Creating a Balanced–Integrative eDossier
The eDossier system is used across the IU system. It has a series of defaults and options that candidates and reviewers have to work within. The IU Indianapolis P&T Guidelines document includes screenshots and descriptions of all folders.
Candidates will choose an area for excellence. For all integrative cases, the 'area of excellence' is 'balanced'.
Conceptually, for all cases, candidates have these four main components of the eDossier: CV, candidate statement, main dossier, and appendices.
- A CV in the appropriate style: either a "binned" CV (Vita-IU Indianapolis P&T in DMAI) or an integrative CV.
- A candidate statement (5-7 pages).
- Some schools have asked for a separate or additional diversity statement. This may be uploaded within the "Candidate Statement" folder as a separate, labeled, document, or, placed in the candidate statement PDF at the end. It does not count as part of the 5-7 page limit. Campus does not require this, but, if you do it, it goes here.
- Main dossier.
- For
balanced-integrative cases, place
all materials into
one Word document*, uploaded into the
first main folder. "Balanced-integrative" cases include DEI and Thematic.
- Leave all other folders empty, with zero documents.
- It is essential that you provide a clickable table of contents for this Word document.
- Between the candidate statement, any diversity statement, and all 'main folder' material, there is a limit of 50 pages maximum. (The CV is not included.)
- For
balanced-integrative cases, place
all materials into
one Word document*, uploaded into the
first main folder. "Balanced-integrative" cases include DEI and Thematic.
- Appendices.
- For balanced-integrative cases, place all appendix materials into one Word document, uploaded into the first appendix folder (in the first section, research).
- Campus does not use appendices. Be sure to include whatever your department or school requests. See the main Guidelines for other information.
*Word document. This is a CHANGE in advice for 2024: previously, we recommended using pdf consistently, however, this is usually inaccessible to screen readers. Any large document needs an internal organization for accessibility and readability. The easiest way to do this is to use Word to create a table of contents. If desired you can use bookmarks within PDFs.
Any candidates for the 2023-2024 cycle who have already prepared their materials do NOT have to re-format.
Note: All librarians will have a librarian-type eDossier structure, with folders set up for "performance," "professional development," and "service." All librarians have "performance" as their area of excellence.
- Librarians may upload materials separately into individual folders or as a single consolidated Word document in each of the three areas.