There was a discussion in the spring about surveying our community re: salary information (see the thread "Library Salaries RE: Pew Research Chart"). As a follow-up to that thread, I am sharing this relevant article from the latest IFLA Journal that contains a call to action for associations to publish salary data.
Salaries of Special Librarians in the United States:
http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/publications/ifla-journal/ifla-journal-40-2_2014.pdf
From the article:
It is often said in US corporations that your value is reflected in the salaries paid to various professionals at the organization. While salaries at most firms are confidential, people know roughly what you earn and/or whether you are bonus eligible and at what percentage. This perception of value translates into respect and, in many cases, the way you are treated and valued at the firm. Once again, we encourage organizations like SLA, American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST), Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP), American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), and Medical Library Association (MLA), as well as associations that represent special librarians in other countries, to aggressively collect and publish data that would better position our professions to compete in terms of salaries.
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