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I want to be in the Spotlight!
Now accepting nominations for the Dynix-ALA-APA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Promoting Salaries and Status for Library Workers
Dynix Corporation and ALA-APA invite you to submit your nominations for the Dynix-ALA-APA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Promoting Salaries and Status for Library Workers. The award will be given to an individual, group of individuals or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to improving the salary and status of library workers in a local, regional or national setting. The recipient will receive $5,000 and be recognized at the ALA-APA Networking Breakfast at the 2005 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. MORE
Call for Movers and Shakers
The editors of Library Journal need your help in identifying the emerging leaders in the library world. Our fourth annual Movers & Shakers supplement will profile 50-plus up and coming people for across the United States and Canada who are innovative, creative, and making a difference. From librarians to vendors to others who work in the library field, Movers & Shakers 2005 will celebrate the new professionals who are moving our libraries ahead. Go to LibraryJournal.com and nominate someone today. MORE
Medical Library Association Scholarship
The Medical Library Association is offering a scholarship of up to $5000 to encourage library school students who show excellence in scholarship and potential for accomplishment in health science librarianship. MORE
Shirley Olofson Memorial Award Application
The Shirley Olofson Memorial Award is presented annually in honor of Shirley Olofson, a well-respected former NMRT President, who died during her term in office. The award, which is intended to help defray costs to attend the ALA Annual Conference, will be presented in the form of a check for $1,000 during the 2005 Annual Conference in Chicago. MORE
I want to write about Career Advancement!
Who Me? Write an Article?
by Mary Pergander, Lake Bluff Public Library
That’s what many librarians thought before they had something published. “Actually, it was easier than I thought it would be,” says Sally Decker Smith, Head of Adult Services, Indian Trails Public Library District. In fact, her first attempt was a “Sally in Libraryland” essay in the ILA Reporter. Since then, her popular essays have become a regular feature in that publication. MORE
Dynix Institute Web Seminar Archive
The Dynix Corporation provides free Internet seminars, presented by library leaders on a wide variety of timely topics. Andrew Sanderbeck will tell you why reward and recognition programs should be used in libraries on November 5 th , and Ann Seidl, the Hollywood Librarian, will be featured on November 9 th . Both are from 8–9 a.m. PST. And if you miss it, not to worry! MORE
Conference Funding for New Members
The purpose of the 3M/NMRT Professional Development Grant is to encourage professional development and participation by new ALA members in national ALA and NMRT activities. Applicants must be personal ALA/NMRT members who are working within the territorial United States. MORE
I want to write about Certification!
ALA Library Support Staff Interests Round Table Stand on Certification
At the LSSIRT Business/Membership meeting held Friday, Jan. 24, 2003, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center a stand on certification was taken. MORE
I want to write about HR Practice!
Pay Equity
Women Can’t Just Work Harder
By Casey Schacher
Do you get paid what you’re worth? If you are a woman living in the United States, you might not be. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, women earn substantially less than men. In fact, a 2003 study showed that female salaried workers earned 77.6 cents for every dollar that male salaried workers made. For every five days a male works, a female labors for 7 days to earn the same amount. MORE
I want to write about Recruitment!
Thy Right Hand Knoweth Not .
By Marylaine Block
Have you noticed an interesting dichotomy between our profession’s theory and practice regarding recruitment? While our professional organizations and journals are working hard to recruit the next generation of librarians before we all retire en masse in the next ten years, library administrators and coworkers are treating newly minted young librarians badly—as Rachel Singer Gordon says, “some of us might cynically think ALA’s true campaign recruitment motto is ‘Recruit, Refuse, Ridicule.’” MORE
I want to write about Salaries & Pay Equity!
New Hay Group Study Finds that 2004 Salary Increases For Most Employees Remain Lower Than Historical Average of 4.0%
PHILADELPHIA, September 27, 2004—Median annual merit increases for most employees remain below historical averages in 2004 according to new data released by Hay Group this week. Average 2004 pay raises for blue collar (3.0%), nonexempt (3.5%), and professional/managerial employees (3.5%) remain at 2003 levels, which were lower than previous years’. While median increases for executives (3.5%) are up from 2003, they are still below 2001 levels. MORE
I want to write about Statistics!
Librarian Salaries Increase Less Than Other Civilian Workers
Latest ALA survey shows a 2.3% gain
Mary Jo Lynch
Since 1982 (annually since 1988) ALA has collected and published data on salaries paid to librarians in academic and public libraries that have at least two professionals. This has been done because people often ask ALA to tell them what salary might be paid to a librarian in a particular type of position, working in a particular type of library, in a particular part of the U.S. MORE
Salary Survery Results
Library Journal published its annual salary survey in the October 15 issue. The survey asks recent library school graduates about their current positions and salaries. Starting salaries in 2003 average $37,975, up 1.48% over 2002. Equity is still an issue, as are lower salaries earned by minority librarians. MORE
I want to write about Support Staff!
Good News!
Successful Reclassification at the Huntington Beach Public Library
Julie Bixby is an Accounting Technician II at Huntington Beach Public Library (HBPL). She shared the story of how she found herself with more responsibilities after a colleague retired. She worked with her library’s director and the Human Resources department to reclassify her position. MORE
I want to write about Work/Life!
Intergenerational Relations
This topic is so important that it’s a Library of Congress subject heading. As is "Conflict of Generations." A body of literature is growing that helps us understand how we can all get along better. The value of exploring this topic is that it can illuminate the cause of confusion and discord both at work and at home. Are you a Boomer who is caring for aging parents in your home and unsure of why your parents disagree with the way you run your household or a Traditionalist in the workplace, managed by a Gen Xer who is on her third job by the age of 30? MORE
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