I've only just reached the +£20K and I'm 61 - so you may have to wait a bit!
Christine
Christine Reid
NHS Staff Library, Education Centre
Seacroft Hospital
York Road, Leeds LS14 6UH
Phone (0113) 2063675
Fax (0113) 2063325
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Please visit our website at www.leedsth.nhs.uk
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Please can someone show me a qualified librarian post paying more that £20K.
I have an undergraduate degree, and a postgraduate qualification and I have been working for a university for 2 years. I still
earn less than £20K, and don't expect to reach these dizzy heights for another couple of years.
A simple search on LisJobnet would reveal to any potential librarians that the profession is not well paid.....and that the
professional body is willing to let this be the case.
I have just been through the rigmarole of chartership, and while I think it was a worthwhile excercise for my personal development
I am seriously considering both my future in the profession and whether I wish to continue being a member of CILIP. I am worth
more.
Pam
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From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Claire Abbott
Sent: 27 October 2004 10:43
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Young librarians
To follow Mike Morris's email yesterday...(Thanks Mike - particularly liked this morning's offering (= )
On other pages: "Why don't young people want to earn nearly 20k a year in graduate-level librarianship?"
£10, 500 for a GRADUATE Trainee post, anyone? (I know these are meant for pre-library school people, but even so, it's still
asking for graduates....), followed by a year of study at high cost = lots of debt, not necessarily followed by employment in a
post paying nearly 20K a year, unfortunately.
The issue of recruitment and retention of young people is an issue bound up with that of pay and status, and one that CILIP must
address, if it is to increase (or keep) its members in the future.
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Can I just say "Hear, hear" to both of you. Not that it will make a tiny bit of difference to CILIP. ip?"On other pages: "Why
don't young people want to earn nearly 20k a year in graduate-level librariansh
Mike Morris, Librarian, ISCA
51 Banbury Rd., Oxford OX2 6PE 01865 274671
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From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of C.Oppenheim
Sent: 26 October 2004 15:12
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Personal statement from CILIP Councillor Tony McSean supporting the subscriptions reform proposals
I totally agree with Frances. I am agnostic on the question of sliding scale or fixed subscriptions (as an Honorary Fellow, I
don't pay either way), but feel that the way CILIP will retain members is to fight more strongly and publicly on members' behalf,
especially on pay and working conditions. I would also like to see a higher profile in lobbying Government on issues of concern -
CILIP should be having regular meetings with relevant Ministers to keep them informed about the concerns of members, but if such
meetings do take place, CILIP keeps very quiet about them.
Charles
Professor Charles Oppenheim
Department of Information Science
Loughborough University
Loughborough
Leics LE11 3TU
Tel 01509-223065
Fax 01509-223053
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From: "Frances Hendrix" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: Personal statement from CILIP Councillor Tony McSean supporting the subscriptions reform proposals
Tony makes some good arguments for the case. However what concerns me (and I have not made a decision yet on where I stand, and
had always been in favour of paying more as I earned more), is that because of what appears to be bureaucratic inefficiency and
bad timing and the administrative overlay being too costly to be efficient and actually accidentally 'losing' members year on
year, more income is needed. Can this possibly be the case, and if it is why isn't it being addressed.
One major concern many members appear to have is what they get for their sub, and again some simply clear statement about the true
value of membership, needs to be addressed. A major concerns over the years is Cilips lack of support and action on incredibly low
paid jobs being advertised, and jobs being advertised requiring the skills of the professional librarians but not supporting the
case for employing one, and yet Cilip does take the fee for these advertisements and therefore supports the practice.
To gain members support nothing makes more impact than not just publishing salary surveys, but actually trying to fight for better
salaries and benefits?
The BMA has a much higher profile, and is involved often in a very public way in support of a range of activities for their
members, and seem to have a more 'legalistic' role. Maybe a comparison of the percentage the BMA sub is in comparison with BMA
members income, and the package of support provided under that fee., for instance is professional legal advise and indemnity
covered, would be useful? I have heard of Cilip members who have been very badly treated by employers and Cilip has not risen to
the occasion and gone out on a limb to support a member?
Frances
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From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tim Buckley Owen
Sent: 26 October 2004 13:23
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Personal statement from CILIP Councillor Tony McSean supporting the subscriptions reform proposals
In order to stimulate discussion on LIS-CILIP, CILIP Councillor Tony McSean explains why he supports the subscriptions reform
proposals. (In a parallel posting, J Eric Davies opposes them.)
Why CILIP must move to a flat-rate subscription
Why change?
Under the present system, calculating and collecting our annual subscriptions is a cumbersome, labour-intensive business. Every
year we accidentally shed several thousand members and lose thousands in income. CILIP's membership department works flat out to
reconnect with members who have lapsed through accident or inertia and are unable to run the proper recruitment campaigns needed
to boost our membership within the traditional library world and beyond.
The proposal
What you are being asked to vote on is a recommendation that we adopt a flat rate subscription system, with reduced rates for
low-paid members to ensure no-one faces a substantial increase because of this change.
The evidence
Almost every other professional association manages its subscriptions in this way, with members and staff enjoying a hugely
reduced administrative burden and the benefits of automatic renewal. Since the BMA abandoned salary-related subscriptions 20
years ago the reduced costs and steady growth in income have transformed its finances and the same is true of other comparable
bodies.
The alternative
If we persist with the present procedures, we will see the continuing year-on-year decline of member numbers and membership
income. As is made clear on the ballot, a NO vote is a vote for higher subscriptions for everyone because of the bureaucracy and
lower numbers that will follow from rejecting this proposal.
Practicalities
CILIP's renewal round is a convoluted process, made all the worse for being imposed on the pre-Christmas whirl. Complex forms,
multiple checking, errors and queries to be chased up, all overlaid with data protection and cash handling problems. Under the
proposed arrangements, flat rate payments will allow direct debit payments to become the norm and will provide automatic renewal
for the great majority of us. We would not put up with this level of avoidable complexity in our own working lives, and we should
not put up with it in CILIP.
Low pay
Many CILIP members are low-paid, and the new system takes account of this. The proposal retains low subscriptions for members
earning less than
£17,000. Why £17,000? Because this is the level that gives the fairest
outcome. The 44% of members who earn between £17,001 and £22,000 and pay £144-£156 (at the undiscounted rate) under the present
system will pay £150 at the full rate or £138 at the discounted rate (at 2004 prices) under the new system when fully implemented
in 2008. Increasing the threshold above £17,000 would exclude so many from the flat rate that the whole scheme would lose
viability because there would be no savings.
To conclude
This proposal has been carefully worked through. It is financially and operationally sound - prudent, even - and as the
comparative tables show it will not result in our lowest-paid colleagues having to face big rises in their subscriptions. It has
been endorsed unanimously by CILIP's Board and overwhelmingly by Council and is important. Please return your ballot paper as
soon as you receive it, and vote YES for lower subscription rates and more money for CILIP to spend on useful things.
Tony McSeán
CILIP Councillor and member of the Membership Recruitment & Retention Panel, which developed the flat rate subscription proposal.
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