How is ALA-APA work accomplished?
A10 Currently, there is a full-time Director and a part-time Research Associate. Eventually, in accordance with the ALA-APA Business Plan and need, the staff will expand to include a part-time administrative assistant, coordinating with a professional certification body retained by the ALA-APA. The ALA-APA Bylaws, as proposed for adoption by the ALA-APA Council, include provisions for a certification review committee for each certification program that may be proposed and for a better salaries and pay equity committee. There is also a Certification Program Committee, approved by Council at the 2004 ALA Annual Conference, to oversee all certification programs. Members of ALA-APA’s other committees, the Salaries and Status of Library Workers, Promotion and Fundraising, Publishing and SirsiDynix Award, contribute by fulfilling their respective missions.
