[Libs-Or] FW: Libs-Or Digest, Book Talk Preparation and Compensation

[Betty Joe]

Jane, tthank you for summing that up!

If you are a represented employee in Oregon City, you are forbidden to work
off the clock.  This conversation has not been about whether one is a
committed librarian, but rather whether one is a union-represented
librarian.

And I agree.  All the librarians I know are represented, unless they are
also management.


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[mailto:libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Kirby Jane S
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 1:51 PM
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Subject: Re: [Libs-Or] Libs-Or Digest, Book Talk Preparation and
Compensation

I have two points to add to this very interesting discussion of compensation
for book talks.

1) Bob Jones offered very useful insights regarding fair labor standards and
union contracts in his LIBS-OR post regarding book talk
preparation/compensation. Thanks Bob!  I question, however, if most
professional librarians are indeed "salaried employees." Aren't most
non-management public librarians "hourly" employees? (I've been in this
business for 25 years and have always received overtime or comp time when my
schedule exceeded 40 hours/week.)  

2) Another aspect of this question is librarians' equity with
municipal/county government professionals of similar education and work
responsibility. For example, would a non-management accountant, planner, or
recreation specialist be expected to produce assigned work beyond 40 hours
without overtime pay or comp time? Probably not.

While I agree that librarianship is indeed a vocation -- and a wonderfully
fulfilling, world-changing one, at that -- working "off the clock" only
perpetuates the expectation that librarians work for the "good of humanity"
and somehow don't require the funding, stability, and professional
recognition given to other civil servants. 

Volunteering to read, reading for the "love of reading" or reading for
professional development is not the same as being expected to read for a job
assignment. I'd lean towards compensating this employee.  

Best regards,

Jane Kirby, MLS
Librarian
Oregon OSHA Resource Center
350 Winter St. NE
Salem,  OR 97301
www.orosha.org
800-922-2689
503-947-7456



 
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