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Library Employment Resources

HRDR is dedicated to the development and management of “human” resources within libraries. The office acts as an advocate for “best practices” in the development of policies that best serve the needs of library management and employees. While supporting its ongoing mission, HRDR also offers financial and employment information assistance to library workers and stimulates as well as encourages research in these areas.
 

• American Library Association Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA)
  
  
• Special Presidential Task Force: Status of Librarians
  
  
• General Information
  
  
  
  • Degrees and Certificates Awarded by U.S. Library and Information Studies Education Programs
    
    
  • 2005 Guide to Employment Sources
    
    
  • Library and Information Studies Education and Human Resource Utilization Statement
    
    
  • Foreign Credentials Evaluation Assistance for Employers
    
    
  • Foreign Credentials Evaluation Assistance for Job Seekers
    
    
  • How To Apply for a Library Job
    
    
  • Employment Laws, Statistics, News, Resources, etc. (U.S. Dept. of Labor)
    
    
  • The Future of Librarians in the Workforce
    A national research study on the future of librarians in the workforce 
    
    
  
  
• Americans with Disabilities
  
  
  • U.S. Department of Justice Americans with Disabilities Act
    
    
  • Enforcement Guidance: Reasonable Accommodation and Undue Hardship Under the Americans with Disabilities Act
    
  
  
• Employment Discrimination
  
  
  • U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  
  
• Unfair Employment Practices
  
  
  • LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund 
  
  
• Academic Librarianship
  
  
  • Recruitment, Retention & Restructuring: Human Resources in Academic Libraries (A White Paper)
    
    
  • Managing the 21^st Century Academic Library: A Bibliography
    
    
  • Standards and Guidelines on Personnel Issues and Faculty Status  
  
  
• Library Salaries Information
  
  
  • Salaries of library workers in various parts of the country
    
    
  • Advocating for Better Salaries and Pay Equity Toolkit (pdf)
    
    
  • Resources for Better Salaries and Pay Equity
  
  
• Results of Library Surveys
  
  
  • Library Support Staff Job Titles (2004)
    
    
  • Employee Benefits (2003)
    
    
  • Spending on Staff Development  (2001)
    
    
  • Age of Librarians (1999)
    
    
  • Library Directors: Gender & Salary (1999)
    
    
  • Collective Bargaining Agreement and Pay Systems  (1997)
  
  
  

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