[Web4lib]

[Robert L. Balliot]

Greetings Steve,

Sorry about that digression. I was responding to
a message cross-posted to publib. 

Here is a website that you can use to calculate what the cost of
living would be for a website creator in Danbury
Connecticut making $50,000 per year and compare
that to other locations.  It uses ASP technology
and includes database binding that appears to
be coming off of a SQL server.

http://swz.salary.com/costoflivingwizard/layoutscripts/coll_start.asp

That along with any cost of regressive taxes could
be used to calculate the perceived values of the
library webmaster services. Perhaps it would be
useful for someone to do a comparison of incomes
for library webmasters and recreate it on a 
library sponsored website.

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Robert L. Balliot
1-401-421-5763
Skype: RBalliot
Bristol, Rhode Island
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm
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-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Steve Cramer SMCRAMER
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 3:57 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: Re[2]: [Web4lib] RE: [Publib] Job listing- Webmaster in CT

Ummm I think we are digressing into publicpolicy4lib here....

---Steve

p.s. don't forget about all the "student technology fees" at US colleges!
___________________________________________________
Steve Cramer
Librarian for Accounting, Apparel, Business, & Economics
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
smcramer at uncg.edu, 336-256-0346, AIM: stevebizlib





"Robert L. Balliot" <rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com> 
Sent by: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
07/09/2007 03:40 PM
Please respond to
rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com


To
"'Dan Lester'" <dan at riverofdata.com>, "'Andrew Darby'" 
<darby.lists at gmail.com>
cc
publib at webjunction.org, web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject
RE: Re[2]: [Web4lib] RE: [Publib] Job listing- Webmaster in CT






Greetings,

I think this fee would be considered an example of a regressive
tax.  City and Town government usually have to go through quite
a few hoops to raise revenues through property taxes. Charging
and increasing fees for various 'services' is generally a much easier way
to raise revenue.

I have seen rates for parking a local beaches go up so much
over the years, that basically even though there is public
access, much of the public really cannot afford it. 

*************************************************
Robert L. Balliot
1-401-421-5763
Skype: RBalliot
Bristol, Rhode Island
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm
*************************************************

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Dan Lester
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 3:06 PM
To: Andrew Darby
Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org; publib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re[2]: [Web4lib] RE: [Publib] Job listing- Webmaster in CT

Hello Andrew,

Monday, July 9, 2007, 11:24:44 AM, you wrote:

> I'm sure it's some requirement of their HR overlords, but this
> nickle-and-dime approach to the application process does not inspire
> confidence--My God, what if my mouse breaks?  Will they replace it?
> Or will I have to learn keyboard shortcuts until the next fiscal year?

More likely they'll have to go buy their own darn mouse if they want
one.

The later post about the fee to take civil service exam seems
particularly stupid.  If you were unemployed, maybe even homeless due
to the unemployment, how in the world would you be able to pay the
fee?  Maybe they'd just rather pay for all of the other social ills
caused by some poor person not being able to apply for and obtain a
job.


-- 
Best regards,
 Dan                            mailto:dan at riverofdata.com



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