Thursday, August 14, 2008

Mean Librarians are Wealthier!

Maybe it's because I just finished laughing at all the Bulwer-Lytton entries (see previous post) but this online article's headline from American Libraries' ALA News just struck me funny!
Analysis of data from more than 1,010 public and academic libraries showed that the mean salary for librarians with ALA-accredited master’s degrees increased 2% from 2007, up $1,151 to $57,809. The median ALA MLS salary was $53,251, and salaries ranged from $22,000 to $331,200. Results are reported in the 2008 edition of the ALA-APA Salary Survey: Librarian—Public and Academic, published by the ALA–Allied Professional Association....

So, apparently the nastier we are, the more we make? In that case...



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