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feeds for our whats new and headline areas of the home page as well as the content
pages of the main menu. Click the links below to learn more about RSS news feeds.
What
is RSS?
RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication" and allows you to stay
up-to-date with news feeds from our web site by delivering headlines as they
are updated right to your news reader. You will be able to quickly read the
headlines and then visit our site for the full story. RSS feeds automatically
deliver direct links to our most updated content on demand to your desktop.
How
Do I Use RSS?
In general, the first thing you need is a news reader. This is a piece of software
that checks RSS feeds and lets you read any new articles that have been added
to them. There are many different versions, some of which are accessed using
a browser, and some of which are downloadable applications. Browser-based news
readers let you catch up with your RSS feeds from any computer, whereas downloadable
applications let you store them on your main computer, in the same way that
you either download your e-mail using Outlook, or keep it on a web-based.
Once you have chosen a news
reader, all you have to do is to decide what content you want to receive in
your news reader, by finding and copying relevant RSS feed links to your news
reader.
Popular
News Readers
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Yahoo or the Google
News Reader. The Mozilla
FireFox browser has a built-in news reader, or you can find downloadable
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RSS Feed Usage Terms
If you run your own website, you can use RSS feeds to display the latest headlines
from our website on your site. However, we do require that the proper format
and attribution is used when thelibraryunion.org news content appears. The attribution
text should read "thelibraryunion.org News" or "From thelibraryunion.org"
as appropriate. You may not alter the news feeds in any way. We reserve the
right to prevent the distribution of News content.
ALA-APA and Unions
American
Library Association-Allied Professional Association: the Organization
for the Advancement of Library Employees (ALA-APA) advocates for and
supports library employees in seeking equitable compensation, but
negotiating wages and other compensation must be done at the
institutional level.
ALA-APA cannot do collective
bargaining, so its power to improve wages and benefits is limited. By
being part of a union, library workers gain local allies who can help
to achieve pay equity and better salaries. This is especially important
in public libraries where the union brings greater power to win budget
increases from local governments. Unions are one of many ways library
workers may improve salaries.
Library Workers Collective Bargaining Sponsors
In a move to gain collective bargaining rights for all library workers across Maryland, Local 1994, with the help of Delegate Tom Hucker, is introducing legislation in the 2010 state legislative session that will legislate such rights.
The primary sponsor of the bill in the House is Del. Tom Hucker. The Senate's sponsor is Sen. Nancy King.
In the Md. House of Representatives, Co-sponsors are:
