(2) "A Movement of Library support Staff in the USA,"
The Otani Gakuho (The Journal of Buddhist Studies and Humanities)
Vol. XC, No.2 (2011) (Japanese)
The paper traces the historical
development of support staff in the U. S. Libraries.
It discusses the role
played by COLT (Council on Library Technicians) in establishing the position of
the support staff. In addition, it discusses the establishment of SSIRT (Support
Staff Interests Round Table) at ALA and its role in advancing the position of
the support staff. Lastly it describes the Library Support Staff Certification
Program at ALA which was began in 2010.