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Support Staff Unions in Academic and Public Libraries: Some Suggestions for Managers with Reference to the Ohio Experience, 1984-1990.
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Weber, Mark – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Discusses the unionization of support staff in academic and public libraries based on experiences in Ohio. Highlights include the legal framework for labor relations; reasons that library support staff are attracted to unions; negotiating the contract with union and library management; and administering the collective bargaining agreement. (10…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Collective Bargaining, Higher Education, Labor Legislation
A Study of Job Factors Affecting Current Public Library Employees' Desire to Remain with or Leave Their Employer.
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Rubin, Richard – Journal of Library Administration, 1995
A survey on employee turnover was administered in five Ohio public libraries, eliciting information on common reasons for and against remaining at a given position. The study found that although there are many reasons for staying, as many as 45% of respondents say they have thought seriously about leaving their job in the last 12 months. Contains…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Job Satisfaction, Labor Turnover, Library Personnel
Budget Stringency as a Stimulus to Innovation: The Cases of Louisiana and Ohio.
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Fatzer, Jill B. – Journal of Library Administration, 1996
Explores the cases of two states, Louisiana and Ohio, which found budget problems to be the occasion for concerted statewide efforts to improve academic library services. Both states ultimately established statewide multipurpose resource-sharing academic library consortia, supported by electronic library networks, as the solutions to their very…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Case Studies, Change Agents