I'm really glad that the issue of LIS staff being demoted within the sytem
is at last being mentioned - so far these last 3 years NOBODY seemed to be
taken this demotion of LIS staff seriously (look at some jobs - Acting
librarian of a specialised medical library, appointed at AR1, in central
London - any receptionist makes more than 21k a year).
A recent joke: applying for an indexer (specialised) job "to fit in with
your other academic duties" (not advertised in the CILIP supplement, that I
recall, which is usually taken to mean serious money). When I finally go to
the interview (the wait, the room I had to wait in, all was signalling
"oh-oh" to me, but decided to be "positive"). The fact that they didn't
answer my email regarding "salary negotiable" should have rung strong bells
- the top salary for this was no more than 15k, pro rata (remember what a
senior official said recently about the Ian Huntley case "what kind of
people you get for 15k ?").
Emilce Rees
>From: Sue Lawson <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Sue Lawson <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Looking for a job?
>Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 12:42:42 -0000
>
>Laura wrote "However I'm feeling quite positive about a pilot job
>evaluation scheme
>we're involved in at the moment."
>
>After recent job evaluations in Manchester Library and Information Service
>librarians (scale 4-6) no longer exist and are to be replaced by Library
>and Information Officers (scale 5). No formal library or information
>management qualifications are necessary.
>
>Sue Lawson
>Librarian
>Manchester Library and Information Service
>Central Library
>St Peters Square
>Manchester
>M2 5PD
>
>Tel: 0161 234 1995
>Fax: 0161 237 5974
>Email: [log in to unmask]
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