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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| Language: | en |
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2005
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ711500 |
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- Don't Settle: Leslie Monsalve-Jones--New Mexico State Library Government Libraries Professional Associations Library Personnel Advocacy Biographies Leslie Monsalve-Jones is a library technician with the New Mexico State Library, responsible for claiming documents that state agencies don't submit. She also maintains the collection and can immediately track down any requested document. In short, she is the kind of worker whose price is above rubies but whose pay is slightly above pebbles. And she does not believe paraprofessionals should settle for that. Monsalve-Jones had gotten a taste for organizing earlier, when REFORMA of New Mexico, which was in decline, asked her to become its president. She produced a newsletter, held meetings, and planned programs for the New Mexico Library Association (NMLA) annual conference. She was so effective that in April 2001, she was asked to resurrect NMLA's Paraprofessional Group. By October 2001, she had gotten library support staff from across the state to meet and within a year had attracted over 160 members.