Forward this to the Board, specifically Cora Nera On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Paulina Baba <[email protected]>wrote:
> > To Mam Myrna, > > Mam we share the same sentiments. > > In the government agencies, the librarian positions are in status quo, it > depends on the plantilla approved by the civil service of a particular > agency. This is true to all administrative positions like the Registrar, > HRMO, Budget Officer, Accountant, etc. The CS Qualification Standards for > librarian positions only ask for basic requirements such as the RA 1080 for > Librarians (this refers to librarian's license) for librarian 1 position > and at least 2 years exeperience and RA 1080 for College Librarian III > position. Unless if a particular agency is elevated say: from a school to a > state college, a School Librarian III (receiving a salary grade 12) shall be > re-classed to a College Librarian III (receiving a salary grade 18)position > if she can meet the basic requirements. It is true that last July,2009 > salary increase for government workers, the Librarian 1 position is given a > one-step higher that is from salary grade 10 to salary grade 11 but all > other librarian positions were not given the same opportunity. Why? What is > the reason behind this? Why only the librarian I position is given such > opportunity? Unlike the Faculty in State Colleges and Universities that > their credentials are being evaluated every 3 years in their NBC 461 and > being ranked according to their accomplishments/achievements. Same also > with the Elementary and Secondary School Teachers that they have the PAST > (Performance Appraisal for School Teachers). Hope that the BFL can look > into the sentiments of the librarians. If we cannot be like the Faculty > that they are evaluated and are ranked/promoted according to their > achievements,at least all librarian positions in the government shall be > given more steps higher, not only 1 but 5 or 10 steps higher. Say, if you > are holding a salary grade 10, will become salary grade 15 or 20, because > our work is very complex. We do administrative/managerial, teaching > functions,clerical, technical, and some are even doing janitorial works in a > day's setting in the library plus the accountabilities that we have. And > if we cannot be given more steps higher, then, we can be promoted like the > Faculty based on our qualifications and achievements. Hope these sentiments > shall be given attention by the proper authorities. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Myrna C. Halim <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:40:21 > *Subject:* [FilipinoLibrarians] > > > YES, it's more than ten years librarians are not given due considerations > like > other professions. Librarians in government agencies are even burdened > with > accountabilities. We signed AREs as accountable officials for the > materials we > serve to clientele, while other professions they sign for a fee. > > Similarly, BFL should coordinate with DBM since our promotion cannot be > approved > if there is no available item for librarians in the agency. My case is, I > am a > Librarian's eligible in 1982 and converted the same to PRC License which > was > approved in 1994. I serve as College Librarian I for 21 years, reached the > ceiling of step 8 in 1997. I am deprived of a promotion despite my MLS and > MPA > degrees, recently finished the academic requirements for a PhD in > Philippine > Studies. Likewise, I am deprived of the longevity incentive every three > years > of permanent tenure since I reached step 8 due outstanding and very > satisfactory > ratings because DBM has not approved our promotion. > > Another irony is the giving of incentive to board positions by promoting > one > rank higher in terms of pay for Librarian I or Accountant I. To my dismay, > College Librarian I was not included, when it is a fact that this position > can > only be occupied if one is licensed like Librarian I and the like. > > Even if I did not take the board for librarian, I was exempted because of > my > Librarian's, Teacher's, and Civil service eligibilities before RA 6966 was > enacted. > > It is anticipated that my sentiments be heard and given due justice like > all > others on the same boat as I do. > > Thank you for opening this issue. Librarians should be recognized as > important > instrument to achieve the thrust for academmic excellence. > > > > > _________________________________________ > Mindanao State University - Iligan Campus > Visit us at http://www.msuiit.edu.ph. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Filipino Librarians" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to filipinolibrarians+ > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/filipinolibrarians?hl=en. > > > > ------------------------------ > Try the new FASTER Yahoo! Mail.. 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