I find it bizarre that Tony seems to think that it's OK to pay librarians
badly because some other people are also paid badly.
What this thread is really all about isn't other people's pay scales, but
whether what's supposed to be our professional association is willing to put
its head above the parapet and risk upsetting the establishment in order to
fight for our professional status.
And the short answer seems to be no. While Facet and training courses are
all very laudable that's not what my subs - and yes I have paid for 2005 -
are for. They are for maintaining the status of this profession. Pay is one
aspect of that status; the situation at Bangor is another. In both cases
CILIP is conspicuous by its public silence.
It's all a bit too cosy a clique at Ridgmount Street.
Diana Nutting
Information Liaison Manager
Business Link for London
-----Original Message-----
From: Mcsean, Tony (ELS) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 17 February 2005 17:24
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Subject: Re: Gazette Feb 11th
You're right: seven pounds times thirty five hours times forty-six weeks is
just over 11 grand. Wonder if the job's still open? Presumably your
assistants get sick pay, pensions, sick pay, maternity, etc?
Tony McSeán
Director of Library Relations
Elsevier
+44 7795 960516
+44 1865 843630
-----Original Message-----
From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Shelagh Levett
Sent: 17 February 2005 17:13
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Gazette Feb 11th
Tony,
Where do you get the £10k from? My library assistants currently start on
£6.94 per hour which equates to £13,344 annually. Admittedly they get paid
holiday. But even if they didn't, they would still be on over £12k. By the
way, that's based on our full time week of 37 hours.
Shelagh
-----Original Message-----
From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Mcsean, Tony (ELS)
Sent: 17 February 2005 16:39
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Gazette Feb 11th
As it happens, I know that the person who supervises the National Gallery
security staff on Sundays get seven pounds an hour. Now that is rubbish
money (>£10,000/year with no holiday pay or benefits) and 30 dozing casuals
between you and the first item on the news. A friend of mine who is a
security guard and was a bit short of money looked at it a while ago and
decided he wasn't that short.
Tony McSeán
Director of Library Relations
Elsevier
+44 7795 960516
+44 1865 843630
-----Original Message-----
From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Clarke
Sent: 17 February 2005 15:55
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Gazette Feb 11th
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How about some press releases? Graduate Librarians expected to live on a
quarter of the salary of a toilet cleaner at National Gallery - - and I get
given a brush says toilet cleaner .
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