Judy Reynolds Papers
MSS.2013.01.13
Edited by: Lale Yasemin Kaya
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0028
special.collections@sjsu.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Title: Judy Reynolds Papers: California State University Librarians: Equal Pay, Comparable Worth and Faculty Status
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2013.01.13
Physical Description:
1 box
(1.3 linear feet)
Date (inclusive): 1965-2000
Abstract: In the 1960s, librarians in the California State University and Colleges System were one of three academic employee groups
along with teaching faculty and student affairs officers. Librarians were the only group of academic employees on a different
and lower salary schedule. The collection contains documents related to librarian efforts in the 1970’s and 1980s to attain
faculty status for librarians, including equal pay, sabbaticals and a ten-month year.
Physical Description: 1 Box, 15 Folders
Language of Material: Languages represented in the collection: English
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
Judy Reynolds Papers: California State University Librarians: Equal Pay, Comparable Worth and Faculty Status, 1965-1980, MSS-2013-01-13,
San José State University Library Special Collections and Archives.
Processing Information
Processed by: Jo Bell Whitlatch
Reviewed by: Danelle Moon
Date completed: 2013
Imported to Archivists Toolkit: Stephanie Waslohn
Date imported: 2013
Encoded by: Archivist Toolkit
Date encoded: 2013
Edited by: Lale Yasemin Kaya
Date edited: July 2014
Reviewed by: Danelle Moon
Date reviewed: January 2015
Biographical / Historical
In the late 1960s, many academic libraries across the U.S. supported the promotion of librarians to faculty status. In 1971,
the Association of College and Research Libraries adopted the "Standards for Faculty Status for College and University Librarians."
Other important developments were the Equal Pay Act of 1963 with its emphasis on comparing skill, effort and responsibility
of positions and the growing awareness of a pattern of depressed wage rates in occupational categories filled primarily by
women. Judy Reynolds, who donated this collection, was one of a core group of librarians, who worked with and obtained strong
support from the various faculty associations in the California State University, such as the Academic Senate, the United
Professors of California, and the California Faculty Association, and professional library associations, especially the State
University and Colleges Chapter of the California Library Association, the American Library Association, and the Association
of College and Research Librarians. Librarian activities and membership in these core associations was significant in building
the case and organizational support for faculty status for librarians. When collective bargaining came to the California
State University System in the early 1980s, librarians had established a strong community of interest with the faculty and
within the first decade of bargaining contracts achieved the same rights and responsibilities as other members of the California
State University faculty.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers, publications, and articles related to the faculty status movement for academic librarians
in the 1970s and 1980s and especially within the California State University and Colleges System. Academic librarians faculty
status is defined as the same rights and responsibilities as other members of the faculty, including corresponding entitlement
to rank, promotion, tenure, compensation, leaves, and research funds, such as sabbaticals. This collection covers all these
topics and issues related to length of working year, qualifications for promotion, and layoff. The bulk of the material discusses
activities 1973-1980.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into one series: Series I: California State University Librarians: Equal Pay, Comparable Worth
and Faculty Status, 1965-1980.
Bibliography
Edwards, Ralph M. The Role of the Beginning Librarian in University Libraries. Chicago: American Library Association, 1975,
pp. 26, 50, 85-86.
Galloway, R. Dean. Status or stasis: Academic librarians 10 years later. American Libraries, 10:6 (June 1979), pp. 349-352.
Josephine, Helen. Pay Equity: Comparable Worth Action Guide. Chicago: American Library Association, Office for Library Personnel
Resources T.I.P. kit no. 2, 1982.
Parker, J. Carlyle. Collective Bargaining in California. American Libraries 29:10 (November 1998), p. 38.
Reynolds, Judy. “Personnel Plan for Librarians”: The early years. California Librarian 38:4 (October 1977), pp. 45-48.
Reynolds, Judy, and Whitlatch, Jo Bell. Experiences with faculty status in academic libraries. California Librarian 37:1
(January 1976), pp. 32-35.
Reynolds, Judy, and Whitlatch, Jo Bell. Salary Equity. San Jose, CA: San Jose State University Library. 1979.
United Professors of California Collection, 1986/59, Labor Archives & Research Center, San Francisco State University. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf7w1006bm/
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Academic librarians –- Faculty status
San Jose State University (Calif.)
Pay equity
Equal pay for equal work
Series I: California State University Librarians: Equal Pay, Comparable Worth and Faculty Status
1965-1980
Scope and Content of Series
This series documents the history of pay equity, collective bargaining, and faculty status for librarians specifically in
the California State University (CSU) system. It also documents the importance librarian associations and collaboration with
the Academic Senate, and the California Faculty Association, in the push for pay equity and faculty status in the CSU. This
single series consists of papers, publications, and articles related to the faculty status movement for academic librarians
in the 1970s and 1980s and especially within the California State University and Colleges System. Academic librarians faculty
status is defined as the same rights and responsibilities as other members of the faculty, including corresponding entitlement
to rank, promotion, tenure, compensation, leaves, and research funds, such as sabbaticals. This collection covers all these
topics and issues related to length of working year, qualifications for promotion, and layoff. The bulk of the material discusses
activities 1973-1980.
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically by subject.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
1 Box, 15 Folders
Box 1
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
1 Box, 15 Folders
Folder 1: California Library Association (CLA) State University and Colleges Chapter. Survey of Implementation of FSA 73-25
1976
Folder 2: California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC). Librarians’ Compensation at the University of California and
the California State University and Colleges: The Search for Equity.
1978
Folder 3: California State Board of Control Claim for Judith L. Reynolds vs. State of California
1977-1984
Folder 4: CSU Collective Bargaining Campaign Literature Concerning Librarians
1965-1980
Folder 5: CSU Librarian Personnel Plan, FSA 73-25- Second Master’s Degree or Equivalent
1973-1976
Folder 6: CSU Librarian Personnel Plan, FSA 78-25
1976-1978
Folder 7: CSU Librarian Personnel Plan – Layoff
1975-1978
Folder 8: CSU Librarian Role and Status as Classified Employees
1975-1979
Folder 9: CSU Librarians’ Ten Month Option
1975-1980
Folder 10: Discrimination Claims
1974-1978
Folder 11: Pay Equity for Librarians
1965-2000
Folder 12: UPC Advocate – Articles on Librarians
1971-1980
Folder 13: UPC Librarian
1975-1979
MISSING Folder 14: United Professors of California (UPC) Collective Bargaining Literature Related to Librarian Status
1971
Folder 15: United Professors of California (UPC) Librarians Collective Bargaining Questionnaire
1980