[Genealib] Fwd: [Publib] Genealogy--Outside employment

[Bruce Bumbalough]

That argument fails to hold even a drop of water. Unless the employee 
signs a non compete clause, he or she can use the skills gained through 
current work in any way seen fit. We don't pay them enough to demand 
that restraint.

Libraries aren't competing with anybody else -- they'd lose if they did. 
Libraries have a government granted monopoly on providing free and low 
costs information services to the people who are compelled to pay the 
taxes that support them.

To me, salaries and benefits for people in our business are so low that 
anything we can do to help the staff get ahead is a benefit.

The opinion is mine -- not the library's.


director at perry.lib.ok.us wrote:

>In my opinion, it's a conflict of interest to train your staff and then 
>have your staff use that knowledge and information for their own 
>personal gain. While I would have no trouble with my staff helping 
>people informally on their offtime, I think that opening a paid 
>research service would not be proper.
>
>Jeffrey
>
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>Jeffrey Courouleau, MLIS
>Head Librarian
>
>Perry Carnegie Library
>302 N. 7th Street
>Perry, OK, 73077
>
>E-Mail: <director at perry.lib.ok.us>
>Ph: 580-336-4721 or 1-866-336-4721
>Web: http://www.perrypl.okpls.org/
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Larry Naukam <lnaukam at mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
>Date: Friday, June 23, 2006 8:49 am
>Subject: RE: [Genealib] Fwd: [Publib] Genealogy--Outside employment
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>> I would personally have no problem with it, as long as it does not 
>> violate city codes regarding performing work or accepting gratuities. 
>> That’s not allowed. But plenty of librarians have outside jobs, 
>> whether related to their subject matter or not. And long as they kept 
>> clear of any conflict of interest or never used work time for it, 
>> there should not be a problem. The question poses itself because they 
>> likely would have to be on premises, in the collection (although not 
>> necessarily) to do the work. Why wouldn’t a business librarian be 
>> allowed to work in the financial services field, and use the business 
>> collection at the library to do so (I am friends with a man who does 
>> exactly that, and he has always be assiduous about keeping things 
>> separate.)
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Bruce L. Bumbalough
Reference Librarian
Grapevine Public Library
1201 Municipal Way
Grapevine, Texas 76051

Voice: (817) 410-3404
Fax:   (817) 410-3084
email: bbumbalough at grapevine.lib.tx.us

The opinions are mine.