Ms.
Gates,
Thank you for
sharing. The income disparity we are facing as a profession is sobering
and problematic, especially when we consider the academic cost we shouldered to
get into our positions. I cannot help but recall the outrage felt within
the Art History world when President Obama
stated, "You folks can
make a lot more, potentially, with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they
might with an art history degree." As a profession I hope that we can
better translate our value at every opportunity possible… starting with unpaid
internships and salary negotiation. I also hope that we can do more as a
professional organization to achieve this goal and vocalize our wishes for all
of those we work with to be better compensated. Perhaps we could put
together salary recommendations, such as those provided by ALA? Please see
the link below and note that it dates to 2008. I think we all need to be
more honest about the inadequate salaries many of us live on. If we had
sophisticated documentation to present to the salary decision makers, we could
have a better foundation to work from.
Minimum Salaries
by State
http://ala-apa.org/improving-salariesstatus/resources/minimum-salaries-by-state/
At ALA’s Annual
Conference 2008, the ALA-Allied Professional Association: the Organization for
the Advancement of Library Employees (ALA-APA) Council adopted a resolution to
endorse a minimum salary for professional librarians of not less than $41,680
per year.
I would love to
be a change agent on this front. Let me know if you are
interested.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth
Lane
Associate
Librarian for Public Services
Frick
Art Reference Library
The
Frick Collection
10
East 71st Street
New
York, NY 10021
212.547.0638
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[ARLIS-L] Pew Research Chart
The Pew Research Center has published a rather sobering chart
for us librarians:
Chart of the Week: Do firefighters or musicians have richer
parents?
Check out where Archivists, Curators and Librarians
fall!
Leigh
Gates
Director of Library
Services
Harrington College of
Design
200 W. Madison
St.
Chicago, IL
60606
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