I'm as morally weak as the next person, and only too willing to point
out the salary gap between our profession and others. My point is
that demonstrating how indispensable we are to the business will do
far more to convince our employers of a more rewarding renumeration that any
edict from CILIP.
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From: Chartered Library and Information Professionals
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Mike
Morris
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 10:15
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Subject: Re: LIS gazette:
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I don't really buy
this CILIP-approved line that everything is our fault and our pointing out
that we are often paid less than other professionals is some kind of moral
weakness. My own employers think I'm lovely, but that doesn't mean their
budget magically expands to meet my requirements. My argument is with the
*general* assumption that
front-line librarians deserve about 20k. If that perception could be changed
it would benefit us all; it doesn't seem too much to ask that CILIP might
occasionally put some effort into that, as well as reminding us all how hard
we should be working.
Mike
CILIP
could make all the noise it likes about what information
professionals should be paid, but unless we are prove our
worth (and shout about it) to our employers, and indeed the colleagues
to whom we provide a service, we are likely to find ourselves without
gainful employment, let alone a decent
salary....
Julian Dawson
Senior Librarian
Arup
13
Fitzroy Street
London W1T 4BQ
T 020 7755 3228
F 020 7755 2126
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