't mean scholars who use them well are being rewarded, says Ms. Borgman, a professor of information studies at the University of California at Los Angeles. She contends that the new "scholarly information infrastructure" must be shaped with collaborative, interdisciplinary