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Volume 2, No. 3 • March 2005
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I want to be in the Spotlight!
Should You Do More With Less? NO!
By Judith A. Siess
In these trying financial times, many libraries are being asked to do more with less or at least do the same with less. What should we say to those who ask this of us? MORE
National Library Workers Day Is Tuesday, April 12: How Will Your Library Celebrate?
The second annual National Library Workers Day (NLWD) is coming soon! How will you celebrate it? It’s a day to honor our work in libraries and let our public know that “Libraries Work Because We Do.” Write ALA-APA with your celebration ideas or use the ones on the NLWD Web site). Submissions may be added to the Web site. ALA-APA is selling buttons with the theme for $5.00 each (bulk pricing available)—get yours now! MORE
New Issue of Woman’s Day Features “Librarians for a Day” and “Put It in Writing @ Your Library”
The March 8, 2005, issue of Woman’s Day magazine shadows two readers who wanted to spend a day in the life of a librarian. The article, titled “Bookworms,” shows and tells how the two women spent the day in their local public libraries, and the variety of activities they participated in and their impressions. MORE
Four members elected to ALA Executive Board and ALA-APA Board of Directors
Francis J. Buckley Jr., Terri G. Kirk, June A. Pinnell-Stephens, and Patricia H. Smith have been elected to serve on the American Library Association (ALA) Executive Board and the ALA-APA Board of Directors (interlocking boards). MORE
Nominate Your Institution for the EEOC Freedom to Compete Award
Time is running out to nominate your institution for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Freedom to Compete initiative. This is a national outreach, education and coalition-building campaign to emphasize the importance of providing free and unfettered access to employment opportunities for all individuals. MORE
University of South Florida Faculty Contract Update
In the December 2004 issue (1, no. 12), Library Worklife reported that the faculty of the University of South Florida had ratified the proposed collective bargaining agreement negotiated between UFF and the USF administration. The negotiated contract, as reported by the Jan./Feb. 2005 United Faculty of Florida Update, includes an expansion of academic freedom protections, including placing responsibility on the administration to address problems before they escalate. MORE
I want to be write about Career Advancement!
Getting Employers to Go Out on a Limb and Hire a New Graduate
By Elisa F. Topper
Editor’s Note: I think we’d all agree that it’s difficult to advance in a career if you can’t find a job. We’re reprinting this article by Elisa Topper about what you can do to help your chances at securing that first job. MORE
I want to be write about HR Law & Regulation!
Modifications to Flexible Spending Accounts “Use It or Lose It” Rules Rejected by the U.S. Department of the Treasury
US Senate Finance Committee Chair Charles E. Greeley and others were unsuccessful in their efforts to get the Department of the Treasury to modify Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) rules. They want to allow participants to be able to roll over balances of $500 or less to the next year. MORE
I want to be write about HR Practice!
Do Your Employees Really Know What Benefits They Have?
By Paula M. Singer, PhD, and Jeri Hurley, PHR, The Singer Group, Inc.
With the average library system spending nearly 40 percent of gross salary on employee benefits, extra attention needs to be given to communicating the value of these benefits to employees. MORE
I want to be write about Recruitment!
No Boundaries. No Limits. Know Your Library.
By Susan J. Kaplan
That’s the rallying call to all who live or work in New Jersey. The concept of the first ever statewide marketing campaign for New Jersey’s libraries was developed by marketing consultant Parker & Partners of Absecon, New Jersey. At its center is Super Librarian... MORE
I want to be write about Salaries & Pay Equity!
Reconsidering Salary Comparisons
By Jon Goodell
As librarians, we often tell ourselves that when compared with other professions, our salaries are unseemly low. As others have noted, there are many cultural and historical explanations for this disparity, not the least of which librarianship being an historically female dominated profession. Powerful professional associations also contribute to the economic and political authority well established professions maintain. I would like to suggest that when taken in the context of the cost of becoming a member of a profession; librarianship offers an attractive and feasible career path. MORE
I want to be write about Statistics!
Are Our Numbers Rising or Falling?
By Jenifer Grady, Editor
How should we interpret the statistics we hear? Most of the profession is retiring, there are fewer people going to library school, people of color aren’t going to library school, there are lots of jobs available, there are no jobs available, salaries are low, salaries are adequate? MORE
I want to be write about Support Staff!
Trish Palluck Is Library Journal Paraprofessional of the Year
Trish Palluck, of the Wyoming State Library, has been enthusiastically chosen as LJ Paraprofessional of the Year. MORE
Associates Subscribers Need to Resubscribe
A disaster befell the Associates electronic mailing list last month. Wendee Eyler, the Editor of Associates, reports that when the University of California, Riverside, switched to a new electronic discussion list machine, information from all 3,600 subscribers to Associates and AssociatesWeb were lost. MORE
I want to be write about Work/Life!
Featured Commentary-Sally in Libraryland
The People Who Make Our Lives Better
By Sally Decker Smith
You may wonder how I can be so sure I love your job when we’ve never met. Until a couple of years ago, it would not have occurred to me that it was possible, either. MORE
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