Supporting a Temporary Workforce with Diverse Needs and AspirationsMadde HobergLibraries Annex AssistantThe University of Iowashe/her/hers

From Personal Experience…Student Work• ILL and Collections Departments

• No family nearby in Iowa City

• Insurance

• Finances

Temporary Work• Google Books Project

• No insurance coverage

• Unknown end date

Take a Second…

What are students and/or temporary

workers you interact with

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Emotional Learning

• Super Anxiety!– Impacts of long-term instability

• Empathy and Advocacy– Anxiety is awful but not discussed openly– Underrepresentation in library spaces

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Temporary Staff and the Annex• Off-campus, high density, high bay

storage facility

• Project based funding

• Merit, temporary staff positions

• Scanning items to traylocations

• Cleaning andpreservation work

• Manual labor

Go To Your Mind Palace

What do people want from their experience working in your department? What else can you offer them that can make the job more than just a paycheck?

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Welcoming Environment• IRA Family (Fur)Babies Wall

• Staff announcement board

• Communal treats, toys, and coloring materials

• Asking for preferred communication method, pronouns of reference, and birthdate

• Thank you & birthday cards

Zines!• Success after IRA

– Job searching– Resume writing– Skills not taught in traditional

school curriculum

• Help! Health, Support, & Safety Resources for Folks at IRA– Community resources– Lack of benefits– Low pay

Brainstorm!

What services are available in your community that can keep people safe and healthy? What is missing and can you help advocate for those resources? https://giphy.com/gifs/rupauls-drag-race-latrice-royale-sharon-needles-CIUsWu2zcTzdC

Policies & Practices• Biweekly meetings

– Personalized relationship and knowledge of individual goals

• Flexibility around ability– Prioritizing safety and comfort

for all

• Schedule flexibility– Time accommodations,

knowing workers lack paid time off

• Transitioning from Annex– Act as references– Post local library-related jobs– Tasks for resume building

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Let’s Go!What obstacles might people face in the work you do or assign to those you supervise? How can you make accommodations for that?

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Diversity and Library Employment

Occupation

2017Total Percent of total employed

employed

Women White

Black or

Asian

HispanicAfrican or Latino

AmericanTotal, 16 years and over 153,337 46.9 78.4 12.1 6.2 16.9

Education, training, and library occupations

9,215 73 82 10.7 4.9 10.5

Archivists, curators, and museum technicians

59 61.4 80.2 6.4 7.8 1.7

Librarians 194 79.5 86.3 6.4 5.2 10.4Library technicians 40 - - - - -

Other education, training, and library workers

161 67.7 78.5 12.6 5.3 6

Office and administrative support occupations

17,751 72.2 77.3 14.6 4.5 15.9

Library assistants, clerical 96 80.1 81.3 8.6 5.1 10.4

11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity[Numbers in thousands]

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2017 ALA Demographic Study

ALA Members by Race or Family Origin% of members self-identifying

American Indian or Alaskan Native 1.2%Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.2%Other 4.0%

ALA Members by Gender% of members self-identifying

Female 81%Male 19%

http://www.ala.org/tools/sites/ala.org.tools/files/content/Draft%20of%20Member%20Demographics%20Survey%2001-11-2017.pdf

In 2017, 2.91% of members responded "Yes" to "Do you have a disability?"

Who’s In Your Squad?Who occupies your positions currently? How diverse (or not) is your current staff?What help can higher library powers give you that would make accomplishing these things easier?

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National Underemployment

Characteristic

2017Total, 16 years

and overPERSONS WITH A DISABILITY

Employed 5,670Employment-population ratio 18.7

Unemployed 576Unemployment rate 9.2

PERSONS WITH NO DISABILITY

Employed 147,668Employment-population ratio 65.7

Unemployed 6,407Unemployment rate 4.2

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/disabl.a.htm

2017Employment status, sex, and age Total White

Black or African American Asian

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Men, 16 years and over

Employed 81,402 65,000 8,742 4,989 14,874Employment-population ratio 66 66.9 59.4 69.5 72.3

Unemployed 3,743 2,592 766 177 730Unemployment rate 4.4 3.8 8.1 3.4 4.7

Women, 16 years and over

Employed 71,936 55,176 9,845 4,458 11,064Employment-population ratio 54.6 54.2 56.1 54.5 53.2

Unemployed 3,239 2,173 735 156 671Unemployment rate 4.3 3.8 6.9 3.4 5.7

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat05.htm supplemented with Hispanic or Latino ethnicity data from https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat06.htm

What Do We Do?• Hire students receiving work-

study financial aid

• Seek out first-generation students

• Contact and advertise jobs in cultural centers and student organizations on campus

• Connect with social workers and vocational rehabilitation workers

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Mentoring

How can you act as a mentor for workers who want to stay in the library field?

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Moving Towards our #goals• Make “risky” hires

• Offer paid library work experience for those who can’t do internships

• Expand ideas about what library work looks like

• Welcome new voices into LIS conversations

• Speak with workers to identify barriers of entry and fix them

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Thanks!Madde Hoberg

Libraries Annex AssistantThe University of Iowa

she/her/hersmaddeline-hoberg@uiowa.edu

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