Comments for AL Inside Scoop http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop The blog for American Libraries, the magazine of the American Library Association Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:09:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Unemployed? Special ALA Membership Rates Do Exist by janice http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop/2009/10/29/unemployed-special-ala-membership-rates-do-exist/#comment-16530 janice Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:14:20 +0000 http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop/?p=1603#comment-16530 I've decided not to renew at the non-salaried level because at this point in my life even $46 is too much. I work two part-time librarian jobs that together still don't make up more than 40 hours/month. I would never be able to afford an ALA conference out of town and neither job pays for anything other than going to the exhibits anyways. I appreciate that you offer this level of membership but frankly it doesn't do much for me at this point in my career. I’ve decided not to renew at the non-salaried level because at this point in my life even $46 is too much. I work two part-time librarian jobs that together still don’t make up more than 40 hours/month. I would never be able to afford an ALA conference out of town and neither job pays for anything other than going to the exhibits anyways. I appreciate that you offer this level of membership but frankly it doesn’t do much for me at this point in my career.

]]> Comment on Unemployed? Special ALA Membership Rates Do Exist by John Chrastka http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop/2009/10/29/unemployed-special-ala-membership-rates-do-exist/#comment-16500 John Chrastka Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:32:51 +0000 http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop/?p=1603#comment-16500 @Mary Foster - I can help if you email me at jchrastka@ala.org directly. We can always suspend distribution of any publication.... @Vicki - Divisions and Round Tables set their own dues and need to hear from members when the structure needs modification. And just for the record, PLA and RUSA, as well as SRRT, have a non-salaried rate. LITA will soon. The full schedule of personal member dues is at http://www.ala.org/ala/membership/typesmembership/personalmembership/pdfmembership.cfm @Mary Foster - I can help if you email me at jchrastka@ala.org directly. We can always suspend distribution of any publication….

@Vicki - Divisions and Round Tables set their own dues and need to hear from members when the structure needs modification. And just for the record, PLA and RUSA, as well as SRRT, have a non-salaried rate. LITA will soon. The full schedule of personal member dues is at http://www.ala.org/ala/membership/typesmembership/personalmembership/pdfmembership.cfm

]]> Comment on Unemployed? Special ALA Membership Rates Do Exist by John Chrastka http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop/2009/10/29/unemployed-special-ala-membership-rates-do-exist/#comment-16498 John Chrastka Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:22:28 +0000 http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop/?p=1603#comment-16498 @Rob, My apologies, but you have gotten some bad information about ALA Continuous Years somewhere along the way. Every unbroken personal membership regardless of type 'counts' toward one's continuous years. If there is a break in the membership, then there is a break in the membership, of course. But otherwise ALA membership across a work life - from student, to regular and then retired (or any other carrier or volunteer path) - when paid on time and without a break is clocked as continuous membership. And, for any member who has 25+ years of continuous membership, upon their retirement that individual is entitled to free lifetime ALA membership as a perk of all those years of unbroken support. I'm sorry that this was muddled. Can you email at jchrastka@ala.org and I' look into your situation? After 29 years, I want to make sure that if you qualify for the free lifetime membership be can get that going for you…. -John John Chrastka ALA Membership Director @Rob,

My apologies, but you have gotten some bad information about ALA Continuous Years somewhere along the way. Every unbroken personal membership regardless of type ‘counts’ toward one’s continuous years. If there is a break in the membership, then there is a break in the membership, of course. But otherwise ALA membership across a work life - from student, to regular and then retired (or any other carrier or volunteer path) - when paid on time and without a break is clocked as continuous membership. And, for any member who has 25+ years of continuous membership, upon their retirement that individual is entitled to free lifetime ALA membership as a perk of all those years of unbroken support.

I’m sorry that this was muddled. Can you email at jchrastka@ala.org and I’ look into your situation? After 29 years, I want to make sure that if you qualify for the free lifetime membership be can get that going for you….

-John

John Chrastka
ALA Membership Director

]]> Comment on Unemployed? Special ALA Membership Rates Do Exist by Joan E http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop/2009/10/29/unemployed-special-ala-membership-rates-do-exist/#comment-16441 Joan E Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:34:10 +0000 http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop/?p=1603#comment-16441 As I complete my MLIS this school year and have an interview for a Library PAGE job @ 16 hours a week, (and barely above min. wage), I applaud the effort to make ALA membership affordable. Thank you for supporting your future librarians during this economic crisis. I hope to join the ranks of the professional staff soon and intend on being prepared when the opportunity arises. Your reduced rate will greatly increase my chances of success. Thank you! As I complete my MLIS this school year and have an interview for a Library PAGE job @ 16 hours a week, (and barely above min. wage), I applaud the effort to make ALA membership affordable. Thank you for supporting your future librarians during this economic crisis. I hope to join the ranks of the professional staff soon and intend on being prepared when the opportunity arises. Your reduced rate will greatly increase my chances of success. Thank you!

]]> Comment on Unemployed? Special ALA Membership Rates Do Exist by Rob http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop/2009/10/29/unemployed-special-ala-membership-rates-do-exist/#comment-16435 Rob Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:10:54 +0000 http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop/?p=1603#comment-16435 A major problem with claiming the non-salaried member rate is that you lose your seniority when it comes to continuous years as an ALA member. Until I renewed at the non-salaried rate this year, I had been a member for 29 continuous years. So when I retire, I no longer qualify for continuing membership. It's a major disincentive to renew, period. A major problem with claiming the non-salaried member rate is that you lose your seniority when it comes to continuous years as an ALA member. Until I renewed at the non-salaried rate this year, I had been a member for 29 continuous years. So when I retire, I no longer qualify for continuing membership. It’s a major disincentive to renew, period.

]]> Comment on Unemployed? Special ALA Membership Rates Do Exist by Mary Foster http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop/2009/10/29/unemployed-special-ala-membership-rates-do-exist/#comment-16431 Mary Foster Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:47:36 +0000 http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop/?p=1603#comment-16431 As a retired library person, I want to support ALA. I do not need the paper copy of the magazine. How about a discount to members who are willing to receive only online American Libraries Direct? Thanks, Mary:) As a retired library person, I want to support ALA. I do not need the paper copy of the magazine. How about a discount to members who are willing to receive only online American Libraries Direct?

Thanks, Mary:)

]]> Comment on Unemployed? Special ALA Membership Rates Do Exist by Viki http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop/2009/10/29/unemployed-special-ala-membership-rates-do-exist/#comment-16425 Viki Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:36:07 +0000 http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop/?p=1603#comment-16425 Why do divisions not offer reduced rates for under- and unemployed librarians? Why do divisions not offer reduced rates for under- and unemployed librarians?

]]> Comment on Expense Cuts Allow ALA to Partially Restore Staff Furlough Loss by HotStuff 2.0 » Blog Archive » Word of the Day: “commended” http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop/2009/10/30/expense-cuts-allow-ala-to-partially-restore-staff-furlough-loss/#comment-16241 HotStuff 2.0 » Blog Archive » Word of the Day: “commended” Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:12:09 +0000 http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop/?p=1617#comment-16241 [...] Cuts Allow ALA to Partially Restore Staff Furlough Loss [web link]AL Inside Scoop (30/Oct/2009)“…for 2010 fiels then commended staff and expressed [...] [...] Cuts Allow ALA to Partially Restore Staff Furlough Loss [web link]AL Inside Scoop (30/Oct/2009)“…for 2010 fiels then commended staff and expressed [...]

]]> Comment on Executive Director Apprises Staff of Tight Financial Outlook by AL Inside Scoop » Expense Cuts Allow ALA to Partially Restore Staff Furlough Loss http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop/2009/09/30/executive-director-apprises-staff-of-tight-financial-outlook/#comment-15763 AL Inside Scoop » Expense Cuts Allow ALA to Partially Restore Staff Furlough Loss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:43:43 +0000 http://www.al.ala.org/insidescoop/?p=1471#comment-15763 [...] Michael Fiels announced this morning at an all-staff meeting at ALA Headquarters in Chicago, that expense reductions during the last six months of FY2009 (which ended August 31) had exceeded target and resulted in a [...] [...] Michael Fiels announced this morning at an all-staff meeting at ALA Headquarters in Chicago, that expense reductions during the last six months of FY2009 (which ended August 31) had exceeded target and resulted in a [...]

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