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I want to be in the Spotlight!
Facebook Etiquette—What Should You Do When Your Boss Sends You A “Friend” Request on Facebook?
By Eileen Bosch, Sr. Assistant Librarian, California State University–Long Beach
Many of my library colleagues are asking: what is the netiquette in dealing with unsolicited invitations, especially when they come from a boss or supervisor on Facebook? Should the invitation be rejected, or should you just pretend you never saw the request? The ramifications of accepting or rejecting online invitations from your boss could be any of the following: a) if you accept, you may run the risk of sharing way too much personal information, more than you would like a boss or any other co-workers to know about your life outside the workplace; or b) if you reject, your boss may feel offended or think you are just ignoring him or her, which could jeopardize the dynamics between the two of you at work. With the popularity of Facebook (200 million users) and other social networks, every library employee can use some netiquette rules and tips to avoid having frequent collisions between their personal and professional lives. MORE
Library Restores Hours, 3 Jobs; State Aid Figures Beat Expectations
A petition to restore the $150,000 cut from the Haverhill Public Library’s fiscal 2010 budget resulted in $65,000 being returned. This restoration will allow the library to rehire three to four of the six employees laid off in June. MORE
GRRL may restructure staff
By Kirsti Marohn, St. Cloud Times (Minnesota): July 8, 2009
Loss of state aid cuts county funding
The number of Great River Regional Library branch library managers may be reduced by one half, a result of a recent loss in Minnesota state aid. The laid off employees would be encouraged to apply for positions of similar responsibility but with lower status and salaries. MORE
I want to write about Career Advancement!
Fostering Lifelong Learning: Successful Staff Development Programs
By Melissa Mallon
Many library employees spend a good part of their day thinking about the best way to educate patrons about the library’s services and resources. However, patrons are not the only ones with educational needs; librarians and support staff alike require access to continuing education opportunities. Such opportunities not only enhance staff’s interactions with patrons but also help the staff grow professionally. MORE
New ALA Web site helps library job seekers succeed
A new American Library Association (ALA) Web site — Get a Job!, http://getajob.ala.org — offers library-job seekers advice, resources, links, best practices and real-life examples. Full of advice for finding a job in the current tough economy, it features information from a range of ALA divisions and units, as well as links to information about general best practices in job seeking. MORE
I want to write about HR Law!
Ohio Senate Spares Libraries Further Cuts
CHICAGO – The Ohio Senate has decided for the time being to remove the state’s libraries from the chopping block.
The Senate passed a continuing resolution and approved an interim budget, delaying until July 7 its decision on how to plug a $3.2-billion gap in its $54-billion budget. The measure, which is expected to pass the House, would fund state programs at only 70 percent of their current level. It would also authorize the governor to dip into rainy-day funds to balance the budget. However, no cuts would apply to the Public Library Fund. Library funding would remain unchanged in the interim budget. MORE
I want to write about HR Practice!
Discipline: When and How
By Raphael Jackson
For many, the verb “to discipline” has a negative connotation; commonly, we use “discipline” as a synonym of “reprimand.” Yet the verb’s etymology reveals a surprisingly positive root, the noun “disciple,” or student. This etymology suggests a different way of approaching disciplinary action: when we discipline an employee, rather than “dressing them down” or “putting them in their place,” we are actually turning poor performance or insubordination into part of the learning process. MORE
I want to write about Recruitment!
Developing a Model Advising Program at the School of Library and Information Studies at The University of Alabama: Part II
By Irina Stanishevskaya, Emily Tish, Dusty Folds, Jamie Fowler, Sarah McGhee, Mary Ann Plant and Madeline Sims
Library Worklife is proud to present a project by University of Alabama students to design a model advising program at the university’s School of Library and Information Studies. This second part of the two-part article explores students’ reactions the prospect of an advising process; advising model programs at other universities; and the advising program the authors ultimately devised, which incorporates e-portfolios, plans of study and an advising website. MORE
Librarians wanted
A new media campaign promoting career librarianship, sponsored by the Montana State library, attempts to attract certified library professionals to the state.
The State Library’s Development Director, Sue Jackson, notes that “there’s a shortage of professionally trained librarians. Lots of libraries aren't able to hire librarians with master's degrees.” MORE
I want to write about Salaries!
Deadline August 15: Library Journal Salary Survey
If you graduated with a Master's in 2008 and haven't heard from your school about Library Journal’s annual survey of salaries and placements, please let your school know that you want to participate. MORE
I want to write about Statistics!
Librarian Salary Survey reports mean librarian salary $58,860, median $54,500 in 2009
CHICAGO - Results from the 2009 edition of the “ALA-APA Salary Survey: Librarian - Public and Academic” are available in two ways – immediately for subscribers to the ALA-APA Library Salary Database and in print from the American Library Association (ALA) online store. Analysis of data from more than 1,179 public and academic libraries showed themean salary for librarians with ALA-accredited master’s degrees reported decreased less than 1 percent from 2008, down $100 to $58,860. The median ALA MLS salary was $54,500, 2 percent higher than in 2008, and salaries ranged from $22,000 to $256,800. ALA-APA thanks all the library staff who completed the survey on behalf of their institutions and state data coordinators and ALA state chapter Councilors who alerted libraries. MORE
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Mental Illness in the Library Workplace
By Carole Thompson
Anyone who’s worked in or around libraries for a while knows that they can be home to persons with truly eccentric personalities. But what if a colleague or patron’s behavior exceeds the eccentric? The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that mental disorders can affect up to 48 percent of us at some point in our lives. In times when stresses are increasing, whether they come from economic, professional or personal sources, fragile people are even more likely to move beyond reasonable boundaries into a compromised state of mind. Being sensitive to your colleague’s state and familiar with some typical symptoms or behaviors can not only help them, but everyone around them who may suffer when the problematic behavior affects the workplace and, likely, employee productivity. MORE
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Editors: Jenifer Grady, Jamie Bragg
Index of all articles from volume 1, no. 1, though volume 6, no. 6.
NPR librarians blog on As A Matter of Fact, a blog by and for the audio-loving, fact-finding, truth-seeking, pop-culture-fiending, news-addicted librarians of the world.
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