Who Benefits? Unionization and Academic Libraries and Librarians

Applegate, Rachel

doi:10.1086/605383

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“…Although the focus of our inquiry is on Canadian universities, we broadened our literature review to include research conducted across North America due to the scarcity of research in this area. This review reveals that most research on academic librarians and faculty associations focuses on the history of unionization for librarians (Dekker 2014;Jacobs 2013;Hovekamp 2005), the extent of academic librarians' inclusion in faculty associations and bargaining units (Carmack and Olsgaard 1982;Riley and Moist 2018), the benefits of unionization (Applegate 2009;Carmack and Olsgaard 1982;Garcha and Phillips 2001;Hovekamp 1995Hovekamp , 2005Kandiuk 2014;Lee, Rogers and Grimes 2006;Mills and McCullough 2018;Spang and Kane 1997), librarian issues in collective agreements (Aby 2009;Harrington and Gerolami 2014), and the degree of parity between librarian and professor salaries and working conditions (Harrington and Gerolami 2014;Kandiuk 2014;Kandiuk and…”

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A Seat at the Table

Pash

Patterson

2023

Can. J. Acad. Lib.

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This paper reports on research into librarian participation on faculty association executive and collective bargaining teams at 46 Canadian universities at which librarians are in the same bargaining unit as professors. The goal of this study is to determine the extent of such participation on these key committees, whether such participation is mandated by governing documents or a matter of custom (or neither), and what barriers librarians face to such participation. The authors analyzed these associations’ constitutions and bylaws and then conducted interviews with faculty association leaders and librarian activists. Findings indicate that nearly half of the surveyed associations either have a mandated seat for librarians or make every effort to include librarians on their executive committees, and more than a third do the same for their collective bargaining teams. Many associations have had a librarian as faculty association president and a handful have had a librarian as chief negotiator. The most-cited barriers to taking on these leadership roles in the association are workload and the lack of or unsuitability of course release for librarians. The level of librarian participation in faculty associations across Canada is very encouraging, but many issues need to be addressed if librarians are to have a full seat at the table.

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Patterson

2023

Can. J. Acad. Lib.

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“…30 Research is highly encouraged on unionized settings in higher education and/or libraries, similar to the work of Applegate or Garcha and Phillips. 31 Anecdotal evidence suggests that temporary and part-time opportunities are less likely to be announced on even a local level because of the time and costs involved in advertising a position of any type. This study attempted to locate part-time and temporary jobs by collecting postings from selected cities and regions, compared to related studies that examine national occupational trends but fail to account for types of work other than full time professional.…”

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Employment Opportunities for New Academic Librarians: Assessing the Availability of Entry Level Jobs

Tewell¹

2012

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This study examines the availability of entry level positions in academic libraries to better illuminate the status of the job market for current students and recent graduates of Library & Information Science programs. Over a twelve month period from 2010-2011, 1385 job advertisements were collected, with content analysis methods used to evaluate each advertisement by level of position, institution type, location, department, and job type. Findings revealed one-fifth of jobs advertised to be entry level, with seventy percent of all positions offered by universities, and public services accounting for more than sixty percent of entry level employment opportunities. Further research was conducted by contacting Human Resources departments at 33 institutions to ascertain the experience backgrounds of successful hires.

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Iglesias¹

2010

An Overview of the Changing Role of the Systems Librarian

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Who Benefits? Unionization and Academic Libraries and Librarians

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

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Employment Opportunities for New Academic Librarians: Assessing the Availability of Entry Level Jobs

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