Thursday, March 2, 2017

Some Issues Surrounding Library Staffing

By Carol Brooks


Modern methods of storing data and cataloging records and books have paved the way for more modern qualifications for librarians. There have been revamps about public systems that welcome anyone who wants to do research with books and the internet. In any case, there is so much data found in any of these places that there is a need to preserve them as well as employ custodians.

The personnel being discussed here have always been present for assisting the academe or even government do research or study. Library staffing LA is the subject that tries to get back people on track for employment at libraries for city systems. There is no lack of trainable or qualified people in this sector but there are political items that are affecting employment here.

There was a time nearly a decade back when library unions were at odds with employers over salaries and needed increases. This has led to many libraries being understaffed today, even while more recent stuff like online usage have been added. More qualifications have been added to the set required for hiring library personnel even as low salaries are still a thorn.

Benefits have not been commensurate to what staff is asked to do in more modern terms. And personnel need to be still working within a tradition, to care for what have been denigrated as dead tree books. Generating names in this way is not helping, and can even be an irresponsible reactive response against an establishment that has seen to have helped the powers that be even while helping advance the cause of humanity.

The city Los Angeles, CA seems to have no problems in this regards even if it has the reputation of being a mecca of national culture respected around the world. The lowering of professional numbers in libraries and schools still have to create problems for the city. Even so, the library association has signaled an alarm over the shortage of staff that has closed down libraries.

There might be moves in different sectors that are meant to revamp the library systems with online resources. And now it seems that the librarians and their beloved places of work are getting the short shrift. Software may help in cataloging and recording but the technical people might be treading in an area that still has hidden controls for distribution and access.

The oldest libraries certainly have a lot of volumes that are proscribed or banned from common circulation. This might be connected to the Wiki leaks controversy that has refused to die down and is gaining a lot of ground among netizens. Wikipedia is an online curating system that can supplant libraries although its managers do not have full access to all the written books and recorded info that was gathered through centuries of human progress.

This will not mean that these places and the people employed in them have been devalued. It still is considered a great place for studying. Pupils all come in them when in need, even if only to have some quite time for preparing for exams.

Many traditional methods of learning are still applied. And systems that run the book repositories are still important a culture where creative in the film industry and its screenwriters get huge salaries. When calls are made for breaking up this system, it might be time for these artists to move in support of it.




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