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Finding Aid for Subject File, 1923-1963 | The American Library Association Archives

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Title: Subject File, 1923-1963Add to your cart.

ID: 27/13/6

Primary Creator: Personnel Administrative Section

Other Creators: Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA)

Extent: 12.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by accession and by subject title thereunder

Date Acquired: 04/26/1974. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Budget, Buildings, Library, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Civil Service, Classification and Pay Plans, Conference Within A Conference, Curriculum, Equipment, Library, Ethics, Code of, Fellowships and Scholarships, Committee On, Personnel Administration, Board On, Personnel Administration, Office of, Personnel Administration Board Newsletters, Personnel Administration Board Notes, Placement, Professional Development and Status, Salaries, Salaries, Staff and Tenure Board, Staff Organizations Round Table, Timmermann, Hazel B.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Subject file on the Personnel Administration Section and its predecessors, the Board on Personnel Administration (1944-56), Board on Salaries, Staff and Tenure (1937-44) and the Office of Personnel Administration (1945-55) contains correspondence, minutes, reports (1933-51), budgets and statements of expenditures (1934-55), publications BPA Notes (1954-56) and Newsletters (1957) and surveys relating to staff activities, division operations, annual conferences (1955-57), buildings and equipment (1959), civil service procedures (1937-43, 1954-56), classification and pay plans (1924-56), clinics and institutes (1939, 1947-59), committees and subcommittees on budgets, compensation and schemes of service (1939-52), civil service (1941-46, 1952), classification and pay plans (1938-40, 1943, 1946-47, 1949-56), code of ethics (1937-38, 1953-59), placement services (1952-56), post-war planning (1943-44), salaries (1932); cost of living (1952-53), examinations, group insurance, handbooks and manuals (1950-56), hours of work, in-service training, leaves of absence, recruitment, retirement, salary schedules and pay plans (1952-55), salary standards (1952-55), Staff Organization Round Table (1952-57), statistics (1939-41, 1946, 1952, 1954-56), tenure (1939- 56), turnover and work week, includes files of the ALA Committee on Salaries, Employment and Schemes of Library Service (1930-37).

Biographical Note

The Executive Board of the ALA created the Board on Personnel Administration on July 17, 1936 (1).  In June 1937, Council changed its name to the Board on Salaries, Staff and Tenure.  In October, 1940, Council changed its name to the Board on Personnel Administration.  This section is responsible for general personnel administration in all types of libraries.  Illustrative of the fields of interest are the recruitment and promotion of able people to positions of all levels of library service, certification of librarians, fair employment practices, equal employment opportunities, classification and pay plans, inservice training of all professional and non-professional workers, principles of tenure and intellectual freedom, personnel administration, relations between libraries and pertinent municipal and educational agencies, staff management, ethics, personnel measurement, and guidance, and staff welfare programs (2).

Executive Committee

Economic Status, Welfare, and Fringe Benefits

Nominating

Staff Development

Subject/Index Terms

Budget
Buildings, Library
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Civil Service
Classification and Pay Plans
Conference Within A Conference
Curriculum
Equipment, Library
Ethics, Code of
Fellowships and Scholarships, Committee On
Personnel Administration, Board On
Personnel Administration, Office of
Personnel Administration Board Newsletters
Personnel Administration Board Notes
Placement
Professional Development and Status
Salaries
Salaries, Staff and Tenure Board
Staff Organizations Round Table
Timmermann, Hazel B.

Administrative Information

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 1/18/1981, 2/7/2018

Other Note: 18 Pages

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URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/2713006a.pdf

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