SALARY MATTERS
Betty J. Turock
(Faculty of the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.)
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Abstract
A “gloomy career” is how the July 1986 issue of Working Woman describes librarianship, citing it as one of the 10 worst careers for women in 1986. Over 100 years ago, women were encouraged to enter the library profession as a source of plentiful, educated, cheap labor. Half a century ago, Library Journal first chronicled the issue of competitive salaries. Today, we are still facing the dilemma of how to recruit and retain library professionals given the depressed salaries paid to MLS graduates.
Citation
Turock, B.J. (1988), "SALARY MATTERS", The Bottom Line, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 3-3. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb025092
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1988, MCB UP Limited