Mr.Bookman
03-24-2011, 10:59 AM
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/education/article/Librarians-at-Alamo-Colleges-are-facing-cuts-1279493.php
Read it and weep.
Some librarians at the Alamo Colleges will lose faculty status and become staff members, one of many cost-cutting measures beginning to significantly affect the sprawling community college system.
Though librarians with tenure will be allowed to keep faculty status, new hires will be classified as professional staff, a move that's expected to save $300,000 per year, according to district officials.
The 11 adjunct faculty librarians, who work part-time, will be dropped to professional staff beginning this summer, resulting in a 30 percent pay cut for some.
Renata Gibson, an adjunct librarian at Northwest Vista College, told trustees at Tuesday's board meeting the change would drop her pay from $23,000 to $15,000 a year.
“I rely on this job to make ends meet,” said Gibson, a new mother. “I am getting scared about what will happen.”
Robert Aguero, vice chancellor for academic success, said in a memo that hiring professional staff on a 12-month contract rather than faculty on a nine-month contract makes more sense for the district because library services are provided year-round.
Read it and weep.
Some librarians at the Alamo Colleges will lose faculty status and become staff members, one of many cost-cutting measures beginning to significantly affect the sprawling community college system.
Though librarians with tenure will be allowed to keep faculty status, new hires will be classified as professional staff, a move that's expected to save $300,000 per year, according to district officials.
The 11 adjunct faculty librarians, who work part-time, will be dropped to professional staff beginning this summer, resulting in a 30 percent pay cut for some.
Renata Gibson, an adjunct librarian at Northwest Vista College, told trustees at Tuesday's board meeting the change would drop her pay from $23,000 to $15,000 a year.
“I rely on this job to make ends meet,” said Gibson, a new mother. “I am getting scared about what will happen.”
Robert Aguero, vice chancellor for academic success, said in a memo that hiring professional staff on a 12-month contract rather than faculty on a nine-month contract makes more sense for the district because library services are provided year-round.