Librarian shortage looms

Another Story on the big \”Shortage of Librarians\”


This one finally adresses the salray issue. They say the average starting salary of Simmons College graduates with a master\’s degree in library science was $36,000 last year, and the director earns $64,834 annually after 20 years on the job.
This is longest story on this issue I\’ve seen in the popular press.

Money is the number-one reason more men and women are not going into the field, said Charles Michaud, director of the Turner Free Library in Randolph and the only male library director in the region.\”