With the recent movement of our clocks in most American states*, the days will be longer. The weather will be getting warmer, and more people will venture outside to experience the sunshine and n...
If your library has vacant positions that you plan to fill this year, consider meeting with job seekers in the ALA JobLIST Placement & Career Development Center at the upcoming American Library A...
Some managers would love to say to all of their employees, “When you enter the workplace, you cannot talk about politics.” However, this goes against the new norm of accepting that people mus...
At the beginning of this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated recommendations for how people can protect themselves and their communities from respirator...
https://ala-apa.org/newsletter/2024/03/12/new-guidance-for-covid-isolation/
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a new version of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) poster . The poster has been updated to reflect recent amendments regarding break time for nursing...
https://ala-apa.org/newsletter/2024/03/12/flsa-protections-to-pump-at-work/
The ALA Election period is March 11 to April 3, 2024. Current personal ALA members may participate and vote for ALA President, ALA Councilors-at-Large, and on ALA bylaws amendments, as well as le...
https://ala-apa.org/newsletter/2024/03/12/ala-election-open-through-april-3/
In celebration of Women’s History Month (observed every March), the ALA Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL), the Association of College & Research Libraries’ Women & Gen...
Library workers continue to go above and beyond what’s required to meet the needs of library users. Let’s celebrate these stars! Start planning now for National Library Workers Day (NLWD) �...
https://ala-apa.org/newsletter/2024/03/12/who-are-your-library-stars-its-time-to-recognize-them/
What do you do when you feel like you’re stuck in a job that you hate? You don’t really want to change jobs (that requires a lot of energy), but you know you need to do something different. W...
https://ala-apa.org/newsletter/2024/03/12/i-feel-trapped-in-my-job-what-can-i-do/
BY ELIZABETH LANGLEY Libraries have been struggling to hire and hold onto talented employees. Why? I believe it is primarily because of the low wages paid to library workers. Librarianship is p...
https://ala-apa.org/newsletter/2024/03/12/will-women-ever-achieve-pay-equity-it-is-possible/