What is the history behind ALAs position on salaries in classified ads?
A. Policy adopted by the ALA Council in 1978 “as one way to combat historically lower salaries for women and minorities” required ALA publications to refuse to publish ads from institutions that would not agree to include a salary figure or range. In 1993, the Office for Library Personnel Resources (now the Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment) did an exhaustive study of the issue, and the policy was then changed to “treat the requirement for salary ranges in classified job advertisements for positions as a guideline rather than as a mandatory requirement.” The policy was also adjusted to read “available salary ranges shall be given for positions listed in any placement service provided by ALA and its units . . . .
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