Greetings to all: As your ALA representative on the North American Relations Committee, I'm passing on the announcement below. If the results of this session are made public, I'll see that you get those as well. Suzanne Freeman Head Fine Arts Librarian Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 2800 Grove Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23221-2466 [log in to unmask] Phone: 804-340-1498 FAX: 804-340-1548 -----Original Message----- From: Gene Kinnaly [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 7:04 AM To: member-forum Subject: [MEMBER-FORUM:3032] Pay Equity Program @ ALA Annual This announcement is being posted to multiple lists. Please excuse the duplication, and feel free to forward it to other library-related lists. "THE ROLE OF ALA IN SUPPORTING LIBRARY WORKERS' SALARIES" This program is co-sponsored by the ALA Library Support Staff Interests Round Table and the ALA Better Salaries & Pay Equity Task Force. DATE: Saturday, June 15, 2002 TIME: 2-4 p.m. WHERE: Georgia World Congress Center, Room B401/402 DESCRIPTION: Panel members, each a member of President-Elect Freedman's Task Force on Better Salaries & Pay Equity Task Force, include: Mitch Freedman, ALA President-Elect, Director, Westchester Library System Patricia Glass Schuman, Past ALA President, President of Neal-Schuman Publishing Co. Gene Kinnaly, Senior Cataloger at Library of Congress Donna Mandel, Reference and Young Adult Librarian at Oakland Public Library Mitch Freedman will discuss the efforts of his Presidential Task Force on developing better salaries for library workers. Patricia Glass Schuman presents "How to Advocate for Better Salaries and Pay Equity" by getting your message across and being prepared to answer tough questions. Gene Kinnaly will present "Salary and Pay Equity Issues for Library Support Staff" and Donna Mandel will present "The Role of Unions in Achieving Better Salaries and Pay Equity." The first hour of the program will feature these four individual presentations. The second hour will be a question-and-answer and general discussion period - program attendees are encouraged to participate. Gene Kinnaly Senior Cataloger Electronic Resources & Microforms Special Materials Cataloging Division Library of Congress 101 Independence Avenue SE Washington DC 20540-4371 email: [log in to unmask] voice: (202) 707-1501 fax: (202) 707-7161 Member: ALA Better Salaries & Pay Equity Task Force http://www.mjfreedman.org/tfhome.html __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]