| Volume 3, No. 9 • September 2006
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I want to be in the Spotlight!
Introducing George Cigale and Tutor.com
LW: Tell us about your journey to becoming CEO of Tutor.com.
GC: I started working full-time on making Tutor.com a reality in 1998, but it had been growing as an idea in the decade before. As a part-time tutor in the late 1980s, I saw first-hand dozens of times how one-to-one help at the right time can make a struggling student into a confident and capable one, and I saw how hard it was for parents to find help for their children. MORE
Ask a Working Woman Survey—AFL-CIO
The header for this survey reads: Working women know the importance of a good job in a just economy. MORE
Gathering at the Waters: Joint Conference of Librarians of Color
The Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC) is the first-ever national conference to be held and sponsored by the five caucus associations of color at the same time in the same place. It will be held October 11-15, 2006, in Dallas, Texas, at the Adams Mark Hotel. MORE
NCES Definition Does Not Include Librarians
Although, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) used a new breakout of expenditures for its report on public elementary and secondary education for the 2003–04 school year, this has not realigned school librarians with the instruction category they desire. Previously, the breakout was: instruction, support services and noninstruction, which placed librarians and library aides with support services. The new breakout is instruction and instruction-related, student support services, administration and operations. MORE
Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Board OKs Union Vote
On August 17 th , the IMCPL Board of Trustees meeting the board passed a resolution that establishes a process by which IMCPL workers can choose an employee organization. MORE
West Virginia Libraries Struggle with Funding
By Bob Schwarz, The Charleston Gazette (WV), August 12, 2006
[J.D.] Waggoner [Executive Director of the West Virginia Library Commission] wants to help Richwood with just a small part of that $800,000 special projects money, but he doesn’t want to proceed without some sort of OK from lawmakers [to fund issues such as the fact that] small rural libraries continue to lose employees who hold master’s degrees in library science, Waggoner said. That recently happened to the McDowell, Mason and Taylor county library systems. MORE
Library Gets Bigger Budget
By Jacqueline Cochran, Daily World (Opelousas, LA), August 9, 2006
In a gesture of support for the city’s ongoing library woes, Opelousas Mayor Anna Simmons and all six city aldermen gave money that was supposed to go toward a proposed raise for themselves to the Opelousas Public Library following a plea by library chairman Estelle Perrault for help with rising operation costs. MORE
I want to write about HR Law & Regulation!
Definition of a Dependent Changes for Flexible Spending Accounts
By Dorothy Ragsdale
The Internal Revenue Service has provided an updated definition of dependent for individuals participating in a flexible spending account. MORE
I want to write about HR Practice!
Resolve Conflict: Take Time to Discover the Other Party’s Concern
By Christine Martin
How much of your workday do you spend dealing with conflict? According to one expert, most of us spend 20 percent of our time dealing with irritations, frustrations, and annoyances (at least seemingly) caused by other people. MORE
Fired By Text Message?
On August 14, 2006, the Middle East Times reported that a 21-year old sales assistant was fired via text message. MORE
I want to write about Salaries & Pay Equity!
Librarian Minimum Salary Survey
By Michael McGrorty
The results of a recent survey reveal a strong desire for the establishment of minimum salaries for librarians. The survey, conducted online over a period of forty days, was advertised on various library electronic discussion lists and received approximately 700 responses. Survey results follow; most common responses are highlighted. MORE
I want to write about Support Staff!
How to Journal Ideas: A follow-up to “Journal Yourself to Success!”
By Catherine Hakala-Ausperk
Can you name the five most recent workshops you've attended? How about the one key thing you learned from each? ...
Can't remember? Join the club. ...
Earlier this year, Library Worklife published an article entitled “Journal Yourself to Success!” ... Some readers ... wondered, more practically, how to pull off the arduous task of almost daily record-keeping? The first tip is to convince yourself that it's worth it.
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Massachusetts Library Association (MLA) Paralibrarian Section: Exploring the Possibilities
By Allison DaSilva, Chair, MLA Paralibrarian Section
RECOGNITION, APPLAUSE, AWARDS, congratulations and thanks! A mission of the Massachusetts Library Association (MLA) Paralibrarian Section is to enhance opportunities for paralibrarians and to develop career awareness. To promote those goals, the committee has initiated two exciting programs: The Paralibrarian Awards and the PAralibrarian Recognition of Achievement (PARA) program. MORE
I want to write about Work/Life!
Juggling Life and Home Responsibilities
By Angela L. Green
I remember my first day of class as a Master’s in Library and Information Science student at Dominican University. The professor asked each of us in the class to name the accomplishments we would like to achieve within the next two years while in the program. I naively said I would like to get married, have a baby, and finish my MLS, all while working full-time. My classmates laughed and said that I was crazy, but I was determined to do it. MORE
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