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NEWS
For Immediate Release
November 10, 2009

CHICAGO – ALA Editions, the publishing imprint of the American Library Association, announces the release of “ Hiring, Training, and Supervising Library Shelvers,” by Patricia Tunstall. Shelvers are crucial to the day-to-day operations of a library. But how does one find good library shelvers and keep them for more than a few months? Tunstall gives practical advice to help administrators, supervisors, and human resource personnel do just that with a complete overview on how to hire, test, train, and retain shelvers. A complete toolkit, this book includes

• Templates for signs advertising employment, screening tests, interview questions, employment letters, job descriptions, and employee assessments
• The dos and don’ts of hiring and firing
• Checklists for procedures and training

Patricia Tunstall is an information assistant at Indian Trails Public Library in Wheeling, Illinois. She spends most of her time at the reference desk helping patrons with their questions and their leisure reading choices. She was first employed as a page at Indian Trails and subsequently as the supervisor of pages and shelving. Since receiving a teaching certificate from Nottingham University in England, she has held jobs in a variety of fields. She is an occasional contributor of articles to library publications.

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