New grads aren't having much luck dislodging the competition to score jobs?because the game is rigged.
Survey of 1,996 2009 grads details the jobs and pay won by many new librarians, and illustrates the struggle many others had to buck the part-time trend.
LJ's annual Placements & Salaries Survey, with 1,996 respondents representing 38.7% of the approximately 5160 2009 LIS graduates, found an uptick in starting salaries, but bigger bumps in part-time and temporary jobs, an expanding gender More...
The Recession?s Toll Where Are the Jobs? As the Grads See It The View from the Schools Growing Equity Gap Explore the Data Life for the Lucky Few Dig into the survey data, broken down More...
The Recession?s Toll Where Are the Jobs? As the Grads See It The View from the Schools Growing Equity Gap Explore the Data Life for the Lucky Few If you are a faculty member or More...
The Recession?s Toll Where Are the Jobs? As the Grads See It The View from the Schools Growing Equity Gap Explore the Data Life for the Lucky Few Regional economic instability appeared to have limited More...
The Recession?s Toll Where Are the Jobs? As the Grads See It The View from the Schools Growing Equity Gap Explore the Data Life for the Lucky Few "Jobs...what jobs?" asked many of the 2009 More...
The Recession?s Toll Where Are the Jobs? As the Grads See It The View from the Schools Growing Equity Gap Explore the Data Life for the Lucky Few Disappointment and disillusionment were words that the More...
The Recession?s Toll Where Are the Jobs? As the Grads See It The View from the Schools Growing Equity Gap Explore the Data Life for the Lucky Few Each year's survey provides an opportunity to More...
The Recession?s Toll Where Are the Jobs? As the Grads See It The View from the Schools Growing Equity Gap Explore the Data Life for the Lucky Few In 2009, there appeared to be an More...
The Recession?s Toll Where Are the Jobs? As the Grads See It The View from the Schools Growing Equity Gap Explore the Data Life for the Lucky Few We received responses either through the institutional More...
Functional Design Manager, Special Projects Queens Library Jamaica, NY DEGREE Pratt Institute, 2007 When my cell phone alarm went off at 3:15 a.m. on June 13, I rolled out of bed, bleary-eyed and sans bushy More...
Library Assistant Fitch Ratings Chicago, IL DEGREE Dominican University, 2008 I tell everyone I meet that I want to work in a public library. I keep hoping that one day someone will say, "Well, I've More...
Photo İGlenn Kaupert, 2009 I remember reading my first Placements & Salaries issue of LJ. I was a recent graduate, and the economy had officially hit an all-time low. The Chicago sheriff was making headlines More...
Teen Librarian Portland Public Library Portland, ME DEGREE Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 2008 I got my first library job at the Cape May County Library in Southern New Jersey with two months still left of More...
Reversal of 2006 voteSeniority and "bumping" an issueOnly librarians involvedAfter librarians of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County faced staff reductions in 2005, they agreed in early 2006 to join the Service Employees More...
SFPL says services won't be affected by shortened staff hoursProposed budget cuts may be reworkedUnions still in negotiations, could affect budget outcomeUnion steward confident measure will be overruledJust when you've heard it all, here's another More...
Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more storiesVote certifies application to Ontario Labour Relations BoardTwo controversial firings in Spring 2009Librarian union apart from faculty associationThe librarians at McMaster University (Hamilton, ON) have broken off from More...
As LJ's just released 2009 Placements & Salaries Survey shows, the tough economy is playing out in LIS hiring as well. Even before the general economy's bloodletting of 2009, 2008 graduates were hit hard. Job More...
Deans, Directors, and ChairsIf you are a faculty member or a director and your school did not respond fully, now is the time to get started on the 2009 survey. There are three stages in More...
We received responses either through the institutional survey or individuals representing 46 of the 54 American Library Association (ALA)-accredited LIS schools in the United States and from 2,119 of the approximately 6,589 total LIS graduates. More...
The Minority Report | Venus and Mars on the Job I's, L's and O's | School AffairsThe Minority ReportProfessionwide there continues to be a strong emphasis on recruiting a diverse workforce in all areas, whether More...
The Academic Scene | Serving the Public Other Opportunities | Region by RegionThe Academic SceneOf the 1,817 jobs reported in the current survey period, academic libraries comprised 29.3% of the overall placements. This was up More...
Fewer Full-Time Jobs | Pockets of Good News'It's a recession, baby!'; was the common refrain among the LIS graduates of 2008. This was a record year for the number of graduates participating in the annual More...
Table 1: Status of 2008 Graduates*Number of Schools ReportingNumber of Graduates RespondingPermanent ProfessionalTemporary ProfessionalNon-professionalTotalGraduates Outside of ProfessionUnemployed or Status UnreportedNortheast1253227542703877272Southeast932518217312304054Midwest1075648852565966494Southwest62351658272001817West31286717221061210TOTAL40208912391422161597220268*Table based on survey responses from schools and individual graduates. Figures will not necessarily be fully More...
Just half a year before June 2008 graduates flipped the tassels on their caps from one side to the other, the recession officially began. They walked out into a job market where, as one fall More...
'It's a recession, baby!'; was the common refrain among the LIS graduates of the class of 2008. This was a record year for the number of graduates participating in LJ's annual Placements & Salaries survey, More...
Go back to the Academic Newswire for more storiesAverage administrative salaries range from $60,809 to $133,339Average Mid-Level salaries range from $38,379 to $58,675Survey uses revised job descriptionsThe Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) and More...
$5000 in awards given to two individuals and one library boardSalary surveys often find library workers underpaidThere is no better way to indicate staff appreciation than to increase the salaries of valued employees. Unfortunately, not More...
Go back to the Academic Newswire for more storiesHirshon: success in class not success in workplaceBishoff: MLS is education, not trainingCommenter: MLS needed for better pay(This article first appeared in the March 19 issue of More...
Two retirees have pensionsnear $200,000Average pension: $19,000+Most librarians collect modest sumsThe tabloid New York Post, in an article Monday headlined LIBRARY RETIREES' SERIOUS CA-SSSH, had fun pointing out that the seventh and ninth most generous More...
Library staffers criticize new ruleLibrary spokesperson said goal is safety, cleanlinessShortage of guardsAfter a judge stymied efforts by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter to close 11 of 54 Free Library of Philadelphia branches, the branches have More...
At institutions that are part of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), librarian salaries outperformed inflation for the fourth consecutive year, according to the ARL Annual Salary Survey, 2007–08. The combined median professional salary for More...
The LJ's 2008 Placements & Salaries Survey, in the November 1 issue, has alreadysparked reaction regarding the gender gap, questions about the value of the credential, and anger over the low pay for a variety More...
Insights into librarianship's persistent gender gap are just the tip of the findings in LJ's annual Placements & Salaries Surveyby Stephanie Maatta. Itexamines how each graduating class lands in the library and information science marketplace, More...
Deans, Directors, and Chairs If you are a faculty member or a director and your school did not respond fully, now is the time to get started on the 2008 survey. There are three stages More...
Article HighlightsThe Big News from the 2008 Library Salary & Job Survey The highs include leaps for minority grads in the Southeast, strong growth for academics in the Northeast, and extraordinary salaries garnered by University More...
LJ's annual Placements & Salaries Survey, written by Stephanie Maatta, examines how each graduating class lands in the library and information science marketplace, with an eye toward identifying job trends and shifts in pay. Overall, More...
Despite a difficult economy and tightening budgets, both jobs and salaries rose for 2007 grads. Echoing the previous year's growth, reported annual salaries increased approximately 3.1%, from $41,014 in 2006 to $42,361. The picture was More...
For some, the transition from graduate student to employed professional was seamless. Of the 1,546 graduates reporting employment, a full 41% remained with their current employer (compared to 36.9% in 2006 and 37% in 2005) More...
Over the past several years a greater and more diverse representation of job assignments and types of organizations has lured LIS graduates, especially in the area of information science. Schools and graduates are reporting many More...
The other gap that exists is one of diversity. That said, graduates claiming ethnic and racial minority status fared better in the marketplace than did women in general. In 2007, approximately 11.8% of the graduating More...
Recent issues of the annual placements and salaries survey have given cursory exploration of salary parity between the genders as well as minority comparisons. There is no doubt that the gaps continue to exist and More...
This year's survey provided real opportunities to examine the debate between library science and information science in more detail. In 2006 and again in 2007, graduates were asked to define whether their jobs were information More...
Other opportunities for achievement were reported by grads obtaining positions in cataloging and classification. Unlike past trends, salaries for catalogers made an upward turn, increasing by just over 10.2% to $39,670, though still remaining below More...
In light of recent professional discussions about tenure status for academic librarians, it seemed timely to explore graduate experiences in academic settings. Of the 416 graduates who accepted positions in academic libraries, 336 responded to More...
One real surprise was substantial growth in the number of graduates accepting professional positions as archivists. Compared to other types of jobs, archival placements comprise about 4.3% of the reported staffing. However, this was a More...
Public libraries continue to be a popular choice for employment, averaging 28% of the overall reported placements. This figure has held steady over the last several years, consistently hovering around 27% to 29%. Increased hires More...
Workers locked out since February 17Librarians gain a version of pay equityLibraries to reopen next weekA pay equity deal welcomed by library workers has ended months of labor unrest at the Greater Victoria Public Library,BC, More...
Three librarian positions to be paid $10K lessBudget stagnant, reference questions downDirector, staffer disagreeAs expenses rise faster than budget increases, and some traditional work for librarians like reference decreases, the Marathon County Public Library (MCPL), More...
Agreement comes after NLRB complaintShelvers treated as 'temps';Will hours be affected?After winning the bid to operate the 15-library system in Jackson County, OR, Library Systems & Services, LLC (LSSI) will now have to negotiate with More...
Five-month disputeLibrary says $50K CAD lost monthlyWill there be negotiation?The five-month labor dispute between Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 410 and the nine-branch Greater Victoria Public Library, BC, which has included rotating strikes More...
The three-month labor dispute between the Greater Victoria Library System (GVLS), BC, and 250 library workers represented by CUPE 410 has heated up. Earlier this week, library staffers walked off the job for two days, More...
More than 71 percent of 775 striking Vancouver Public Library, BC, workers voted October 19 in favor of a new contract, nearly three months after they walked off the job on July 26. Library staff More...
Unionized workers at the Greater Victoria Public Library, BC, have been conducting a variety of strike actions since early September, and today are concluding a three-day shutdown of the nine-branch systems. The workers went out More...
After 'modifications'; were made to the deal they overwhelmingly voted against last week, striking library workers in Vancouver, BC, now have a new tentative agreement to approve. On Thursday, spokespeople from both the Vancouver Public More...
After almost three months on strike, Vancouver Public Library (VPL) union members overwhelmingly voted Oct. 9 to reject a mediator's recommendations. Some 78.1 percent turned down the offer to push some library workers up one More...
Write a 1200-word paper analyzing the ALA-APA's 2007 salary data and get a free copy of a survey. The organization is putting out a call for paper proposals concerning either the ALA-APA Salary Survey-Librarian: Public More...
Like their colleagues in nearby Vancouver, librarians in British Columbia's capital city, Victoria, went on strike briefly on September 7 after contract negotiations with city and library officials stalled. The walkout lasted only three hours, More...
The American Library Association-Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA) reports that the average salary for librarians with ALA-accredited master's degrees increased 2.8 percent from 2006, up $1,550 to $57,809. The median MLS salary was $53,000. (Equal numbers More...
Vancouver Public Library doors remain shut more than 30 days into a labor strike by library staffers and municipal employees, and now VPL director Paul Whitney and CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) Local 391 More...
In a controversial action, the town of Bedford, TX, which closed its library briefly in 2005 after a tax rollback, is considering a proposal to outsource library management to Library Systems & Services, LLC (LSSI). More...
In a sequence far swifter than originally contemplated, Jackson County, OR, officials appear on their way to reopening the 15-branch Jackson County Library Services/, closed since April 6. Management would be provided by outsourcing company More...
For more than two weeks, librarystaffers and other municipal workers have been striking in Vancouver, BC, shutting down the 22-branch Vancouver Public Library system for the first time ever. Yesterday, after six days of bargaining, More...
For the first time in the 77-year history of Vancouver Public Library(VPL), BC, the entire 22-branch system has been shut down by a strike. It began yesterday; more than 470 out of 771 union memberspicketed More...
The Library of Congress (LC) and its professional union, the Library of Congress Professional Guild, AFSCME Local 2910, have been at odds over a number of issues, and an arbitrator recently gave the union a More...
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