1996 LTAIG Salary Survey

SECTION I : EDUCATION

Part 1 - LIBRARY EDUCATION

NOTE: Out of 85 respondents, 15 indicated that their library educational background included more than one certificate, diploma, degree or other educational level.

Part 2 - NON-LIBRARY EDUCATION

*NOTE: Other includes technical certificates, diplomas, apprenticeships, etc. Out of the 85 respondents, 8 indicated their post-secondary education was in the library field only. The result of this sampling indicates that many of the respondents chose the library field as a second career. Others may have entered the library field during or after completing their education in another discipline or field.

SECTION II : EMPLOYMENT STATUS

Part 1 - CLASSIFICATION OF WORKPLACE

NOTE: One respondent indicated he or she worked in an unrelated field

Part 2 - EMPLOYMENT STATUS

NOTE: Item "g." does not reflect an accurate unemployment rate among library support staff, as surveys were primarily distributed via the workplace. *(The number of respondents for Section 11 : Part. 2 was taken from the 85 respondents.,However, 6 respondents indicated job status changes during the calendar year of 1996).

Part 3 - NUMBER OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

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Almost half of the respondents indicated 2 to 10 years experience

Part 4 - HOURLY WAGE BY EDUCATION LEVEL
*this statistic does not factor in years of experience.

SECTION III : SALARY AND HOURS WORKED

Hourly Wage and Salary

Breakdown of Wages by Number of Respondents

NOTE: The first hourly wage above the middle of the median range of $16.00 to 16.99 was $17.17 and the first wage below the middle range was $15.87. A total of 76 people reported a wage. Out of that sample 29 reported a wage above the $16.00 meridian and 32 people reported a wage under the middle range. The largest group in the wage range was 16. These respondents reported wages in the range of $16.00 and $16.99.

SUMMARY: 76 respondents reported an hourly wage or salary and wage. 5 indicated they worked in a library setting but omitted to give a wage. 3 respondents indicated they were unemployed and one indicated work in an unrelated field. Annual Salary Range was $1,181.00 part-time to $47,000.00 full-time. The average yearly salary or the amount appearing most often was $31,222.52 to $31,700.63 per annum full-time. The figure was derived from 32 people who indicated an annual salary.

Hourly wage if worked part-time

*All Wages and Salaries are included in #1

If part-time how many hours worked - Weekly /Monthly

22 - Not indicated

Percentage of latest salary increase/decrease 1996

0 - 9% ; Average 1.3%

If not self employed and respondent's organization bills clients for time, what was hourly billing rate for 1996

N/A, NO HOURS

If self-employed average hourly billing rate

RATE = N/A

Overtime Hours Per Month

Paid
Response : 4
Hours : 2-8 per month
Percent : 5

Unpaid
Response : 17
Hours : 5-30
Percent : 17

Total Respondents
85

Average Wage by Years of Experience

NOTE: The average wage of item "a" may not necessarily reflect the overall entry level wage average since the sampling was taken from three respondents in that category. It should also be noted that the averages were not broken down by educational levels, but years of experience.

SECTION IV : JOB FUNCTION AND TASKS

Job Classification or Title

Other Job Titles: ILLs. Assistant, Assistant Librarian, Circulation/Serials Assistant, Information Specialist, Information Assistant, Information Systems Analyst, Information Records Specialist, Information Technician, Reference/Orientation Assistant.

Technical Duties Performed

*Other including: indexing, statistics, systems support, clerical support, displays, gardening, building, maintenance, staff training, a/v maintenance, grant applications, web publishing, computer programming, records management.

Public Service Duties Performed

*Other includes: teaching, photocopying, telephone service, retrieval, public relations, children's services, bibliography creation, outreach, tours, readers' advisory, copyright, current awareness.

Which most closely matches role regardless of job title

Level of responsibility for library budget

Set controls or oversee library budget

No. of staff in library organization

Ranged from 1 person in a special library to 800 in a public library.

Approximate gender ratio of library staff

Ratio (F:M:) range from 1-1 to 9-1
Average F: 4 ; M: 1

If supervised staff, state number

Out of 85 respondents 30 indicated they supervised staff.
The range was 1-20 and the average was 4.
Supervised were students, staff, temps, etc.

SECTION V : JOB FACTS AND EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION

Skills and Qualifications Required by Employer

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*Note: Out of 85 respondents 76 commented on skills and qualifications required. Nine respondents did not comment. Out of the nine one worked in an unrelated field, two worked 2-5 years permanent full-time, one worked on contract and six were permanently employed for 6 years or more.

Type of testing used in the interview process

*NOTE: Out of the 85 respondents only 25 indicated testing requirements.

Continuing education provided and paid by employer

*NOTE: Out of 85 respondents 78 commented on education provided by employer. They indicated the importance placed by support staff on ongoing education and skills improvement.

Is organization union or non-union?

COMMENTS

The survey committee has endeavored to give as accurate and comprehensive statistics as possible. The response to some of the questions was quite limited in areas such as unemployment statistics and people who worked in the library field for one year or less. However, overall the survey results provide a good overview of the role library support staff maintain in British Columbia libraries today. Out of 185 surveys sent 85 people responded to our questionnaire. This is an approximate 46% response rate. The committee would like to thank (AALT) Alberta Association of Library Technicians and the Vancouver Special Librarians for providing us with information during the research and development of this survey.

CREDITS

Research and Development:
Ollie Kachmar, QLT PhotoTherapeutics, Inc. Brenda Wong, Prevention Source, B.C.

Initial Compiling of Results:
Karen Godbout, Open Learning Institute of B.C.

Final Compiling of Results,
Statistical Tabulation, Format and Design of Final Draft:
Ollie Kachmar, QLT PhotoTherapeutics, Inc.

Edited By:
Christine E. Stojakovic, Simon Fraser University