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Add #LIBREV and Creating National Library Worker Union |
Adding: ALA-APA, ALIA, APALA, CUNY Adjunct Project, Death to Museums, IAM MAM, Institute of Museums Against All Fucked Up Social Systems, Kenyon Student Worker Organizing Committee, Libraries for All STL, MFA Boston Mutual Aid Fund Steering Committee. Adding to: #PROTECTLIBRARYWORKERS, AAM, Labor Notes, Precarity in LIS, Rutgers AAUP |
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* [https://discourse.libraryworkers.net/ #LIBREV] | * [https://discourse.libraryworkers.net/ #LIBREV] | ||
* [https://twitter.com/lib_rev Twitter] | |||
* [https://vimeo.com/librev Vimeo] | |||
=== [https://www.afscme.org/ AFSCME] === | === [https://www.afscme.org/ AFSCME] === | ||
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* [https://www.aam-us.org/programs/resource-library/resources-for-the-museum-industry-to-discuss-the-issue-of-unpaid-internships/ Resources for the Museum Industry to Discuss the Issue of Unpaid Internships] | * [https://www.aam-us.org/programs/resource-library/resources-for-the-museum-industry-to-discuss-the-issue-of-unpaid-internships/ Resources for the Museum Industry to Discuss the Issue of Unpaid Internships] | ||
'''Bibliography:''' [https://museumsetc.com/products/for-love-of-money-confronting-the-state-of-museum-salaries For Love or Money: Confronting the State of Museum Salaries] | '''Bibliography:''' | ||
* [https://museumsetc.com/products/for-love-of-money-confronting-the-state-of-museum-salaries For Love or Money: Confronting the State of Museum Salaries] | |||
* [Mutual Aid in a Time of Crisis https://www.aam-us.org/2020/08/12/mutual-aid-in-a-time-of-crisis/] (August 2020) | |||
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* [https://www.facebook.com/AHAhistorians Facebook] | * [https://www.facebook.com/AHAhistorians Facebook] | ||
* [https://twitter.com/AHAhistorians Twitter] | * [https://twitter.com/AHAhistorians Twitter] | ||
=== [https://ala-apa.org/ American Library Association Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA)] === | |||
'''Issues:''' advancement, salaries, unions | |||
'''Initiatives:''' | |||
* [https://ala-apa.org/wellness/ ALA-APA Wellness] | |||
* [http://ala-apa.org/certification Certified Public Library Administrator Program] | |||
* [http://ala-apa.org/lssc Library Support Staff Certification Program] | |||
* [https://ala-apa.org/nlwd/ National Library Workers Day] | |||
* [https://ala-apa.org/improving-salariesstatus/standing-committee-on-the-salaries-and-status-of-library-workers/ Standing Committee on the Salaries and Status of Library Workers] | |||
'''Resources:''' | |||
* [https://ala-apa.org/ala-apa-salary-surveys/ Salary surveys] | |||
* [https://ala-apa.org/occupation-fact-sheets/ Occupation fact sheets] | |||
* [https://ala-apa.org/occupation-resources/ Occupation resources] | |||
* [https://ala-apa.org/improving-salariesstatus/pay-equity/ Pay Equity] | |||
* [https://ala-apa.org/improving-salariesstatus/salary-negotiation/ Salary Negotiation] | |||
* [https://ala-apa.org/improving-salariesstatus/unions/start-a-union/ Start a Union] | |||
'''Bibliography:''' | |||
* [https://ala-apa.org/files/2010/02/2017-ALA-APA-BETTER-SALARIES-TOOLKIT-6th-ed.pdf Advocating for Better Salaries Toolkit] (6th edition, April 2017) | |||
* [https://ala-apa.org/newsletter/ ''Library Worklife'' newsletter] | |||
* [https://ala-apa.org/improving-salariesstatus/resources/pay-equity-bibliography/ Pay Equity Bibliography] (August 2013) | |||
* [https://ala-apa.org/files/2015/06/State-Library-Salary-Data-2016.pdf State Libraries Collecting and Reporting Salary Data] (August 2016) | |||
* [https://ala-apa.org/workplace-wellness-reports/ Workplace wellness reports] | |||
'''Communication:''' | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/ALA.AlliedProfessionalAssociation/ Facebook (ALA-APA)] | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/NationalLibraryWorkersDay/ Facebook (National Library Workers Day)] | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/Library-Support-Staff-Certification-Program-LSSC-192645064116398/ Facebook (Library Support Staff Certification Program)] | |||
* [https://twitter.com/alaapa Twitter] | |||
=== [https://www.archives.org.uk/ Archives & Records Association] (UK) === | === [https://www.archives.org.uk/ Archives & Records Association] (UK) === | ||
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* [https://medium.com/@artandmuseumtransparency Medium] | * [https://medium.com/@artandmuseumtransparency Medium] | ||
* [https://twitter.com/amtransparency Twitter] | * [https://twitter.com/amtransparency Twitter] | ||
=== [https://www.apalanet.org/ Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO] === | |||
'''Issues:''' BIPOC/BAME network, COVID-19, funding, unions | |||
'''Initiatives:''' | |||
* [https://www.apalanet.org/aapi2020.html #AAPI2020] | |||
* [https://www.apalanet.org/aapi-worker-stories.html AAPIs Are #EssentialNotExpendable] | |||
* [https://www.apalanet.org/communityfund.html IAPALA's COVID-19 Community Fund] | |||
* [https://www.apalanet.org/census.html Count Us In. Take the 2020 Census.] | |||
'''Resources:''' | |||
* [https://www.apalanet.org/chapters.html Chapters] | |||
* [https://www.apalanet.org/emerging-leaders-training.html Emerging Leaders Training (ELT)] | |||
* [https://www.apalanet.org/covid-19.html In response to COVID-19] | |||
* [https://www.apalanet.org/organizing--leadership-development.html Organizing & Leadership Development] | |||
* [https://www.apalanet.org/organizingtips.html Protest Tips + Organizing for Black Lives] | |||
* [https://www.apalanet.org/worker-resources.html Worker Resources in response to COVID-19] | |||
'''Bibliography:''' | |||
* [https://www.apalanet.org/untapped-power.html Untapped Power: The Strength of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander Working People] (2019) | |||
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6JJwjwwJgBPbFRaaS1mdUZreHc/view Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders Behind Bars: Exposing the School to Prison to Deportation Pipeline] (December 2015) | |||
* [https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/apala/pages/123/attachments/original/1421265427/breaking-ground.pdf Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: Report from the First National Asian Pacific American Workers' Rights Hearing] (2009) | |||
'''Communication:''' | |||
* [https://www.apalanet.org/contact-us.html Contact form] | |||
* [https://facebook.com/APALAnational Facebook] | |||
* [https://instagram.com/APALAnational Instagram] | |||
* [https://twitter.com/APALAnational Twitter] | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvoun8paqpAJiP30ECBZ3sQ YouTube] | |||
=== [https://aamd.org/ Association of Art Museum Directors] === | === [https://aamd.org/ Association of Art Museum Directors] === | ||
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* [http://www.facebook.com/artmuseumdirectors Facebook] | * [http://www.facebook.com/artmuseumdirectors Facebook] | ||
* [https://twitter.com/MuseumDirectors Twitter] | * [https://twitter.com/MuseumDirectors Twitter] | ||
=== [https://www.alia.org.au/ Australian Library and Information Association] === | |||
'''Issues:''' mentoring, salaries, temporary positions, volunteers | |||
'''Initiatives:''' | |||
* [https://www.alia.org.au/advocacy-and-campaigns/advocacy-campaigns-0 Advocacy campaigns] | |||
* [https://membership.alia.org.au/pdinfo/certified-professionals/certified-professionals Certified Professionals] | |||
'''Resources:''' | |||
* [https://www.alia.org.au/employment-and-careers/alia-lis-education-skills-and-employment-trend-report ALIA LIS Education, Skills and Employment Trend Report] | |||
* [https://read.alia.org.au/alia-lis-pay-and-employment-snapshot-2020 ALIA LIS pay and employment snapshot 2020] - includes supplements on [https://read.alia.org.au/public-libraries-glance public], [https://read.alia.org.au/school-libraries-glance school], [https://read.alia.org.au/special-libraries-glance special], [https://read.alia.org.au/tafe-libraries-glance technical and further education (TAFE)], and [https://read.alia.org.au/university-libraries-glance university] libraries | |||
* [https://www.alia.org.au/alia-research-agenda ALIA Research Agenda] | |||
* [https://www.alia.org.au/groups/alia-students-and-new-graduates ALIA Students and New Graduates] | |||
* [https://www.alia.org.au/employment-and-careers/career-and-professional-development-advisory-service Career and Professional Development Advisory Service] | |||
* [https://www.alia.org.au/which-sector-are-you-interested/library-technicians Library Technicians] | |||
* [https://membership.alia.org.au/resources/member-resources/salary-scales-and-work-level-guidelines Salary Scales and Work Level Guidelines] (members only) | |||
'''Bibliography:''' | |||
* [https://www.alia.org.au/alia-supplementary-statement-about-casual-work-library-and-information-sector-australia ALIA supplementary statement about casual work in the library and information sector in Australia] (September 2020) | |||
* [https://www.alia.org.au/news/21406/peak-body-libraries-opposes-changes-university-fees-lis-courses Peak body for libraries opposes changes to university fees for LIS courses] (June 2020) | |||
* [https://www.alia.org.au/news/21394/alia-urges-lower-university-fees-teacher-librarians ALIA urges lower university fees for Teacher Librarians] (June 2020) | |||
* [https://www.alia.org.au/about-alia/policies-standards-and-guidelines/professional-development-library-and-information-professionals Professional development for library and information professionals] (2019) | |||
* [https://www.alia.org.au/about-alia/policies-standards-and-guidelines/statement-non-standard-employment Statement on non-standard employment] (2008, 2018) | |||
* [https://www.alia.org.au/about-alia/policies-standards-and-guidelines/statement-library-and-information-services-staff-appointments Statement on library and information services staff appointments] (2008, 2018) | |||
* [https://www.alia.org.au/about-alia/policies-standards-and-guidelines/senior-library-and-information-services-appointments Senior library and information services appointments] (2008, 2017) | |||
* [https://www.alia.org.au/about-alia/policies-standards-and-guidelines/statement-voluntary-work-library-and-information-services Statement on voluntary work in library and information services] (2017) | |||
* [https://www.alia.org.au/foundation-knowledge-skills-and-attributes-relevant-information-professionals-working-archives Foundation Knowledge, Skills and Attributes relevant to Information Professionals working in Archives, Libraries and Records Management] (amended 2015) | |||
* [https://www.alia.org.au/about-alia/policies-standards-and-guidelines/library-and-information-sector-core-knowledge-skills-and-attributes The Library and Information Sector: Core Knowledge, Skills and Attributes] (amended 2014) | |||
* [https://www.alia.org.au/sites/default/files/The%20role%20of%20volunteers%20in%20a%20contemporary%20professional%20association.pdf The Role of Volunteers in a Contemporary Professional Association] (September 2010) | |||
* [https://www.alia.org.au/sites/default/files/documents/Publishing/Archivedreports/Libtech%20Education%20State%20of%20the%20Nation%20Report%202010.pdf Library Technician Education in Australia: State of the Nation Report] (April 2010) | |||
'''Communication:''' | |||
* [http://alia.org.au/our-communities/alia-groups ALIA Groups] | |||
* [http://alia.org.au/our-communities/connect-us/elists Elists] | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/ALIANational Facebook] | |||
* [https://www.instagram.com/alianational/ Instagram] | |||
* [https://twitter.com/alianational Twitter] | |||
=== BIPOC Library Residents Mutual Aid === | === BIPOC Library Residents Mutual Aid === | ||
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'''Resources:''' [http://www.crowdconsortium.org/national-meeting-engaging-the-public Best Practices for Crowdsourcing Across the Disciplines (May 6, 2015)] | '''Resources:''' [http://www.crowdconsortium.org/national-meeting-engaging-the-public Best Practices for Crowdsourcing Across the Disciplines (May 6, 2015)] | ||
=== [https://cunyadjunctproject.org/ CUNY Adjunct Project] === | |||
'''Issues:''' organizing, temporary positions | |||
'''Initiatives:''' | |||
* [https://cunyadjunctproject.org/current-initiatives/ Current Initiatives] | |||
* [https://cunyadjunctproject.org/funding/ Full and Fair Funding] | |||
* [https://cunyadjunctproject.org/7k-for-cuny-adjuncts/ $7k for Adjuncts] | |||
* Toward a Just Contract | |||
* Tuition payments/permanent tuition remission for GC doctoral students | |||
'''Resources:''' | |||
* [https://cunyadjunctproject.org/teaching-resources/ Teaching Resources] | |||
'''Bibliography:''' [https://issuu.com/cunyadjunctproject/docs/justcontract Toward a Just Contract, Vol. 1] (June 2017) | |||
'''Communication:''' | |||
* [https://cunyadjunctproject.org/category/uncategorized/ Blog] | |||
* [mailto:TheAdjunctProject@gmail.com Email] | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/CUNYAdjunctProject Facebook] | |||
* [mailto:LISTSERV@GC.LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU?body=SUBSCRIBE%20ADJUNCT-L Listserv] | |||
* [https://twitter.com/CUNYadjuncts Twitter] | |||
=== [https://deathtomuseums.com/ Death to Museums] === | |||
'''Issues:''' COVID-19 | |||
'''Initiatives:''' [https://deathtomuseums.com/archive.html Dialogue series] | |||
'''Communication:''' | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/deathtomuseums Facebook] | |||
* [https://www.instagram.com/deathtomuseums/ Instagram] | |||
* [https://twitter.com/deathtomuseums Twitter] | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiLyLYvXIWghzWezCjZEJXQ YouTube] | |||
=== [https://wiki.diglib.org/Labor DLF Labor Working Group] === | === [https://wiki.diglib.org/Labor DLF Labor Working Group] === | ||
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* [https://humtech.ucla.edu/blog/ Blog] | * [https://humtech.ucla.edu/blog/ Blog] | ||
=== [https://iammam.org/ IAM MAM] === | |||
'''Issues:''' organizing, unions | |||
'''Initiatives:''' Union drive at the Milwaukee Art Museum | |||
'''Communication:''' | |||
* [mailto:mamioc2020@gmail.com Email] | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/iammamunion Facebook] | |||
* [https://iammam.org/contact-us/ IAM Organizer] | |||
* [https://www.instagram.com/iammam_union/ Instagram] | |||
* [https://www.twitter.com/@iammam_union Twitter] | |||
=== [http://themaintainers.org/info-mc-about-us Information Maintainers] === | === [http://themaintainers.org/info-mc-about-us Information Maintainers] === | ||
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'''Communication:''' [https://groups.google.com/a/themaintainers.org/forum/#!forum/information-maintainers Google Group] | '''Communication:''' [https://groups.google.com/a/themaintainers.org/forum/#!forum/information-maintainers Google Group] | ||
=== [https://imaafuss.com/ Institute of Museums Against All Fucked Up Social Systems] === | |||
'''Warning: animated interface''' | |||
'''Issues:''' COVID-19 | |||
'''Initiatives:''' | |||
* [https://imaafuss.com/Reading-Group Anti-Museum Reading Group] | |||
* I'm at a Museum During a Pandemic! [https://files.cargocollective.com/c795327/WORKSHEET-WITH-QR-CODE-.pdf Worksheet] & [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFD2H482efZsF6BQMv1onTYYMdIKQPFr2wL6Q7OxCkaRWm9g/viewform Form] | |||
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J9EB8hqXbcmwVHWxy1fDDVa49oIDCI_xeXUkIJ7yjXA/edit#gid=0 NYC Museum Re-Opening Spreadsheet] | |||
'''Communication:''' | |||
* [https://imaafuss.com/contact-form Email] | |||
* [https://www.instagram.com/imaafuss/ Instagram] | |||
=== [https://www.kswoc.org/ Kenyon Student Worker Organizing Committee] === | |||
'''Issues:''' organizing, unions | |||
'''Initiatives:''' wall-to-wall union drive | |||
'''Communication:''' | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/KenyonSWOC/ Facebook] | |||
* [https://www.instagram.com/kswoc/ Instagram] | |||
* [https://twitter.com/KenyonSWOC Twitter] | |||
=== [https://labornotes.org/ Labor Notes] === | === [https://labornotes.org/ Labor Notes] === | ||
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* [https://labornotes.org/secrets Secrets of a Successful Organizer] / [https://labornotes.org/secretos Secretos de un organizador exitoso] | * [https://labornotes.org/secrets Secrets of a Successful Organizer] / [https://labornotes.org/secretos Secretos de un organizador exitoso] | ||
* [https://www.labornotes.org/coronavirus Organizing in a Pandemic: Labor Notes Resources] | * [https://www.labornotes.org/coronavirus Organizing in a Pandemic: Labor Notes Resources] | ||
* [https://labornotes.org/blogs/2020/04/what-are-my-rights-paid-leave-and-unemployment-during-pandemic What Are My Rights to Paid Leave and Unemployment During the Pandemic?] (April 2020) | |||
* [https://labornotes.org/concessions ''Concessions and How to Beat Them'' by Jane Slaughter] (1983) | |||
'''Communication:''' | '''Communication:''' | ||
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* [https://lacuny.org/news/9031604 LACUNY Statement on COVID-19] | * [https://lacuny.org/news/9031604 LACUNY Statement on COVID-19] | ||
* [https://lacuny.org/news/9031645 Letter of Support and Solidarity] | * [https://lacuny.org/news/9031645 Letter of Support and Solidarity] | ||
=== Libraries for All STL === | |||
'''Issues:''' COVID-19 | |||
'''Initiatives:''' [https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/we-need-libraries-for-all-demand-black-lives-Matter-at-st-louis-county-libraries/ We Need Libraries For All: Demand Black Lives Matter at St Louis County Libraries] | |||
'''Bibliography:''' | |||
* [https://medium.com/@librariesforallstl/we-demand-transparency-justice-and-jobs-back-858e15580ff4 We Demand Transparency, Justice, and Jobs Back] (August 2020) | |||
* [https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/mailbag/letter-library-eliminating-part-timers-but-not-management/article_cb7bc482-f940-50a5-bf88-059141bcf17f.html Library eliminating part-timers, but not management] (August 2020) | |||
* [https://medium.com/@librariesforallstl/kristen-sorth-is-harming-our-community-american-libraries-association-must-rescind-leadership-33cec838fb24 Kristen Sorth is Harming Our Community — American Libraries Association Must Rescind Leadership Award] (September 2020) | |||
'''Communication:''' | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/Libraries-For-All-101092635024182/ Facebook] | |||
* [https://medium.com/@librariesforallstl Medium] | |||
* [https://twitter.com/Lib4AllSTL Twitter] | |||
=== Library Salaries Inequity === | === Library Salaries Inequity === | ||
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'''Resources:''' [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YXCBN4gxetizJMfKWYcZWRjHHCntD42minrgiPqh-9Y/edit resource list] | '''Resources:''' [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YXCBN4gxetizJMfKWYcZWRjHHCntD42minrgiPqh-9Y/edit resource list] | ||
=== MFA Boston Mutual Aid Fund Steering Committee === | |||
'''Issues:''' COVID-19, mutual aid, organizing | |||
'''Initiatives:''' [https://www.gofundme.com/f/fq6sj-mfa-boston-mutual-aid-fund MFA Boston Staff Mutual Aid Fund] | |||
'''Resources:''' [https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8uzyroutpeq72c8/AAD22bCh7-NdPb2ImuZf5yija?dl=0 How to start a museum mutual aid fund] | |||
'''Bibliography:''' [https://www.aam-us.org/2020/08/25/open-source-solidarity-starting-a-mutual-aid-fund-at-your-museum/ Open Source Solidarity: Starting a Mutual Aid Fund at Your Museum] | |||
'''Communication:''' [mailto:MFAMutualAidFund@gmail.com Email] | |||
=== [https://www.marac.info/ Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC)] === | === [https://www.marac.info/ Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC)] === | ||
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'''Initiatives:''' | '''Initiatives:''' | ||
* [https://sites.google.com/view/museumworkersspeak/home Museum Workers Relief Fund] | * [https://sites.google.com/view/museumworkersspeak/home Museum Workers Relief Fund] | ||
* [https://www.bonfire.com/museum-workers-relief-fund/ Museum Workers Relief Fund (Bonfire shop)] | |||
* [https://sites.google.com/view/museumworkersspeak/news#h.iec1eee9p2e8 2020 Museums & Race Imagine a [Radical] Future virtual conference] | * [https://sites.google.com/view/museumworkersspeak/news#h.iec1eee9p2e8 2020 Museums & Race Imagine a [Radical] Future virtual conference] | ||
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* [https://osf.io/qnujw/ Let’s talk precarity (or not): Libraries, community, and conversation] (June 2019) | * [https://osf.io/qnujw/ Let’s talk precarity (or not): Libraries, community, and conversation] (June 2019) | ||
* [https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/5169 Perceptions and Experiences of Precarious Employment in Canadian Libraries: An Exploratory Study] (September 2019) | * [https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/5169 Perceptions and Experiences of Precarious Employment in Canadian Libraries: An Exploratory Study] (September 2019) | ||
* [https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/eblip/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/29783 Factors Associated with the Prevalence of Precarious Positions in Canadian Libraries: Statistical Analysis of a National Job Board] (September 2020) | |||
'''Communication:''' [https://twitter.com/LISprecarity Twitter] | '''Communication:''' [https://twitter.com/LISprecarity Twitter] | ||
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* [https://www.rutgersaaup.org/salary-equity-program/ Salary Equity Program] | * [https://www.rutgersaaup.org/salary-equity-program/ Salary Equity Program] | ||
'''Resources:''' [ | '''Resources:''' | ||
* [https://www.rutgersaaup.org/campaigns-2/fireside-chats/ Union Fireside Chats] | |||
* [https://www.rutgersaaup.org/here-are-the-facts-about-the-fiscal-emergency/ Here Are the Facts ABotu the Fiscal Emergency] | |||
* [https://www.rutgersaaup.org/cares-act-commission/ CARES Act Commission] | |||
'''Bibliography:''' | '''Bibliography:''' |
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Related Groups, Initiatives, and Resources
This wiki page collects information about groups and campaigns working on labor issues in and adjacent to libraries, archives, and museums. Assembled and maintained by the DLF Labor Working Group.
Recommend a group or campaign for the list
Each entry below includes at least some of the following elements:
- Group/campaign name
- Issues covered
- Initiatives
- Resources
- Bibliography
- Communication channels
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#PROTECTLIBRARYWORKERS
Issues: COVID-19, organizing
Initiatives:
- #closethelibraries
- #ProtectLibraryWorkers & communities: Don't reopen libraries until it's safe
- Tracking Library Layoffs
- Weekly Course of Action
Resources:
- Safe Reopening Resources
- Tips for Productive Advocacy
- Templates for Letters, Recommendations, Petitions
- Mutual Aid & Other Resources
Communication:
AFSCME
Issues: unions
Initiatives: Cultural Workers United
Resources:
Bibliography:
Communication:
AFT Academics
Issues: COVID-19, organizing, unions
Initiatives:
Resources:
- Organizing Toolkit
- Know Your Rights
- International Worker Rights
- Supporting Students During COVID-19
- International Students & Workers FAQ
- Online Teaching Toolkit (Association of College and University Educators)
Bibliography:
- National COVID-19 Response Statement
- Adjunct Faculty Survey Report
- Principles for Higher Education Response to COVID-19
- Uprising Solidarity Statement
Communication:
American Alliance of Museums
Issues: hiring, salaries, volunteers, gender equity
Resources:
- Salary Negotiation
- National Museum Salary Survey
- Equitable Hiring Practices
- Resources for the Museum Industry to Discuss the Issue of Unpaid Internships
Bibliography:
- For Love or Money: Confronting the State of Museum Salaries
- [Mutual Aid in a Time of Crisis https://www.aam-us.org/2020/08/12/mutual-aid-in-a-time-of-crisis/] (August 2020)
Communication:
American Association of University Professors
Issues: temporary positions, unions
Initiatives:
Resources:
Bibliography: Reports & Publications
Communication:
American Historical Association
Issues: hiring, temporary position, unions
Resources:
- Guidelines for First-Round Interviews (2019)
- Standards for Part-Time, Adjunct and Contingent Faculty (2011)
Bibliography: Statement on Right to Engage in Collective Bargaining (2019)
Communication:
American Library Association Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA)
Issues: advancement, salaries, unions
Initiatives:
- ALA-APA Wellness
- Certified Public Library Administrator Program
- Library Support Staff Certification Program
- National Library Workers Day
- Standing Committee on the Salaries and Status of Library Workers
Resources:
- Salary surveys
- Occupation fact sheets
- Occupation resources
- Pay Equity
- Salary Negotiation
- Start a Union
Bibliography:
- Advocating for Better Salaries Toolkit (6th edition, April 2017)
- Library Worklife newsletter
- Pay Equity Bibliography (August 2013)
- State Libraries Collecting and Reporting Salary Data (August 2016)
- Workplace wellness reports
Communication:
- Facebook (ALA-APA)
- Facebook (National Library Workers Day)
- Facebook (Library Support Staff Certification Program)
Archives & Records Association (UK)
Issues: salaries, volunteers
Initiatives: Pay Review 2018
Resources:
- Volunteering in Collections Care Best Practices Guidelines & Research Report
- ARA Pay Review Group Summary (August 2018)
- ARA Pay Review Group Freelance Summary (August 2018)
Archival Workers Emergency Fund
Issues: COVID-19, funding, temporary positions
Initiatives:
Resources: Resources for Displaced Archival Workers
Bibliography: Open Letter to the Archival Community re: Police Brutality
Communication: Twitter
Archive Staff Impact During COVID-19
Issues: COVID-19
Initiatives: Tracking spreadsheet
Archivist Salary Advocacy
Issues: salaries
Resources: Salary Spreadsheet
Communication: Google Group
Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York
Issues: hiring, internships, salaries
Resources: COVID-19 Resources
Bibliography: New Job Submission Policy
Communication:
ARLIS/NA Advocacy & Public Policy Committee
Issues: hiring, internships, salaries
Initiatives: News Alerts (see “Workplace” section)
Bibliography: Statement on Staff Reductions in Art Museum Libraries and Visual Resources Collections (December 2013)
Art + Museum Transparency
Issues: internships, salaries, unions
Resources:
- Salary Spreadsheet (began 2019)
- Internship Spreadsheet (began 2019)
- Unions for All: Unionizing Museum and Arts Workers
Communication:
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO
Issues: BIPOC/BAME network, COVID-19, funding, unions
Initiatives:
- #AAPI2020
- AAPIs Are #EssentialNotExpendable
- IAPALA's COVID-19 Community Fund
- Count Us In. Take the 2020 Census.
Resources:
- Chapters
- Emerging Leaders Training (ELT)
- In response to COVID-19
- Organizing & Leadership Development
- Protest Tips + Organizing for Black Lives
- Worker Resources in response to COVID-19
Bibliography:
- Untapped Power: The Strength of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander Working People (2019)
- Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders Behind Bars: Exposing the School to Prison to Deportation Pipeline (December 2015)
- Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: Report from the First National Asian Pacific American Workers' Rights Hearing (2009)
Communication:
Association of Art Museum Directors
Issues: internships, salaries
Initiatives: Annual salary survey
Bibliography: Association of Art Museum Directors Passes Resolution Urging Art Museums to Provide Paid Internships (June 20, 2019)
Communication:
Australian Library and Information Association
Issues: mentoring, salaries, temporary positions, volunteers
Initiatives:
Resources:
- ALIA LIS Education, Skills and Employment Trend Report
- ALIA LIS pay and employment snapshot 2020 - includes supplements on public, school, special, technical and further education (TAFE), and university libraries
- ALIA Research Agenda
- ALIA Students and New Graduates
- Career and Professional Development Advisory Service
- Library Technicians
- Salary Scales and Work Level Guidelines (members only)
Bibliography:
- ALIA supplementary statement about casual work in the library and information sector in Australia (September 2020)
- Peak body for libraries opposes changes to university fees for LIS courses (June 2020)
- ALIA urges lower university fees for Teacher Librarians (June 2020)
- Professional development for library and information professionals (2019)
- Statement on non-standard employment (2008, 2018)
- Statement on library and information services staff appointments (2008, 2018)
- Senior library and information services appointments (2008, 2017)
- Statement on voluntary work in library and information services (2017)
- Foundation Knowledge, Skills and Attributes relevant to Information Professionals working in Archives, Libraries and Records Management (amended 2015)
- The Library and Information Sector: Core Knowledge, Skills and Attributes (amended 2014)
- The Role of Volunteers in a Contemporary Professional Association (September 2010)
- Library Technician Education in Australia: State of the Nation Report (April 2010)
Communication:
BIPOC Library Residents Mutual Aid
Issues: COVID-19, mutual aid, temporary positions
Initiatives:
- BIPOC Library Residents: Immediate Need Survey
- Matchmaking for BIPOC Library Residents: Immediate Needs During COVID-19 (form)
- Matchmaking for BIPOC Library Residents: Immediate Needs During COVID-19 (spreadsheet)
Bibliography: COVID Residents Open Letter
Campaign for a Better MIT
Issues: benefits, salaries, temporary positions, unions
Initiatives: Forming a union: Support the MIT Library Workers
Communication:
Canadian Association of University Teachers / Association canadienne des professeures et professeurs d’université (CAUT)
Issues: COVID-19, unions
Initiatives: Librarians' and Archivists' Committee
Resources:
- CAUT Guidelines for Re-opening Canada’s Universities and Colleges (May 2020)
- COVID-19 and the Academic Workplace: Questions & Answers
Bibliography:
- Open Educational Resources discussion paper (March 2019)
- Reframing Scholarly Communications discussion paper (April 2002)
- Librarians' Workload discussion paper (November 2000)
- Library Councils discussion paper (October 2007)
- Governance and Librarians discussion paper (April 2000)
- Expanding Role of Teaching by Librarians in Post-Secondary Institutions discussion paper (February 2009)
- Aboriginal and Visible/Racial Minority Librarians discussion paper (March 2008)
Communication:
Coalition on the Academic Workforce
Issues: temporary positions
Collections on Contract
Issues: temporary positions
Initiatives:
Communication:
Collective Responsibility: National Forum on Labor Practices for Grant-Funded Digital Positions
Issues: temporary positions
Initiatives:
- advocacy toolkit
- network for contingent workers
- How to Talk About Collective Responsibility at Work
Resources:
Bibliography:
- Attendee posts
- Collective Responsibility: Seeking Equity for Contingent Labor in Libraries, Archives, and Museums (September 2019)
Communication:
Creating National Library Worker Union
Issues: organizing, unions Initiatives:
Crowd Consortium
Issues: volunteers
Resources: Best Practices for Crowdsourcing Across the Disciplines (May 6, 2015)
CUNY Adjunct Project
Issues: organizing, temporary positions
Initiatives:
- Current Initiatives
- Full and Fair Funding
- $7k for Adjuncts
- Toward a Just Contract
- Tuition payments/permanent tuition remission for GC doctoral students
Resources:
Bibliography: Toward a Just Contract, Vol. 1 (June 2017)
Communication:
Death to Museums
Issues: COVID-19
Initiatives: Dialogue series
Communication:
DLF Labor Working Group
Issues: COVID-19, hiring, salaries, temporary positions
Resources:
- “Do Better” -Love(,) Us: Guidelines for Developing and Supporting Grant-Funded Positions in Digital Libraries, Archives, and Museums
- Research Agenda: Valuing Labor in Digital Libraries (August 2018)
- Zotero
- COVID-19 bibliography
Communication:
Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee
Issues: COVID-19, organizing
Initiatives: Organize your Workplace against COVID-19 / Organice su lugar de trabajo contra el COVID-19
Resources: Orientation Guide
EveryLibrary Institute
Issues: COVID-19, funding
Initiatives: Help a Library Worker Out (HALO) Fund
Communication:
Fair Museum Jobs
Issues: COVID-19, hiring, internships, salaries, volunteers
Initiatives: Our Campaigns - a list of the organisations we’ve contacted, why contacted them, and how they responded
Resources: Resources
Bibliography:
- Fair Museum Jobs: A Manifesto for Job Adverts and Recruitment
- The Manifesto Explained: Undergraduate Degrees
- The Manifesto Explained: Postgraduate Qualifications
- The Manifesto Explained: Non-disclosure of Salaries
- The Manifesto Explained: Internships and Volunteering
- The Manifesto Explained: Voluntary Roles, Placements and Unpaid Labour
- The Manifesto Explained: Why ‘Desirable’ is not good enough
- A Joint Statement on the Coronavirus Pandemic
Communication:
Front of House in Museums (FoHMuseums)
Issues: COVID-19, temporary positions, valuing labor
Initiatives:
Resources: Front of House in Museums Survey 2019
Bibliography:
Communication:
- #FoHMuseums
- Contact Form
Gender Equity in Museums Movement
Issues: gender equity
Resources:
- 5 Things You Can Do to Support Gender Equity at Work
- 5 Things Your Museum Can Do to Support Gender Equity
- How You Can Help
- Gender Equity in Museum Leadership
- Pay Gap
- Demographics and Diversity
- Employment and Labor Law
- Future of Museum Leadership and Succession Planning
Bibliography:
- Museums as a Pink-Collar Profession: The Consequences and How to Address Them (March 2019)
- A Call for Gender Equity in the Museum Workplace (November 2016)
Communication:
Hiring Librarians
Issues: hiring, salaries
Initiatives:
- Oh Hey, Share Your Salary Info Today! (August 19, 2019)
- Hiring Librarians survey
- Job hunter’s survey & follow-up interviews
Resources:
- Salary Spreadsheet
- Hiring Librarians' Library Interview Question "Database"
- State of the Library Job Market (October 10, 2015)
Humanities Technology (UCLA)
Issues: internships, temporary positions
Resources: A Student Collaborators’ Bill of Rights (June 8, 2015) || ||
Communication:
IAM MAM
Issues: organizing, unions
Initiatives: Union drive at the Milwaukee Art Museum
Communication:
Information Maintainers
Initiatives: advocacy toolkit
Bibliography: Information Maintenance as a Practice of Care: An Invitation to Reflect and Share (June 17, 2019)
Communication: Google Group
Institute of Museums Against All Fucked Up Social Systems
Warning: animated interface
Issues: COVID-19
Initiatives:
- Anti-Museum Reading Group
- I'm at a Museum During a Pandemic! Worksheet & Form
- NYC Museum Re-Opening Spreadsheet
Communication:
Kenyon Student Worker Organizing Committee
Issues: organizing, unions
Initiatives: wall-to-wall union drive
Communication:
Labor Notes
Issues: unions
Resources:
- Troublemakers School
- Biennial Conference
- Secrets of a Successful Organizer / Secretos de un organizador exitoso
- Organizing in a Pandemic: Labor Notes Resources
- What Are My Rights to Paid Leave and Unemployment During the Pandemic? (April 2020)
- Concessions and How to Beat Them by Jane Slaughter (1983)
Communication:
LACUNY
Issues: COVID-19, mutual aid
Initiatives: LACUNY Mutual Aid Network
Bibliography:
Libraries for All STL
Issues: COVID-19
Initiatives: We Need Libraries For All: Demand Black Lives Matter at St Louis County Libraries
Bibliography:
- We Demand Transparency, Justice, and Jobs Back (August 2020)
- Library eliminating part-timers, but not management (August 2020)
- Kristen Sorth is Harming Our Community — American Libraries Association Must Rescind Leadership Award (September 2020)
Communication:
Library Salaries Inequity
Issues: salaries
Resources: resource list
MFA Boston Mutual Aid Fund Steering Committee
Issues: COVID-19, mutual aid, organizing
Initiatives: MFA Boston Staff Mutual Aid Fund
Resources: How to start a museum mutual aid fund
Bibliography: Open Source Solidarity: Starting a Mutual Aid Fund at Your Museum
Communication: Email
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC)
Issues: mentoring, mutual aid
Initiatives:
Communication:
Modern Language Association
Issues: hiring, salaries, temporary positions
Initiatives:
- Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Humanities
- Committee on Contingent Labor in the Profession
Bibliography:
- MLA Statement on the Use of Part-Time and Full-Time Adjunct Faculty Members (February 1994)
- Statement on Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members (December 2003)
Communication:
Movement for Black Lives
Issues: BIPOC/BAME network, COVID-19, temporary positions, unions
Initiatives:
- Project 2024
- Economic Justice policy platform
- National Demands for COVID-19
- Week of Action
- Virtual Events
- Petition
Resources:
Communication:
Museum Detox
Issues: COVID-19, BIPOC/BAME network
Initiatives:
- Museum Detox Survey
- Museum Detox Coronavirus Emergency Fund (application instructions)
- Museum Detox Coronavirus Emergency Fund (GoFundMe)
Resources: Coronavirus Covid-19: Information and guidance
Communication:
Museum Staff Impact During COVID-19
Issues: COVID-19
Initiatives: tracking spreadsheet
Museum Workers Speak
Issues: COVID-19, funding, mutual aid
Initiatives:
- Museum Workers Relief Fund
- Museum Workers Relief Fund (Bonfire shop)
- 2020 Museums & Race Imagine a [Radical Future virtual conference]
Resources: Resources
Bibliography: Statement (May 1, 2020)
Communication:
Music Library Association
Issues: COVID-19
Initiatives: MLA Emergency Relief Fund
Resources: MLA Survey of Personnel Characteristics (2009)
Communication:
National Council on Public History
Issues: hiring
Resources: Best Practices in Public History: Job Postings (March 2019)
Communication:
National Emerging Museum Professionals Network
Issues: hiring, salaries
Initiatives:
Communication:
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Workers
Issues: unions
Communication: Twitter
New England Archivists
Issues: temporary positions
Initiatives: New England Archivists Contingent Employment Study (January 2017)
Bibliography: NEA Statement on Contingent Employment (2018)
Communication:
Northwest Archivists
Issues: internships
Initiatives:
Resources:
Bibliography:
Communication
@OrganizingLIS
Issues: hiring, internships, salaries, signal boosting, temporary positions, unions
Communication: Twitter
Postdoctoral Laborers Group
Issues: temporary positions
Resources: Postdoctoral Bill of Rights (April 9, 2019)
Communication: Google Group
Precarity in Libraries
Issues: temporary positions
Resources:
Bibliography:
- Catalog Cards from the Edge: Precarity in Libraries (May 2018)
- Hidden Variables: Researching While Precarious (October 2018)
- Let’s talk precarity (or not): Libraries, community, and conversation (June 2019)
- Perceptions and Experiences of Precarious Employment in Canadian Libraries: An Exploratory Study (September 2019)
- Factors Associated with the Prevalence of Precarious Positions in Canadian Libraries: Statistical Analysis of a National Job Board (September 2020)
Communication: Twitter
Progressive Librarians Guild
Issues: salaries, temporary positions, unions
Communication:
Rutgers AAUP-AFT
Issues: COVID-19, union
Initiatives:
- Rutgers One
- How We're Confronting the Crisis
- Here's What We're Fighting For
- Defend Lincoln Annex
- A People-Centered Approach to COVID Crisis
- Work Sharing Proposal – May 2020
- Libraries Solidarity
- Salary Equity Program
Resources:
Bibliography:
- Statement: Justice for George Floyd
- Statements and Resolutions
- Questions and Answers about the “Fiscal Emergency”
- Special Alerts
Communication:
Society of American Archivists Accessibility & Disability Section
Issues: accessibility of work environment, disability equity, hiring, salaries, temporary positions
Resources:
- Archivists at Home
- Inclusive interviewing and recruitment practices for people with disabilities
- Guidelines for Accessible Archives for People with Disabilities
Communication:
Society of American Archivists Committee on Public Awareness
Issues: salaries, signal boosting, student loan debt
Initiatives: Responses & Retrospectives series on ArchivesAWARE blog
Bibliography:
- Responses and Retrospectives: Rachael Woody on the Decline of History Majors and Its Impact on Archives (December 2018)
- Responses & Retrospectives: Rachael Woody’s Annual Conference Coverage on the Value of Archival Labor Sessions (September 2019)
- Responses & Retrospectives: “maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song” Rosemary K.J. Davis on Student Loan Debt and Its Impact on the Archival Profession (November 2019)
Communication:
Society of American Archivists Council
Issues: internships, volunteers
Initiatives:
Resources:
- Best Practices for Internships as a Component of Graduate Archival Education (January 2014)
- Practices for Volunteers in Archives (June 2014)
Bibliography: Only Paid Internships to Be Posted to the SAA Career Center (July 9, 2019)
Society of American Archivists Issues & Advocacy Section
Issues: salaries, temporary positions
Initiatives: Temporary Labor Survey
Resources: Advocacy Toolkit
Bibliography: Archivists on the Issues: Rare & Ephemeral: a snapshot of full-time New England archives jobs, 2018-2019
Communication:
Society of American Archivists Students and New Archives Professionals Section
Issues: internships, hiring
Initiatives:
- Academic Internship Survey
- #snaprt chats: Topics include barriers to entry into the archival profession; erasure of archival labor; labor issues in archives
Communication:
Society of American Archivists Women Archivists Section
Issues: gender equity, salaries
Resources: The 2017 WArS/SAA Salary Survey: Initial Results and Analysis
Society of California Archivists
Issues: hiring, internships, salaries, temporary positions, unions
Initiatives: Task Force on Labor Issues within the Profession (2019-2021)
Bibliography: Statement in Support of Temporary Archivists at UCLA
Communication:
Society of Southwest Archivists
Issues: salaries
Resources: Archives Regional Salary Research
Bibliography:
- Archival Pay and SAA: Some Modest Proposals (April 29, 2019)
- Salary Information Now Required in Job Postings (March 11, 2019)
- Poor Pay in Archives: How Our National Organizations are Failing Us (March 5, 2019)
Communication:
Tech Workers Coalition
Issues: unions
Resources:
- Learning Club
- Local chapters (Austin, Berlin, Boston, DC, LA, London, NYC, PDX, San Diego, Seattle, SF Bay Area, South Florida)
Communication:
UC-AFT Unit 17 (UC Librarians)
Issues: unions
Initiatives: Precarity, academic freedom, professional development, working conditions, housing, and the next contract
Resources:
- Our website (and blog) chronicles our campaign and organizing with tools for engagement around our contract
- Bargaining Timeline
- Glossary of Common Terms
Communication:
- Blog
- Media coverage
- Twitter (@UCLibrarians)
- Twitter @UCAFT]
UCLA Six (Temporary Librarians)
Issues: temporary positions
Initiatives: Open Letter (June 2018)
Bibliography:
- UCLA Library’s reliance on temporary workers is inefficient, unethical (July 29, 2018)
- SAA Council Resolution Honoring The UCLA Six (August 2019)
Communication: TinyLetter
United Academics of the University of Oregon
Issues: salaries, temporary positions, unions
Resources:
Bibliography:
- We Need Our Librarians! (May 15, 2020)
- United Academics Statement on Use of Blackface (November 4, 2016)
Communication:
- The Duck & Cover (newsletter)
University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA)
Issues: benefits, salaries, temporary positions, unions
Resources:
- Renewing a Term-Limited Contract
- Employment Equity Guide
- CAUT handbook for new faculty - Negotiating starting salaries
- Negotiating a probationary position
Communication:
We Here
Issues: BIPOC/BAME network, COVID-19
Initiatives:
Resources:
Bibliography: up//root
Communication:
Workers for Workers
Issues: organizing, temporary positions
Initiatives:
Resources:
Communication:
You Ought to Be Ashamed
Issues: hiring, salaries, signal boosting, temporary positions, volunteers
Initiatives: job posting reviews
Communication: blog