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arl-announce: 1994 Salary Survey

1994 Salary Survey

Patricia Brennan (patricia@cni.org)
Mon, 10 Apr 1995 15:42:54 -0400 (EDT) 

From: Patricia Brennan <patricia@cni.org>
Message-Id: <9504101942.AA20139@a.cni.org>
Subject: 1994 Salary Survey
To: arl-announce@cni.org
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 15:42:54 -0400 (EDT)


##ARL Announces...

major findings of the ARL ANNUAL SALARY SURVEY 1994
	
     The median salary for academic librarians is $41,000; the
beginning professional salary is $26,000.  These salary levels represent
a 10% increase in the purchasing power of academic librarians since1985. 
In nonuniversity research libraries the median salary is $48,000, which
is a slight decrease in adjusted dollars since 1985; the beginning
salary is $27,800, which is an 18% increase in real dollars.  These are
some of the results from the just published ARL Annual Salary Survey
1994, a comprehensive compilation of data covering over 12,000
professional library positions in 119 U.S.  andCanadian research
libraries. 

     Gordon Fretwell, University of Massachusetts, compiler of the
survey for ARL, highlights recent trends in his introduction.  He points
out that the purchasing power of librarians' salaries has increased,that
librarian salaries in private universities continue to exceed those paid
in publicly supported institutions, and that, in general, the larger the
library staff, the higher the salaries. 

     The publication presents tabular information on gender and
minority distribution, i.e.:

*  Of the 104 filled directorships in ARL university libraries, 65 are
held by men (62%) and 39 are held by women (38%). 

*  Of the 724 minority staff in ARL university libraries (11% of all
professional staff), 205 are men and 518 are women. 

*  ARL Annual Salary Survey 1994 also includes sections on:

Canadian libraries (Tables 25 to 28)
Medical libraries (Tables 29 to 35)
Law libraries (Tables 36 to 42)

     Tables display average, median, and beginning professional
salaries for two fiscal years, 1994 and 1995, to facilitate comparisons
from year to year.  Average salaries are also displayed by position,
experience, sex, race, geographic region, and size of library. 

________________________________________________________________________	
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a not-for-profit
organization of 119 research libraries in the U.S.  and Canada.  Its
mission is to shape and influence forces affecting the future of
research libraries in the process of scholarly communication.  ARL
programs and services promote equitable access to, and effective use of
recorded knowledge in support of teaching, research, scholarship, and
community service.  These programs include annual statistical
publications, federal relations and information policy, and enhancing
access to scholarly information resources through telecommunications,
collection development, and preservation.  The Program of Statistics and
Measurement works to describe and measure the performance of research
libraries and their contribution to research, teaching, scholarship, and
community service.  For further information about the ARL Statistics and
Measurement Program, contact Martha Kyrillidou, martha@cni.org. 
Telephone: 202 296-2296. 

     ARL Annual Salary Survey 1994
     March 1995
     ISSN:  0361 5669
     88 pages, pbk.
     Price:  $65 each ($25 ARL members) 

The ARL Annual Salary Survey has been published since 1973-74.  It is
available by subscription to individuals and institutions world wide. 
Limited numbers of copies of past year salary surveys are also available
from ARL.  All orders must be prepaid.  Checks must be payable in US
funds to Association of Research Libraries.  Include $5 each for
Shipping & Handling within USA & Canada.  For additional ordering
details, contact ARL Publications, (arlhq@cni.org).  Mail to: ARL
Publications, Department #0692 Washington, DC 20073-0692

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