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iSchool Graduates
Both our graduating class and Library Journal salary surveys help us advocate for our students and increase the awareness of how our field provides a vital social function. Your up-to-date statistics on employment and salary ranges is of importance for all information and library professionals. This information:
- Helps us make a case for better salaries for all
- Allows us to advise future graduates on salary expectations and ranges
- Provides us an idea of the types of careers our graduates attain, and
- Enables us to compare graduates from our program with other ALA-accredited programs.
If you have NOT completed a salary survey for your first position after graduating from the School of Information, please take a few minutes to complete the appropriate online salary survey from the list below. You must have the appropriate PASSWORD to complete the survey. If you do not have the appropriate password for your graduating group, request it at the link following the link to the appropriate survey.
Passwords
if you do not have the password needed to take the survey, please contact the Career Services director:
Tara Iagulli
(512) 471-8806
School of Information Surveys
iSchool salary surveys are distributed to each graduating class in May, August, and December and are kept open for one year (i.e., December 2008 graduates may complete their salary survey through the end of December 2009).
Open Salary Surveys to be completed by 2009 Graduates:
Results from iSchool Salary Surveys:
Library Journal Salary Surveys
Each year, Library Journal conducts a salary survey of the previous year's graduates of all ALA accredited programs. The survey includes all graduates, whether they keep positions, work in traditional LIS fields, or work in IT or other industries. Information about where our graduates work is important, regardless of the type of position.
Graduates of the School of Information continue to place well in the salary survey, especially in light of the historically low salaries paid in the south and southwest regions of the United States. The Salary Survey with specific results of 2007 School of Information graduates will be posted on this Web site by March 2009.
School of Information specific salary survey results, compiled from the raw data obtained from the annual Library Journal Salary Survey:
Archive of Library Journal Salary Survey articles depicting complete results of each survey:
- 2007 Graduates: Placements & Salary Survey 2008: Jobs and Pay Both Up (October 15, 2008)