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The ¾«¶«´«Ã½Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL) and the ALA-APA Standing (SSLW) will host a complimentary webinar entitled Salary Equity and Library Workers: Experiences from the Field on How to Make it Happen on January 11, 2024, 1:00 - 2:30 pm (Central); 8:00 - 9:30 pm (Sweden); and 8:00 - 9:30 am (New Zealand - next day). now.

Historically, women have been discriminated against in a variety of ways, a primary one being compensation. The ¾«¶«´«Ã½COSWL together with ALA-APA SSLW will highlight issues in this national situation through discussions of job evaluation studies and available resources. They will also share examples of successful salary negotiations and agreements between libraries and unions in the USA and internationally. The goal is to bring awareness about how library workers, libraries and library unions can successfully effect change to benefit the library workforce.

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Speakers Include:

Moderator: Loida Garcia-Febo, Chair ¾«¶«´«Ã½COSWL, ¾«¶«´«Ã½Past President

Elizabeth Langley, Managing Librarian, Sahuarita Library, (Arizona)

Nicollette Davis, Kinesiology, Social Work, and Health Sciences Librarian, , Research and Instruction Services Department

Hong Yao, Director of Technical Services, (New York)

Anna Troberg, President of , the Swedish Union for Librarians

Sasha Eastwood (Immediate Past President) and Clare Forrest (Executive Board), (SLANZA); from the team that successfully secured Pay Equity for Aotearoa New Zealand school librarians and library assistants

The ¾«¶«´«Ã½’s Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (¾«¶«´«Ã½COSWL) officially represents the diversity of women's interest within ¾«¶«´«Ã½and works to ensure that the association considers the rights of the majority (women) in the library field. The committee’s mission is to promote and initiate the collection, analysis, dissemination, and coordination of information on the status of women in librarianship; to coordinate the activities of ¾«¶«´«Ã½units that consider questions having special relevance for women; to identify lags, gaps, and possible discrimination in resources and programs relating to women; and to help develop evaluative tools, guidelines, and programs in cooperation with other ¾«¶«´«Ã½units designed to enhance the opportunities and the image of women in the library profession, thus raising the level of consciousness concerning women.

The ¾«¶«´«Ã½ – Allied Professional Association’s (ALA-APA) Committee on the Salaries and Status of Library Workers’ (SSLW) mission is to provide training and information, recommend standards, suggest strategies, and undertake research to , and encourage career development for all library employees; to serve as a resource on the pay equity issue for the ¾«¶«´«Ã½; maintain a liaison from the Standing Committee to the (NCPE); maintain an active network and database of resources in support of these issues, and support equal employment for all library employees; to promote and advocate for pay equity and equity in the workplace as it affects all library employees by developing the “Advocating for Better Salaries and Pay Equity Toolkit” (); facilitate training sessions and other programs at ¾«¶«´«Ã½conferences, and encourage salary-related activities by ¾«¶«´«Ã½chapters and participation by members in public awareness activities during (Tuesday of National Library Week) and .

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