Long a mainstay of LIS professors, who advance the field with their examination of learning behaviors and library praxis, increasingly such discoveries are part of the learning experience for students as well.
It’s a growing trend: each year more library school graduates report working as librarians outside of libraries in LJ’s annual placements and salaries survey.
Recent graduates are experiencing faster placements and earning more money than last year’s, this year’s snapshot of the job market suggests.
The average full-time salary for employed 2016 graduates is $51,798, up 7.45% over 2015. The average hourly wage was $19, which translates to an annual salary of almost $40,000.
This year we explored whether graduates had been exposed to working in a library prior to enrolling in an LIS master’s program.
Dig through these tables to discover the details about where 2016 LIS grads are landing jobs, at what salaries, and in what kinds of roles, or see the full feature for all the analysis.
LJ offered 51 accredited library and information science schools in the United States the opportunity to participate in the survey.
If you are a faculty member or a director and your school did not respond fully, now is the time to get started on the next survey.
The first placements and salaries after completing library and information science (LIS) programs reported this year provide a snapshot of a healthy job market characterized by rising salary levels and work that calls for both traditional and nontraditional skills and roles.
