Unions in Public and Academic Libraries. (in) Encyclopedia of library and information sciences

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Unions in Public and Academic Libraries.

 The role of unions and collective bargaining in U.S public and academic libraries is stated with a summary of historical development. After noting the lack of national association attention to unionization, the evolution of the American Library Association-Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA) is described. The connection between human rights and unions is discussed.

--Adopted from Encyclopedia of library and information sciences (3rd ed.) New York: Taylor and Francis (2010).