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Survey Methods
LJ received responses through either the institutional survey or individuals representing 38 of the 48 American Library Association–accredited LIS schools surveyed in the United States and from 1,789...
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Explore the Data
Details on jobs and pay for 2010 LIS grads, broken down by region, type of role, school, and more. Data can be fun! Dig through these tables to discover the details about where 2010 LIS grads are...
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The Grads' Perspective
Many of the 2010 grads found that wearing multiple hats was the norm. They found it much more challenging to delineate a single job assignment than in the past. Multiple part-time positions aside, they...
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Equity Gap Redefined
In a year that brought disappointment to many grads, both women and men found modest salary growth in a number of areas. Nationwide, the overall starting salaries for men and women grew slightly (0.8%)...
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Jobs Beyond Libraries
Jobs in private industry continued to be lucrative for new LIS graduates, comprising 9.4% of all reported placements, up slightly from 2009. Salaries for these positions rose approximately 2.1% to...
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Where the Library Jobs Are
Considered from a regional perspective, salaries for new LIS graduates experienced slow to moderate growth. Average annual growth in salaries nationwide ran approximately 1%, with the Midwest winning...
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Tight Competition
For 2010 graduates, the past year presented challenges in finding professional jobs with adequate living wages; however, it also offered unexpected opportunities and sounded positive notes despite a...
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The Long Wait | LJ’s Placements & Salaries Survey 2011
“It’s tough out there!” echoed from Boston to Seattle and Minneapolis to Miami. For 2010 graduates, the past year presented challenges in finding professional jobs with adequate living wages; however,...
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Can We Talk About the MLS? | Editorial
A profession based more on apprenticeship might work better I have worked for more than 25 years as a reporter or an editor, and I have never once considered going to journalism school. Once I got my...
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ALA Accountability and Accreditation of LIS Programs | Backtalk
Michael Kelley’s April 29, 2013, editorial, “Can We Talk About the MLS?,” and the 157 comments posted to that article so far prompted us to consider accountability for the American Library...
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