Event Title
Adventures in Library Salary Surveys
Location
Burlington Vermont
Start Date
8-7-2012 10:50 AM
End Date
8-7-2012 11:05 AM
Description
Salary surveys are an important tool for the library community and the administrators and boards responsible for the oversight of libraries. However, such assessments must be constructed and analyzed with great care. The Vermont Library Association Personnel Committee has conducted three salary surveys over the past several years, one focusing on academic libraries and two on public libraries. Significant issues have included confidentiality, participation rate, definitions, length and difficulty of questions, collection of data, and representativeness. Suggestions and lessons learned will be shared.
Included in
Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Categorical Data Analysis Commons, Finance and Financial Management Commons, Library and Information Science Commons, Statistical Methodology Commons
Adventures in Library Salary Surveys
Burlington Vermont
Salary surveys are an important tool for the library community and the administrators and boards responsible for the oversight of libraries. However, such assessments must be constructed and analyzed with great care. The Vermont Library Association Personnel Committee has conducted three salary surveys over the past several years, one focusing on academic libraries and two on public libraries. Significant issues have included confidentiality, participation rate, definitions, length and difficulty of questions, collection of data, and representativeness. Suggestions and lessons learned will be shared.