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tarsier_jungle1485 t1_j95wpea wrote

At universities, 75% or more of the work in the libraries is performed by people w/o MLS degrees for peanut wages. They only hire MLS holders for a handful of high level positions. Those people are considered faculty.

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mmmmkyeah t1_j97z8dd wrote

Not all univ libraries give librarians faculty status.

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arguchik t1_j98wxip wrote

True. I was a union organizer at an R1 university and consulted with librarians there who were determined to win either a union or faculty status. (Because of state law if they got faculty status they would not be able to form a union because the law requires all faculty of all ranks to form one union. So adjuncts also can’t form their own union there, which absolutely sucks.)

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