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Collective Effort: The American Union and the American Public Library

Latham, Joyce M.; Ditzler, Wyatt E.

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Title
Collective Effort: The American Union and the American Public Library
Author(s)
  • Latham, Joyce M.
  • Ditzler, Wyatt E.
Issue Date
2010
Keyword(s)
  • Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science
  • Libraries and labor unions -- United States.
  • Library employees -- Labor unions -- United States.
  • Public libraries -- United States.
Abstract
Unions are a significant element in the library work place, yet there is little discussion of their significance or impact. This article investigates the structures of the unions within the public library in the United States, highlighting the complexity of composition, variance of relationships to library administration, and the simplicity of mission of the union leadership. Results of a brief survey enabled researchers to engage four union officers on areas of significance to them. While concerns over salaries and funding continuity generate concern, discussion also engaged on the perceived value of the professional librarian within public libraries.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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Copyright 2010 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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Library Trends 59 (1-2) Summer/Fall 2010: Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science, Part 2 PRIMARY
Library Trends 59 (1-2) Summer/Fall 2010: Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science, Part 2. Edited by Joanne Gard Marshall, Susan Rathbun-Grubb, Deborah Barreau, and Jennifer Craft Morgan