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Volume 2, No. 11 • November 2005
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I want to be in the Spotlight!
Spotlight on the Dynix–ALA-APA Award for Outstanding Promotion of the Salaries and Status of Library Workers
 LW: What was your thought when you found out you won the first Dynix–ALA-APA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Promoting Salaries and Status for Library Workers?
MF: I was very pleased. It was gratifying to get such recognition from my peers. As nice as the cash was it was nowhere near as gratifying as seeing how the salaries issue was institutionalized in the form of the ALA-APA. It meant that all of the work that my task force, many others, and I did was not going to disappear with my becoming an ALA past president. MORE
Google Librarian Center Newsletter
Google is launching a quarterly newsletter for librarians. According to the site, "Librarians and Google share a mission: to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. We support librarians like yourself who work each day to further that mission. This page is a first step toward improving and expanding that support." MORE
Chinese American Librarians Association Scholarships for 2006
The Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) is pleased to announce the availability of the 2006 CALA Scholarships to study Library and Information Science. MORE
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Awards More Than $22.3 Million in Health Information Technology Grants to States, Particular Emphasis on Rural and Underserved Areas
You may be living in an area that is benefiting from Health Information Technology Grants, another step towards Americans having standardized, electronic, and secure access to health care records. MORE
I want to write about Career Advancement!
Don’t Let Any “Digital Dirt” Bury Your Job Prospects
By Patricia Kitchen
This article is reprinted with permission from Newsday (NY) newspaper. It was originally published on August 21, 2005, in the Money and Careers Section, p. A59.
Most job hunters never even know when they've lost out on an interview because of “digital dirt.” That could include your chat room tirade on an ex-roommate's sex life or that photo of you and college buddies smoking something that’s not exactly tobacco—stuff a prospective employer finds by Googling your name that causes her to scratch you off the “to call in” list. MORE
I want to write about Certification!
I want to write about HR Law!
President’s Advisory Panel on Tax Reform Issues Report on November 1.
The President’s Advisory Panel on Tax Reform (www.taxreformpanel.gov) released a final report on November 1, 2005. President Bush established the bipartisan panel to review options for reforming the U.S. tax code to make it simpler and to stimulate economic growth. MORE
The Effect of California’s Proposition 13 on Library Funding
By Stephen Denney
According to the American Library Association, “many cities and counties throughout California are facing severe library funding cuts.” The problem is rooted in a state initiative passed in 1978, Proposition 13, which limits property taxes that can be collected on property owners to 1 percent of the assessed value, and for those who owned homes at the time it was passed, the property assessment was permanently fixed at the 1978 level. Although intended to help elderly homeowners, about 40 percent of those who benefited were businesses. MORE
Confessions of a Supreme Court Groupie
By George K. Pitchford, Esq.
I am a Supreme Court groupie, plain and simple. I wish I could just write this off as a side effect of being a lawyer, but I was a groupie long before law school. MORE
I want to write about HR Practice!
Revising an Employee Handbook
By Paula M. Singer, PhD, and Laura L. Francisco, PHR
An Employee Handbook is an important management tool to be used as an orientation for new employees and as a reference for veteran workers. Handbooks improve the efficiency and morale of employees by establishing guidelines and expectations for how employees work at an organization and by providing information regarding policies, procedures, practices, benefits, etc. MORE
I want to write about Recruitment!
Internships As Powerful Tools for Library Recruitment
By Casey Schacher
As many librarians are reaching retirement, recruitment is becoming an increasingly important topic. Library and Information Science programs face heavy competition from other educational programs. Often promising less pay than other careers, librarianship is overshadowed by more financially rewarding, better funded and highly advertised professions. Yet those in the field know the personal and professional rewards of library work. MORE
I want to write about Salaries & Pay Equity!
Library Journal Placements and Salaries 2004
Closing the Gap
In the October 15, 2005, issue of Library Journal, Stephanie Matta reports on the results from the 2004 survey. Almost two thousand (1,951) graduates of schools of information and library science responded. MORE
New Placement Data Just Released from Drexel University College of Information Science and Technology, September 2005
Master of Science (Library and Information Science) 2005 Graduates ... MORE
School Librarian Salaries for 2004/2005
The Educational Research Service conducted its National Study of Salaries and Wages in Public Schools for 2004/2005. School librarians were included. The results were published in the Apr. 13, 2005, issue of Education Week. It is the first time the data has been weighted. MORE
2004 Teacher Salary Survey
For the first time since the 1999/2000 school year, the average teacher salary failed to keep up with inflation, according to the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) latest salary survey. MORE
I want to write about Work/Life!
Research Shows Employees Enjoy Working With Colleagues, Supervisors
Despite the heavy workloads and tight deadlines they may face, employees are happy with the company they keep. Eight-seven percent of workers polled said they have good relationships with their supervisors; 91 percent feel the same about their relationships with their coworkers. MORE
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