Council sides with library workers
By Chris Norred
WtilawW
State-employed library workers gained
support in their push for recognition Monday
The Interinstitutional Library Council on
Monday approved a request that the state Per
sonnel Division consider a library assistant
series of }ob classifications. The ILC includes
the director of each library in the State System
of Higher Education.
In its request, the ILC listed five issues of
concern it wants the Personnel Division to ad
dress when writing the guidelines for a library
assistant series. The issues rose out of discus
sion at the ILC meeting in which some library
directors pointed out possible disadvantages
of such a series.
Library workers at the University and
around the state have been lobbying for a new
Job-classification series that would recognize
the technical and specialized skills required
for library work.
All non-management, non-academic
employees paid by the state of Oregon are
classified. Their Jobe are ranked in comparison
to other state Jobs, then placed in a category
along with other Jobs that have similar
rankings.
Library jobs currently are listed in the
general clerical classification.
The ILC is pursuing two goals: that a
library series provide recognition of library
employees’ specialized skills, and that it pro
vide an improved career ladder specifically for
library employees.
Other issues of concern center on the
worry that a library assistant series might be
too exclusive The ILC asked that the Person
nel Department take care to avoid an overly ex
clusive series.
In the long run. an exclusive series could
result in library jobs losing ground in com
parison to other clerical ranks, said Melvin
George. Oregon State University library
director.
Support for raising general clerical
classification pay might be more widespread
than support for raising library classification
pay, he said
fohn Evans, director of the library at
Eastern Oregon State College in La Grande,
said an exclusive series would kill his library.
The small labor pool in la Grande would
make it difficult for the library to find
employees if workers aren't allowed to transfer
classifications without losing status. Evans
said.
The ILC also recommended that a library
series not inhibit flexibility in library direc
tors’ recruiting and hiring of workers.
"I don't want to be stuck with having to
hire somebody in a library classification over
somebody in another classification who is
more attractive for the job." said Len Freise.
library director at the Oregon Institute of
Technology.
i Laurels ^
Keith Downing and David
Meyer, computer and informa
tion science doctoral students,
have been awarded fellowships
by Tektronix, Inc., a Beaverton
based electronics firm. The
12-month fellowships are worth
about $20,000.
Laird Kirkpatrick has been
appointed associate dean of the
University law school.
Donald Van Houten,
associate dean for academic per
sonnel, has been appointed ac
ting dean of the University Col
lege of Arts and Sciences. The
appointment begins in late
August.
Theodore Palmer, professor
of mathematics, has been nam
ed to replace Van Houten as
associate dean for personnel ef
fective Sept. 1.
Richard Hill, University pro
vost and vice president for
academic affairs, has been
elected vice president of the
American Sociological
Association.
loan Acker, University
sociology professor, has been
elected to the American
Sociological A' iociation's com
mittee on committees.
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