[Publib] Library Education, was:Jobs and People

[Robert Balliot]

ALA needs to do much, much more with activities that are not based on pay to
play.

The cost of  ALA effectively gears the organization to the needs of
executives. If
you can get time away from work, afford housing, transportation, membership
fees,
committee membership fees you get to participate. So, the interests of
Directors
and Vendors are well represented in committees.  It really is a stretch for
everyone else.

During the past ten years, the profession has steadily eroded. But, until
this budget
year it was not the executives or vendors facing cuts, it was everyone
else.  Snip
the budget here, cut a position or benefits there and you might even receive
a
bigger raise than the year before.

First they came for the support staff, and I said nothing since I was a
Director

Then they came for the catalogers, and I said nothing since I was a Director

Then they came for the reference librarians, and I said nothing since I was
a Director

Then they started closing libraries down altogether, and I went to a
committee meeting since I was a Director

R. Balliot
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com



On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Dale McNeill <dale.mcneill at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello all--
>
> I would encourage any of you interested in the currently proposed new
> Standards for ALA Accreditation to visit
> http://www.oa.ala.org/accreditation/
>
> Also, the Office for Accreditation is always seeking public library
> volunteers to serve on External Review Panels for Accreditation.  You can
> volunteer at
>
>
> http://www.ala.org/ala/educationcareers/education/accreditedprograms/resourcesforerp/index.cfm
>
> Panelists are not required to be ALA members.  There is training offered
> before each Annual Conference; however, you don't have to be registered for
> the conference to attend the training.  It's been very useful to me to learn
> more about the Standards, how they are implemented, and to be a voice for
> public libraries in the process of accreditation.
>
> Please note that because the Office for Accreditation must plan visits many
> months in advance and because each panel can have only one new member,
> volunteers generally don't serve right away.  So, it's well worth filling
> out the form even if you know you won't be available right away.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Dale
>
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/dalemcneill
>
>
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