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hi sue i totally agree and commend you on what you are saying. i think many people have missed the point. we all know we did not come into the job for money but when other professions with less qualifications than we have get more money it is more than annoying to realise that obviously our jobs are not deemed important. if you look at some of the posts which are coming up recently. many of them are not professional posts and are either paying well as they are managerial posts or paying less than what i am recieving whic isn't much as not been in the profession long. when i have spoken to other professionals in other areas they are also undergoing review of posts. many qualified posts are becoming unqualified but doing qualified work with less pay and many non-qualified posts like library managers are being paid a lot more. we won't have a profession left at this rate. tracey On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 09:13:10 -0000, Sue Lawson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I was referring to the downgrading and/or reclassification of qualified > posts to the non-qualified level in order to reduce costs, not pay in > general. > > The job evaluation process in Manchester Library and Information Service > has adopted a policy of reviewing librarian's work with the intent of > minimizing the position to a lower grade, which does not require a > graduate degree. This step represents a professional demotion of public > service librarians. > > Library management should be supporting the status of the library > profession by demonstrating the value of our profession to those who > control the purse strings rather than demean its own staff expertise and > education. > > Sue Lawson > Librarian > Commercial Library > 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] > > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept > for the presence of computer viruses. > > Please contact [log in to unmask] > with any queries. > -- Tracey Paddon [log in to unmask]