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Volume 2, No. 4 • April 2005
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Happy National
Library Workers Day!
I want to be in the Spotlight!
The History and Future of the American Library Association Pay Equity Committee
By Casey Schacher
For almost two decades, the ALA Pay Equity Committee has worked to secure fair pay for library professionals. Created in 1986, its main objective is to advance ALA efforts to end unfair compensation practices that discriminate against women. MORE
ALA-APA Focus Groups at Annual Conference
Have you found yourself asking, "What can the ALA-Allied Professional Association do for me? I work in a (fill-in-the-blank) library/position and there's nothing than can be done about my salary!" Test your assumptions by attending a focus group at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago in June. MORE
Announcing the first Canadian library support staff survey!
LTAIG, the Library Technicians and Assistants Interest Group of the British Columbia Library Association, conducted an informal survey of the educational and work experiences of Canadian library support staff. MORE
Put it in Writing @ your library®
On April 12 (and 13), 2005, several libraries across the country will be hosting writing seminars. MORE
I want to be write about Career Advancement!
Attention New Librarians and Career Changers
Identifying and Conveying Transferable Skills
By Julie Todaro
All too often professionals are both educated for and continue to "train" for and develop competencies (knowledge, skills/abilities, attitudes) specific to one type of library or information environment or one size of library or information environment. MORE
Volunteer Editors and Columnists Wanted!
ALA-APA is seeking volunteer editors and regular columnists for Library Worklife: HR E-News for Today's Leaders. This electronic publication reaches thousands of libraries and library workers each month, delivering high quality content. MORE
I want to be write about HR Law & Regulation!
Tick, Tick, Tick.
NCLB Requirements for Paraprofessionals in School Libraries
By Sharon L. Comstock
While the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is not new, a deadline is looming for many of our support staff in school libraries who are identified as "paraprofessional" in school districts nation-wide. With the 2005-2006 school year, aides and assistants in school media centers will need to have achieved minimum standards of qualification to retain their positions, or be in breach of the NCLB. MORE
I want to be write about HR Practice!
Tax-Deferred Plans Offer New Option for 2006
By Paula M. Singer and Jeri E. Hurley, The Singer Group, Inc.
Most employers are rightly focusing on benefits these days, particularly health benefits, as the costs for plans continue to increase by double-digit percentages. It is important that libraries, while thinking about the entire benefits package offered to employees, don't forget to spend some time thinking about pension plans. MORE
I want to be write about Recruitment!
ALA/ALA-APA webcast to explore how salaries affect library recruitment
Get your (virtual) seats now for the program that will provide more than anecdotal evidence of the connection between salaries and recruitment. The American Library Association (ALA) and the American Library Association-Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA) will mark National Library Workers Day with an April 12 live interactive webcast featuring research, resources and real-world examples of how salaries impact library recruitment activities. The program, called "Making the Connection: How Salaries Affect Recruitment in Libraries," will take place from noon to 1 p.m. EST. MORE
I want to be write about Salaries & Pay Equity!
Please Sir, Could I Have Some More?
Public Librarians and Salaries
By Tracey Simon
In the mid-1970s, when I told my parents I was considering becoming a librarian, they shuddered; to them, it was a one-way ticket to impoverished spinsterhood. Since they held the purse strings to my education, I surrendered my ambitions. Thirty years later (and married), I obtained my MLS and became a librarian after serving as a marketing coordinator for a non-profit enterprise. The change came with a difficult-to-swallow $14,000 pay cut. I believe that there are two major causes of this discrepancy. One is gender discrimination, which dates back to Mevil Dewey's day. The second cause, how librarians and our work are perceived, is rooted in the first but is more subtle and pervasive. MORE
I want to be write about Support Staff!
From FISH! to PEEP: Instituting a Recognition Program in the Midst of Budget Cuts
By Marcy Simons
This article is Part II of a series on using
FISH! Philosophy at the Hesburgh Library, University of Notre Dame (IN). The first article appeared in the February issue of LW (2, no. 2).
With the successful implementation of FISH! within the Stacks Management department, we were all ready to make believers out of the rest of the library, and then the economy took a downturn. MORE
I want to be write about Work/Life!
Can Rewards and Recognition Program Make a Difference?
Many would say, "Yes!" Find out why by viewing the webcast called "Five Undeniable Reasons Why You Should Use Employee Reward and Recognition Programs in Your Library," presented by Andrew Sanderbeck, founder of the People~Connect Institute. MORE
Worklife Questions for You
The writers of Library Worklife: HR E-News for Today's Leaders are interested in your answers to questions for upcoming articles. MORE
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