ARL Annual Salary Survey, 1996-97.

Salary and related data are reported for 8,325 professional staff members in the 109 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member university libraries, including law and medical libraries. Salary and related data for the 11 non-university ARL member libraries are reported for 3,799 professional staff members. Summarized in 42 tables, the data includes: distribution by salary level; salary trends in ARL nonuniversity libraries; filled positions; average, median, and beginning professional salaries; average years of professional experience; beginning professional salaries for fiscal years 1995-96 and 1996-97; median professional salaries for fiscal years 1995-96 and 1996-97; average professional salaries for fiscal years 1995-96 and 1996-97; average, median, and beginning professional salaries for fiscal years 1993-94 to 1996-97; salary trends in ARL university libraries; distribution of professional staff by salary, sex, and position; number, average salaries, and average years of experience of minority and non-minority librarians by position, sex, and years of experience; number and average salaries of librarians by years of experience, type of institution, size of professional staff, and geographic region; and university libraries by geographical region. Categories of salary information by library type include: ARL non-university libraries (2 tables); ARL university libraries (21 tables); Canadian ARL university libraries (4 tables); ARL university medical libraries (7 tables); and ARL university law libraries (7 tables). Copies of the university and non-university library questionnaires are provided. (SWC)