Librarians, not books, get bucks

Bob Young, over at The Seattle Times says Seattle Public Library spends so much on salaries and so little on books that City Librarian Deborah Jacobs was left with little choice when forced to trim library spending by 4 percent. Seattle\’s 23 public libraries will close after tomorrow for a week, and again on Dec. 17 for another week, shaving library spending through unpaid wages for those two weeks.


Seattle Public Library pays beginning librarians $46,500 — about one-third more than Denver and Boston. In five years, beginning librarians in Seattle will see their salaries climb to $56,472 under their union contract. In addition, they\’ll get annual cost-of-living increases.

August 26, 2002 by Uncategorized 0

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