As a short-time worker, non-regular worker librarian

The author talks about the library labor scene,

uneasy employment and excessive work

The author, who has worked as a contract librarian at an elementary school, writes about the labor environment of the libraries and the unfair contract terms with the school that she experienced for 6 years. The author was invited by the school to help librarians teaching how to instruct reading in elementary school as an event of talent donation of parents. In recognition of her passionate efforts, school offered a full-time job, and she even obtained a librarian's license from the school administrator.

For the certificate of associate librarianship, she has taken the course of two years at Librarian Education Institute and looked forward to graduate and work as a full-time job. However, the school manager changes and he says it is difficult to hire her as a full-time worker. Suddenly, her salary system switched from monthly to the part-time. She has been doing the same thing so far, but she has to work by the worse employment contract.

In fact, one of three librarians working in public libraries in Korea, 2019, is a non-regular worker and is suffering from the insecure employment such as part-time, fixed-term, and permanent contracts.

The author ultimately writes the articles in hope of the library workers working in stable employment conditions and the library labor field becoming healthier.